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This bracteate from Ravlunda in Scania, Sweden has quite a special design. A warrior wearing a visored helmet has a spirit beast emerging from his head. In his right hand he holds a raven which seems to speak to him. A horse with stylised bird like legs is in front of him - potentially reflecting a vehicle for spirit-travel typical of shamans. The raven, horse beast, and the three dots by the hip are all seen on many other bracteates but the visored helm is unusual.

This timeline of events shows how Updown girl is a product of the Christian incursions into Kent and the contemporary persecution of the pagans there.

The Toda religion is NOT Hinduism. This rather undermines the Hindutva claim that Hinduism has its roots in the IVC rather than the Aryan religion. Toda do not worship Shiva or Krishna or Vishnu etc They have three gods; Sun, moon and buffalo. Only Toda men can enter a Toda temple where buffalo milk and ghee libations are poured. Even a Brahmin may not enter. No Sanskrit prayers are used. No Hindu texts are revered.

In my 2018 film Aryans to Empire I met Pete Raj, a man from the Dravidian Adivasi tribe known as the Toda who dwell in the beautiful Nilgiri hills. They were during the Raj, and still are pro-British and refer to the Indians as an other from themselves. He proved such a popular character that several memes circulated in response to the film including one of him wearing a skull mask and another in reference to the Buffalo worship of the Toda people.

interesting fact about the Toda: they are the closest population genetically to the pre-Aryan civilisation of the Indus Valley. They descend from IVC people who migrated south, probably to escape the Aryans. They look different from other Dravidian speakers and have less Onge related ancestry than many other South Indians. Some Brits thought they were a lost tribe of Israel when they met them! Toda refer to non-Toda Indians as "Indians" and are generally, and historically, pro-British

My son saw a trident logo and asked me what it was and I said it was the weapon of the sea god (Neptune) but he interpreted this to mean Njord. Then he went and made a trident out of hama beads and said "look, Daddy, it's Njord" Interesting that he naturally took it to be symbol that represents the god himself rather than just his attribute. Then he made a mjolnir as well

The moors of Denmark and North Germany preserve numerous Iron Age Germanic offerings. While bog bodies may be executed criminals (see Tacitus), and individual deposits of weapons and jewelry, hair and animals are thought to be offerings to the gods, other explanations are proposed for the deposits of vast numbers of bows, arrows, armour, swords, shields, horses and even boats. One explanation is that because many Germanics from Scandinavia had to pass through this region in order to serve in the Roman army beyond the limes, therefore they raided en route and were sometimes killed by locals who offered the defeated forces to the bogs. Indeed many of the bog finds in Denmark are non-local. The most important Germanic victim find in Germany is at Thorsberg bog. Offerings were sunk there for over 600 years. Most of the items are weapons and equipment from the beginning of the 3rd c. A.D. a time of heavy Roman influence on Germania. Pictured are Thorsberg bog finds dated to 200's

This sword chape was also found in Thorsberg bog. Dating to c. 200 AD it bears one of the earliest runic inscriptions. The side visible in my photograph reads "owlþuþewaz" and the runes on the reverse say "niwajemariz" It is thought that the first o and w are reversed due to metathesis, so that it is actually a reference to the god wolþu (OE: Wuldor, ON: Ullr). Either invoking the god or a man with a theophoric name. Therefore: "Wolthuthewaz is well-renowned," or "the servant of Wuldor, the renowned."

I was flogged in public by a Basque girl wearing a fox skin. Why? Watch my new video to find out!

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Very kind words of praise from an Icelander for Sagas of the Raven Land

Ancient Britons over 4000 years ago made this gold cross. Pagan Saxons 1500 years ago stamped their urns with the symbol. Jesus was probably not crucified on a cross. It became a Christian symbol over 100 years after he died but remained a pagan symbol in Europe for centuries after that.

This Ukrainian man just looks like a Yamnaya/corded ware dude

If you don’t care about the folk traditions of Europe then you ngmi and you’re part of the problem

Don't just post/learn about the gods, worship the gods. Don't just read the myths, but recite the myths. Don't just learn about ritual, buy knucklebones and 3 prayer beads. Don't just learn about sacrifice, go hunting, or buy live cattle. Cook a hearty stew, sit in a sauna. Throw coins in the rivers. Burn tobacco. Brew ale. Live in your faith, live in your culture.

I was flogged in public by a Basque girl wearing a fox skin. Why? Watch my new video to find out!

CGI ODIN by Skellyboi

This map attempts to show the mutual intelligibility of European languages but it’s not accurate. Gaelic and Brythonic are not mutually intelligible and there are also errors for the Finno-ugric region.

50mph gusts all last night and today made camping on Dartmoor less than hospitable. Such is old crockern’s wont. Did visit the wonderful stone row and circle at Down tor though

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