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↟ Glaðr Ljóssi - Glad Lucia ↟
❄️ Today, the 13th of December we celebrate a very old tradition here in Scandinavia originally called Ljóssi - "Lucia". At the darkest time of the year here in our pre-Christian North, we had a tradition that was linked to light, darkness and the course of the year. The tradition was also often called "Mother Night" and is celebrated just a few days before the wheel is turning - the Winter Solstice.
❄️ Lucia is a tradition held to welcome the return of the light and is a symbol of a light-bringing female. Earlier back in the days, women of each tribe climbed the highest hill or mountain in the area dressed in white and light to watch the horizon for a sign of the light returning. This has it's original origins from the pagan light-goddesses Frigg and Sól - Sunna, and the red belt around the waist of Lucia symbolize fertility...- continues in comment below! ⬇️
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Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come.
K.J. Fowler
There’s a Slovak tale about a werewolf who had nine daughters. He killed the eldest eight but as he was chasing the ninth one the clever girl took her headscarf off and said: "You won’t catch me until you tear this scarf apart, until you split it into thin threads and then weave and spin it back." The werewolf completed this difficult task and began chasing the girl. She then repeated the same words taking off her dress, mantle, blouse, shirt and escaped the terrible death naked.
A.Afanasyev
Make The Gentiles Obedient
"Esaias [11:1] saith, 'There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.' That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God. To make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ." — Romans 15:12,16,18,19
This can hardly be interpreted any differently than the Jewish scriptures predicting the coming of a Jewish Messiah who shall gain the trust of the non-Jews, reign over them, and make them obedient to their God; who is nothing but a manifestation of their will. And Paul—the Jew [Acts 22:3] who wrote the Epistle to the Romans—fulfilled the prophecy through preaching the gospel of Christ.
The image shows one of many Christian depictions of the Tree of Jesse with Jesus at the apex, proving their belief in the prophecy.
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Wotan by Daria Beliaeva
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One does not enslave one’s family. It follows, then, that we who are kin to the Gods are not their slaves.
Any religious philosophy which claims that humans are slaves to the divine runs counter to the spirit and practice of Asatru. When we speak to the Gods, we never use postures or gestures symbolizing inferiority or submission. The clasped hands of Christianity, in which the wrists are presented to be bound by the slave-knot, is alien to us. Similarly, the bowing of the Muslim and the prostrations of the Buddhists are not our way.
S.McNallen
Tradition-directed people hardly think of themselves as individuals; their conduct is determined by folk rituals handed down from the past.
W.Manchester
Perun fighting the Chaos Serpent by Hel
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The best-known version of the Nordic afterlife is not based on the traditional literature but owes its popularity to novels and Hollywood movies. It is the romantic idea that a Viking has to die with his sword in hand so he can go to Valhalla, Odin’s hall. This is not quite what our ancestral faith taught—gripping a sword is not a prerequisite to Valhalla—but a brave death would certainly improve one’s chances of being chosen for this honor.
Our lore makes it clear that Valhalla is for the elite.
We also read of men who entered into the hills to be with their ancestors after dying. Others led a life in the grave mound that was in some ways much like their earthly life had been. There are even hints of reincarnation in the lore.
S.McNallen
Vasily is equally dismissive of the talking skull, the sacred river and the mystic slab. He is fearless and has no authority, be it the government or some higher powers. Buslaev doesn’t care.
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Analysis of the Tale of Vasiliy Buslaev
Buslaev is one of the more modern bylina heroes, even though he has traditional traits such as being too powerful and unruly for his own society to contain. He even assembles a mannerbund like heroes of old, but unlike them he does travel to conquer neighbors, but rather subjugates his native city. Back in the tribal times to attack your own was unthinkable since they were your relatives, but later things changed. Buslaev and his gang didn't hurt a family member while fighting the city.
