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Miller and vodyanoy
Water mills were considered to be a place where the world of water spirits and humans come into contact and therefore the owner of a mill and the master of the water spirits got to know each other. Millers were offering frequent sacrifices to vodyanoy and the latter protected the mill.
Air-maiden (povitrulya)
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A carved wooden face based on a Scythian amulet from the Pazyryk culture.
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That the oak seems to have been associated with the cult of the thunder-god among the Greeks, Romans, Kelts, Germans, and Prussians; further, that oak-sanctuaries of the thunder-god showing, striking features of resemblance are found among the Greeks and Prussians, and that there are grounds for suspecting that similar sanctuaries have existed among the Kelts, Germans, and Slavs.
H.M. Chadwick
Note that traditionally Thunderer’s club is also made out of oak.
Magusanus has many Thunderer traits. He has a club, wears a pelt and possibility has propensity for fertility of the land. J.A. MacCulloch proposed that his name means Strong (related to Old High German Magan). He also argues that this name is connected to Magni (Thor’s son whose name means Strong). His cult locations were oak groves which is another connection to the Thunder God archetype.
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For a long time I stood staring at this in amazement: I knew not what to make of it, and was beginning to feel somewhat nettled, when I was addressed in admirable Greek by a Gaul who stood at my side, and who besides possessing a scholarly acquaintance with the Gallic mythology, proved to be not unfamiliar with our own. “Sir,” he said, “I see this picture puzzles you: let me solve the riddle. We Gauls connect eloquence not with Hermes, as you do, but with the mightier Heracles. Nor need it surprise you to see him represented as an old man. It is the prerogative of eloquence, that it reaches perfection in old age.
Lucian
I thought at first that this was a mockery of the Greek Gods…
They make him out as old as old can be: the few hairs he has left (he is quite bald in front) are dead white, and his skin is wrinkled and tanned as black as any old salt’s. You would take him for some infernal deity, for Charon or Iapetus – any one rather than Heracles.
Such as he is, however, he has all the proper attributes of that God: the lion’s skin hangs over his shoulders, his right hand grasps the club, his left the strung bow, and a quiver is slung at his side
Lucian
The Magic Cup - Jim Fitzpatrick
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Most noteworthy element of Taranis’ iconography is the wheel which hints at the chariot. While the latter became associated with the Thunder God later than the club or a pelt it’s still a very ancient symbol dating to the first Aryan charioteers.
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Another Celtic God who has clear elements of a Thunderer archetype is Ogmios. He has a club, which is the original Storm God weapon and also wears a pelt over a naked body just like Hercules which brings us to the classic Thunderer image which was literally carried right from the Stone Age.
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Each shepherd who used magic had a set of temporary taboos. If one disrespected any of those taboos his powers would vanish and either he himself would die or his cattle. Here are some examples: not to gather forest berries, not to go fishing, not to kill moles, not to curse in the forest, not to cut hair, not to shave, not to marry (or stay away from the wife for the grazing season) etc.
There’s a lot of stories about shepherds breaking their taboos e.g. once a shepherd caught 13 fish and on the next day a bear came out of the forest and killed 13 cows. Another story tells of a shepherd who let a friend blow his magic trumpet. Next day he was found dead in the local forest.
Will return to the topic of male magic of folklore. Will take a while to translate of the texts though.
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He is represented as a man of large and powerful build, in the prime of life, and having a red beard. The equipment of the god as depicted in the mythological poems is remarkable, especially from the negative side. His weapon is almost always the hammer. He is never represented as possessing spear, sword, shield, helmet, or coat of mail. Again in travelling he either goes on foot or drives in a carriage drawn by goats. A horse is never ascribed to him. In Grimnismal, immediately before the enumeration of the horses which the gods ride when they come to do justice under Yggdrasill's Ash, it is stated that Thor has to wade through several streams on his way thither. The horses of Othin, Freyr, Heimdallr and Balder are mentioned also elsewhere. The antiquity of the representation of Thor may be estimated by the absence of the horse and of all the ordinary weapons of war. His equipment indeed resembles that of a hero of the Stone Age rather than of any subsequent period.
H.M. Chadwick
A rare sketch of Odin by Hans Thoma, 1839-1924.
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Real Folklore V Fake Folklore:
The Wulver
Watch almost any video compilation on YouTube of Scottish folklore and you’re bound to see a creature called the Wulver make an appearance. A benevolent humanoid wolf man that lives on Shetland. He was fond of fishing and would leave fish on the window sills of locals.
Except, Shetlanders never believed in him and there is no mention of him anywhere before the publication of Jessie Saxby’s 1932 book Shetland Traditional Lore. She gives no names, dates, locations or details regarding her research. The Wulver appears in no other stories, books or songs from anywhere else on the islands, or the mainland. Purely an invention of Saxby. He is fictional and less than 100 years old.
Yet, countless websites, videos, articles and books present it as genuine folklore. The Scotsman newspaper even talked about the ancient Celts believing in it, just straight up lies and made up nonsense.
Will return to the topic of male magic in folklore soon
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Lleu Llaw Gyffes, Welsh equivalent to Lugh.
