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GÓÐS V JǪTNAR Стены Асгарда Интерпретация мифа Строки 25–26 Vǫluspá Отсылают к тому же мифу, который пересказывается в “Snorra Edda” В «Gylfaginning» глава 42 Речь идёт об истории о Йотунне, явившемся в облике чужеземца, который обманом заключил с Богами договор о возведении стен Асгарда в обмен на Солнце, Луну и руку Фрейи в браке. Этот миф — один из наиболее искажённых и неверно понимаемых во всей скандинавской мифологии, и потому Том Роузелл решил объяснить данный миф как можно яснее https://youtube.com/@survivethejive?si=BJfyfPIekPjHHzJ6

Russian translation of my video about Asgard’s walls

In the Old English "Nine Herbs Charm" it is written that Woden killed a dangerous "wyrm" or adder with the help of nine "wuldortanas" (glory-twigs). Heizmann (1997) argues that this magical act is depicted on that may be depicted on bracteate IK 574 from a female cremation grave at Issendorf near Hamburg.

Here is an older map showing Saxons as Roman mercenaries based on finds of Roman belt sets and fibulas up to the year 400 AD, mere decades before the Saxons invaded Britain

A map showing siliqua silver Roman coin finds as evidence of Saxons who served as mercenaries in the Roman military

The copper bowl itself is Celtic in origin, perhaps centuries old. The circular and square motifs on the side contain typically Celtic art reminiscent of the ancient La Tene art that was no longer in use. The centre of the bowl also contained a fish which could spin around. This may have represented the salmon of wisdom from Celtic mythology. But the bowl had been repaired - patched in one place with silver and etched with two birds (probably Woden's ravens). On the underside there is a circle of clearly Germanic knotwork from Style 2 which originates in Scandinavia. In the centre of the circle is a zoomorphic fylfot of the exact same kind found in contemporary finds from Sweden. So the pagan English were acquiring these old, likely pagan, bowls from the Christian Britons and then modifying them with Odinic imagery so they could be used for Germanic pagan rituals. The trend spread from England to the rest of the Germanic world with 26 found in Norway, 2 in Sweden, 1 in Denmark and 4 in continental Germanic Europe. 2/2

For some reason Early Anglo-Saxons of the 5/6th century liked hanging bowls of Celtic manufacture. These sometimes display a Celtic art style that resembles the La Tene style from 500 years earlier. Additionally they are completely absent from the Celtic Western side of Britain (0 in cornwall/Devon, Wales) and are rare in Ireland (17) and Scotland (7) compared to Eastern England (117). I believe these bowls were used for libation offerings, but this has not been proven. The Anglian king's burial at Sutton Hoo contained more than one Celtic hanging bowl, and one of them called bowl 2 is especially interesting because it had been recently modified with Germanic art added to it in the 6/7th century. 1/2 (continued in next post)

Quite pleased with my new Treubhan tapestry

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

STJ action figures?

Get back to the country and prepare to pray at the hearth only to find a dried out tawny owl there. Presume it got trapped months ago and was mummified

The first mention of the Saxons as a folk was in 356, when Emperor Julian the Divine, himself crowned by Germanic and Gaulish barbarians, wrote a eulogy to Constantius II which mentioned the Saxons as allies of the hostile Emperor Magnentius of Samarobriva

Ran into Tom Roswell (Survive the Jive), one of the few people I truly hold in high regard. In this moment, our power levels merged like the joining of lightning bolts.

Today my friend and I repaired the grave stone of my 6th great grandmother, Sarah Rowsell, in Wimbledon.

Also despite using titles such as Pontifex Maximus, Christianity obviously doesn’t represent a continuation of Roman paganism either as it literally opposed it

Very amusing when certain Christians say paganism isn’t a real tradition because it hasn’t got an unbroken line. Christian priests don’t descend from the Kohanim. Christianity doesn’t have an unbroken connection to Judaism because it represents a break from it. Therefore Christianity, by this definition, isn’t a proper tradition. Paul says that the new tradition is based on faith in Jesus and not bloodline and that there is “no longer Jew or Greek”. A new tradition is by definition not a tradition

My son, with his plastic sword, prayed to the king in the barrow that one day he will be a great king too.

The barrows are not made from the local chalk, but from stacks of turf. These pieces of chalk were found nearby inscribed with what are presumably the sacred shapes of the late Neolithic eg. the rhombus

Today I stopped at Stonehenge. The best place to view it is from above, on top of one of the six grand barrows of King Barrow Ridge - funerary monuments built for great men of the Beaker folk who invaded Britain c. 4400 years ago. The ridge has six large barrows in a row but they are partially obscured by trees so many don't notice them. They were intentionally placed to look down on Stonehenge and the original Stonehenge avenue - the processional route by which one was intended to approach the monument - passes through the ridge

The late Bronze Age Britons had huge festivals at which large numbers of livestock were slaughtered for sacrifice and feasting. Must have been an incredible vibe! https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)01532-9