Eventually the ship reaches Jerusalem. There Buslaev visits all the necessary sacred places. Before leaving he decides to wash in Jordan which is a great blasphemy and agers a local woman who says that only Jesus can wash in this river, while a believer is ought to just dip himself in the water and stay dressed during it.
Buslaev doesn’t care. He finished washing himself, gets dressed and returns to the ship.
The battle lasts days and many get injured. City elders visit Buslaev’s mother. They offer gifts and ask the woman to stop her son. She sends after him and when Vasily comes he is up locked in a cellar. Without him the troublemakers start losing. But soon Vasily is released by the maid girl and rushes to join his allies.
On the way to the bridge he meets a priest holding a church bell. He threatens Vasily and says that he is doomed. Buslaev kills the priest and reunites with his companions on the bridge. Together they win and the city agrees to pay Buslaev the yearly tribute. Vasily feasts with his friend and the first tale ends.
Another bylina retelling ready. Working on the analysis now.
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Scythian by Pavel Ilyin
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Translating some parts of this book. Slavic ethnographic material, primarily on shapeshifting.
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Those old traditions from our ancestors,
the ones we’ve had as long as time itself,
no argument will ever overthrow,
in spite of subtleties sharp minds invent.
Euripides
Obviously abrahamists did not invent kneeling, just corrected it. What once was a show of reverence turned into submission.
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Scandinavian of X-XI c. by R. Plavinski
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Defiance is at the core of Vasily’s character. Even though Vasily is a rare example of a bylina hero who dies in the end he is not defeated.
His death is a conscious choice. Vasily was warned and still stubbornly stayed true to himself which is why I don’t consider Buslaev to be a tragic hero.
Vasily’s murder of the priest is noteworthy because it helps establish that he completely disregards any form of authority be it secular or sacred.
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On the way back home Vasily once again sees the strange island and feels an odd urge to visit it again. The skull is nowhere to be found, but there’s a new oddity. A slab of stone with a warning on it which reads that no one is to jump over the stone as those who dare to try will die.
Buslaev doesn’t care. He tries to jump over the slab, but dives head first and lands on the stone which kills him immediately. Vasily’s body was buried on the island.
This is the end of the tale.
Journey to Jerusalem and death
Years pass and Vasily, now a grown man decides to visit Jerusalem. He wants his mother’s blessing before the journey and tells her that he intends to wash away the sins of his youth. She doesn’t fully believe this, but gives a blessing. Vasily gathers his men and together they sail to Jerusalem.
On it’s way the ship lands on a strange island. There Buslaev notices a skull on his path and kicks it away. The skull speaks and scolds Vasily for his attitude. It says that he was once an arrogant young warrior too yet this is how he ended up and foretells that Vasily’s fate will be the same. Buslaev doesn’t care and continues his journey.
The tale of Vasiliy Buslaev
Vasily was born in Novgorod. His father died of old age when the boy was still small. The mother tried to raise the child as best as she could, but Buslaev was unruly and did only what he wanted. He was also very strong and violent to the point where the townsfolk complains a lot about the youth’s behavior. He gathers a group of daring youngsters and they disturb piece together. Eventually Vasily challenges the entire city. He dares all men of Novgorod to fight his group of troublemakers on the big bridge. As a reward he promises to donate a large sum each year to the city’s treasury, but if he and his friends win the city will have to pay them.
The longer I live, the more do I find myself outside of Christianity, and, moreover, alien and hostile to Christianity. A reading of Prof. Hans F.K. Guenther’s The Religious Attitudes of the Indo-Europeans (London, 1967) reveals that we had a better religion, a religion truer to our own traditions and essential instincts, than is to be found in Christianity. And if in the end Aryan man, the supremely gifted and most masterful race known to history, should disappear from the Earth, the primary reason for it will be his having succumbed to the virus of Christianity.
W.G.Simpson
Hjörvarðr (Heoroweard) and Hrólfr Kraki (Hroðulf), by Jenny Nyström (1895).
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