A cobbler and his ward come to Caer Arianrhod, the home of Arianrhod. They make shoes for Arianrhod, and the boy, using some missile, shoots down a bird through its leg. This impressive display inspires Arianrhod to say that this fair-haired boy has quite the skilled hand. This is how Lleu Llaw Gyffes got his name. The cobbler reveals himself to be the wizard Gwydion, who tricked Arianrhod, the mother of Lleu, into breaking the very tynged she had cursed her son with - to never have a name lest she alone named him.
Later on in his life, Lleu is almost killed by the man who slept with his wife Blodeuwedd, Gronw Pebr. Lleu takes the form of an eagle, and flees, perching himself upon an oak. When Gwydion manages to persuade Lleu to descend, and then nurses him back to health, Lleu takes revenge on Gronw Pebr by throwing his spear through a stone, clean into Gronw, who had used the stone for protection.
Holy trees and groves are found also among the Slavs. Thietmar of Merseburg states that Riedegost was completely surrounded by a forest, which was regarded with veneration and never touched by the inhabitants.
According to Helmold, Germans were, in his day, admitted to all privileges among the Pruzi (Prussians) except the right of access to groves and springs; they thought that these would, be polluted by the presence of Christians.
H.M. Chadwick
Based on above mentioned iconography its possible that donarkeule pendants from Germany could have been an amulet of the club-wielding God of Thunder Magusanus.
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Despite clear iconographic elements of a heroic Thunder God Dagda’s primary role is that of a wiseman, eloquent and persuasive. He is also the one who introduced Ogham writing much like Wotan did the runes. This similarity is not surprising as Ogma is indeed a shaman psychopomp just like Wotan, despite his Thunderer elements.
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This ancient Heracles drags after him a vast crowd of men, all of whom are fastened by the ears with thin chains composed of gold and amber, and looking more like beautiful necklaces than anything else. From this flimsy bondage they make no attempt to escape, though escape must be easy. There is not the slightest show of resistance: instead of planting their heels in the ground and dragging back, they follow with joyful alacrity, singing their captor’s praises the while; and from the eagerness with which they hurry after him to prevent the chains from tightening, one would say that release is the last thing they desire.
Lucian
Greek philosopher and satirist Lucian was very surprised when he first saw a depiction of Ogma even recognizing him as Hercules since the two were so similar.
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Nietzsche’s great advice for young Pagans who don’t know how to approach their faith and truly be a Pagan.
Protestant teachers are still spreading the fundamental error that faith only is of consequence, and that works must follow naturally upon faith. This doctrine is certainly not true, but it is so seductive in appearance that it has succeeded in fascinating quite other intellects than that of Luther (e.g. the minds of Socrates and Plato): though the plain evidence and experience of our daily life prove the contrary. The most assured knowledge and faith cannot give us either the strength or the dexterity required for action, or the practice in that subtle and complicated mechanism which is a prerequisite for anything to be changed from an idea into action. Then, I say, let us first and foremost have works! and this means practice! practice! practice! The necessary faith will come later—be certain of that!
Of course Taranis is well know for being a God of Thunder, but he doesn’t have some of the traditional attributes, most likely due to the fact that eventually Taranis ended up syncretised with Roman Jupiter.
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Celtic myth does not deal in explicit thunderbolts. However, the Irish Dagda’s iron club, with which he kills the living or revives the dead, has been seen as the counterpart of Indra’s and Thor’s weapons. Thor’s, at least, had the power of bring the dead back to life.
M.L.West
It is believed that a shepherd mostly deals with forest spirits, or leshy himself who is the master of the forest. There are detailed descriptions of what shepherds do to enter into the deal with leshy. They leave offerings such as eggs and milk in the forest under a tree. This represent the amount of cows (or other cattle) fleshy can take from a shepherd for his protection against wild beasts. Shepherds also hide locks in the forest which mark the territory beasts may not leave according to the agreement. A shepherd who managed to get on meshy’s good side didn’t even have to graze the cattle himself and just struck his staff in the ground or blow the trumpet.
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Greek Hercules, originally a Thunder God too, also looks like a hero of Stone Ages. He wears a pelt over a naked body and wields a club, the most primitive weapon of all. Thor himself was also a club wielder originally as evident by Gesta Danorum and comparative mythology with other Thunderers such as Perun.
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God-fearing is a compliment to a christian. Just think about it. Why would one fear his own god?
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Celtic belief in reincarnation
While you, ye Druids, when the war was done,
To mysteries strange and hateful rites returned:
To you alone 'tis given the gods and stars
To know or not to know; secluded groves
Your dwelling-place, and forests far remote.
If what ye sing be true, the shades of men
Seek not the dismal homes of Erebus
Or death's pale kingdoms; but the breath of life
Still rules these bodies in another age —
Life on this hand and that, and death between.
Happy the peoples 'neath the Northern Star
In this their false belief for them no fear
Of that which frights all others: they with hands
And hearts undaunted rush upon the foe
And scorn to spare the life that shall return.
Lucan
Ravnkel Freysgode by Andreas Bloch, 1895.
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