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24 Sep 2023 23:11

Despite all the christian efforts this old boxing tradition stayed popular and is even practiced today (albeit rarely due to high risks).

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

24 Sep 2023 23:04

Later in 1274 metropolite Kiril created a personally-instituted rule which declared expulsion from christianity for any of those who partake in fist-fighting.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

24 Sep 2023 09:47

Monists belong in a bog

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

23 Sep 2023 19:43

King Diarmait mac Murchada of Leinster inspects the head of a fallen enemy after the Battle of Achadh Úr; year AD 1169. 🇮🇪 In the background, an Anglo-Norman mercenary (on horseback) and a Welsh mercenary. Art by Angus McBride (RIP: 1931-2007).

It was Diarmait mac Murchada who brought the first English invaders over to Ireland in the year 1169, in order to recover his Kingdom of Leinster. Diarmait had been ousted by the High King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobar and his ally, the king of Bréifne, Tigernán Ua Ruairc; he had taken the latter’s wife in a manner similar to the Greek legend of Paris and Helen of Troy. The English invasion was initially successful in restoring Diarmait to his throne and capturing a significant part of Ireland. The native Irish were unaccustomed to the novel fighting methods of the Normans (i.e. massed volleys by Welsh archers followed by cavalry charges with heavy war horses), and the aforementioned kings and enemies of Diarmait were highly incompetent. One thing historians often understate or fail to mention altogether, however, is that the invaders relied almost entirely on native Irish allies and Welsh archers to do all of the hard fighting.

One episode at an early stage in the invasion was the battle of Achadh Úr, which took place near Freshford, in county Kilkenny. Diarmait had insisted on invading the Kingdom of Ossory to take vengeance on a rival, king Donnchad mac Gilla Patraic. The invaders were initially defeated in a series of guerrilla-style attacks in the deep forests of Ossory, suffering significant losses and being forced to beat a hasty retreat. But the men of Ossory became overconfident and followed Diarmait’s army out to a district of open fields, where the Welsh were able to put their archery-volley tactics to good use; the result was a major victory for Diarmait and his allies.

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Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

23 Sep 2023 16:48

Celtic warrior reconstruction by S.Shamenkov

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22 Sep 2023 21:25

Slavic autumn equinox is called Osenini, Ovsen or simply the Harvest Day, it’s usually celebrated on 21-24th of September.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

22 Sep 2023 20:34

Oseberg cart reconstruction by Piotr Rzeźbiarz

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

22 Sep 2023 19:43

These are some of the pictures I can find from Endovelico. Thanks Christians.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

21 Sep 2023 15:13

Everybody deserves the right to put their own people first, to be true to their people, to continue their people, without interference…We really, genuinely want diversity and we want to keep diversity which ultimately we would not have under a global authoritarian system.

S.McNallen

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

21 Sep 2023 07:30

No man should trust a maiden's words, Nor what a woman speaks

Havamal

This quote may cause confusion and is often misunderstood. I think it’s just a very down-to-earth warning to a man, especially a young man, not to be too trusting of a woman in day-to-day life rather than any anti-women propaganda. Unlike abrahamic cults Paganism does not consider women inferior, yet acknowledges the differences, chief among the instinctive guile women possess to compensate for physical weakness.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

20 Sep 2023 20:13

The mysterious coffin which just appears seemingly out of nowhere in the mountains as Sviatogor and Ilja rode by is, obviously, a representation of inevitable fate. Sviatogor was just outlived his time, he could no longer die in battle, since even if there were enemies in the mountains none of them would be a challenge to him. Teaching Ilja was his last mission and once the training was over Sviatogor could either return to meaningless wondering of the mountains or die. This tragic abundance of power is what makes the character and the tale interesting to me.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

20 Sep 2023 19:48

With each breath Ilja got stronger. Sviatogor warned him not to take the last breath since it would make him as powerful as Sviatogor himself was and thus unable to walk on land. Ilja carried out his friend’s last wish.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

20 Sep 2023 19:45

Ilja took his friend's giant sword and hit the lead with it, but with each strike the coffin got covered with iron stripes.

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20 Sep 2023 16:49

One day Ilja and Sviatogor were riding the mountains and found a strange coffin with a short text on it’s lid. The latter claimed that whoever fits into the coffin is to lay in it.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

20 Sep 2023 14:18

Sviatogor taught Ilja many things, realizing his bogatyr potential. They trained and lived in the mountains. As Ilja learns Sviatogor, despite being by far the strongest and wisest warrior in the world, can not really put his skills to good use since he is so heavy that the ground itself can’t support his weight. So he only rides deep in the mountains, rarely visiting the very border. The name Sviatogor can be translated as holy mountain.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

24 Sep 2023 23:05

The fighting style was similar to Greek pankration. There's was basically no rules and men of any social status and even age had the right to take part in it. The fights often took place in big open places like squares or even frozen rivers in winter. They occurred primarily during big celebrations. There were different types of fights: one on one, wall on wall (two big groups against each other).

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

24 Sep 2023 23:01

How christians tried to ban traditional boxing

Among the many Pagan traditions judeo-christians tried to ban was old Slavic bare-knuckle boxing (kulachniy boy).

The earliest mention of the conflict is Nestor the Chronicler's famous note written in 1048 about Slavs still living like Pagans after christianization. Here's my translation:

"We live as Pagans...keeping the old beliefs, against the God's will, we still have bards and their trumpets and guslis, rusalii and games and many people still punch each other doing the devil's work"

*a celebration

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24 Sep 2023 09:08

Art by Daniel Jacobs

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23 Sep 2023 16:55

Chernoles (Black Forest) culture was an Iron Age Eastern European culture which inhabited the forest-steppe.

Reconstruction by S.Shamenkov

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23 Sep 2023 06:49

Nashville Tennessee USA.

It's definitely an awe-inspiring sight to behold

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

22 Sep 2023 20:52

Happy Vernal Equinox, folks

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

22 Sep 2023 20:09

The art of storytelling has to return. Our traditions were oral for centuries. As much as we use written sources today, real folklore is always oral. Both can and should coexist.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

22 Sep 2023 07:39

If you want an ethnostate you need an ethnoreligion

As simple as that

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

21 Sep 2023 10:58

A channel dedicated to the racial types of Central and Southern Europe, as well as their aesthetics and genetics.

@Southern8European

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

20 Sep 2023 20:44

Brother Bjorn recently drew Sviatogor for me

https://twitter.com/bjorn_brother

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

20 Sep 2023 19:57

Ilja took Sviatogor’s sword leaving his giant horse by it’s master’s coffin. The latter is still there in the mountains.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

20 Sep 2023 19:46

After all attempts proved futile Sviatogor spoke from the coffin. He asked Ilja to come closer and breath in his last breath.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

20 Sep 2023 19:44

Ilja got inside the coffin, but it was too big for him. Then was Sviatogor's turn and it was just right for him. The moment they realized it, the lead sealed itself and Sviatogor could no longer get out.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

20 Sep 2023 15:41

The meta reason for Sviatogor’s inability to go beyond the mountains is due to him being a hero of the past, the pre-human past, the time when Gods and spirits walked the earth and a warrior as incredible as giant Sviatogor had worthy enemies to slain and a fittingly magical world to inhabit. This "man out of time" element is aisles expressed in the ending.

Aryan Paganism, Traditions and Art (APTA)

20 Sep 2023 13:54

This is how giant warrior Sviatogor and Ilja of Murom became friends.