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07 July 2026 21:50

NEVER GIVE UP

"Nevertheless I long - I pine, all my days -
to travel home and see the dawn of my return.
And if a god will wreck me yet again on the wine-dark sea,
I can bear that too, with a spirit tempered to endure.
Much have I suffered, labored long and hard by now
In the waves and wars. Add this to the total -
Bring the trial on!"

Odyssey, 5.221-27

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05 July 2026 09:02

UK government are going to mangle YouTube so you only see regime media. Typical communist tactic, trying to ensure their propaganda is dominant.

Please fill out the form and make your objection known.

I have a degree in media and I have worked in mainstream media so I am every bit as qualified as any regime approved hack. I spent 20 years building my own channel on YouTube and deserve the organic reach it attracts without state interference.

I have successfully debunked numerous falsehoods and lies propagated by state approved outlets and can therefore say with confidence that my content is of a higher quality and more reliable than for eg. The BBC

read the full paper here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/watch-this-space-a-new-strategic-direction-for-uk-media-green-paper-and-public-consultation/watch-this-space-a-new-strategic-direction-for-uk-media-green-paper-and-public-consultation…

and fill out the response form: https://dcms.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2fQ7ExcypoLCKZE

this is REALLY bad for British YouTubers if this goes through as this is just legacy regime media dominating the algorithm by government decree

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04 July 2026 16:42

illustration by P. Y. Videlier inspired by artefacts from a hoard found in Blanot, Burgundy, France ; late Urnfield Culture (1000-900 BC).

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03 July 2026 16:19

Dr Pavel, I'm guldgubben

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03 July 2026 14:28

God-in-my-pocket

Three Iron-age mini-idols were discovered in 2002 Lunda, close to Strängnäs in Sörmland, which the local authorities erroneously present as "guldgubbarna" (golden geezers) but this term is properly restricted to 2D figures on beaten gold foils. These 3cm tall 3D figurines were found in what may have been a cult house near to a settlement, a burial ground, a sacrificial area and a 40 metre long mead-hall built around 500 AD.

Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg wrote:

“Two of them are cast in bronze and fully or partially gilded. The third is carved from a solid piece of gold. Slightly kneeling and with their hands on their stomachs, they stand confidently there, also with their sexes erect…The nudity could indicate that they are images of gods.”

She speculated that one could represent Njörðr. Similar Mini-idols were in use among Greeks and Romans, as portable personal items of devotion. Such idols can themselves be votive offerings to the deity they depict.

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02 July 2026 23:02

New study on the black death in the middle ages also looks at Gaelic ancestry in Trondheim, Norway and Lund Sweden.

This chart shows loads of Gaelic ancestry in Lund, even some more Gaelic than Swedish. They also found two Welshmen and a Jew in medieval Lund.

Loads of Gaelic in Norway too, as other studies have shown. Some Norwegians have more insular celtic ancestry than some English do

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.29.730585v1

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02 July 2026 13:23

Dan Davis made a video about the study this article mentions which finds evidence of Bronze age trade linking Sweden to Spain

https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/boat-carvings-sea-networks-iberia-scandinavia/

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30 June 2026 09:15

I learned the seed for drawing a Troy town

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29 June 2026 14:35

More than 4 years before I got married, I was asked this question publicly on tumblr. I stuck to what I said

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29 June 2026 14:32

"In paganism... good cannot be separated from beauty, and this is normal, because the good is form, the consummate forms of worldly things. Consequently, art cannot be separated from religion. Art is sacred. Not only can the gods be represented, but art is how they can be represented, and insofar as men perpetually assure them of representation, they have a full status of existence. All European spirituality is based on representation as mediation between the visible and the invisible, on representation by means of depicted figures and signs exchanged against a meaning intimately tied to the real, the very guarantee of this incessant and mutual conversion of the sign and meaning. Beauty is the visible sign of what is good, ugliness the visible sign of not only what is deformed or spoiled but bad."
Alain de Benoist - On Being a Pagan

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29 June 2026 13:37

An amazing example from Nijman of how to modernly celebrate while keeping traditional elements.
Glad Midsummer to all!
Hail Sunna - Sława Słońcu!

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28 June 2026 23:29

This is a very interesting video about a concealed runic inscription that may invoke Freyja

https://youtu.be/HPC78fzIY0Q?is=20qA4fRoMopPFKgF

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23 June 2026 17:22

A poem/prayer read at the 2026 HOD blot to Thor by Cearl of Mercia:

Hail and greetings to Wodan's kin!
You Heavenly Gods who are mighty and wise,
It is right to give you our blot and prayer,
Since you taught the Holy Ways to Father Mannus,
Whence came Ing, Irmin and Istio's folk,
From whom came rulers of land and sea.
Impart to us here, we children of Mannus,
Blessings of victory and thriving fields,
And give shelter to us, who tend hallowed fire,
And bring gifts for your aid, to us and our heirs.
Hail to you, son of Woden and Earth!
Wielder of Heaven-fire, Middle-Yard's ward,
Loud-riding Punor of the oaken grove,
You whose hammer is the devourers' bane,
Whose breath is the wind, whose path is the storm,
World-worm's Slayer, Sky-lord, come forth.
You who splits the dark cloud for sunlight and rain,
Oh, Steadfast Striker, Husband of Sif,
May you bless our rite and receive our gifts,
For healthy offspring and flourishing fields,
And grant strength to us in defence of truth,
Our forebears' ways in times of need.
We Hail the father of strength, wrath, and might,
As your chariot rumbles, may the ettins quake,
From your lofty fortress, may you reign forever!

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23 June 2026 10:18

An alternative map of European genetic clusters

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22 June 2026 14:09

If these were countries, which one would be richest, and where would you want to live?

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06 July 2026 17:14

Come to the barrow daddy, children

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04 July 2026 16:43

Bronze Age woman and child, illustration by P. Y. Videlier inspired by artefacts found in a woman's tomb unearthed in Champlay, Yonne, France ; Tumulus - Urnfield Culture transition period (1300-1200 BC).

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04 July 2026 14:33

Although it is contested, the correct answer is almost certainly Västergötland

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03 July 2026 14:28

Saint Eskil was an Anglo-Danish monk who was sent on a mission to Sweden. In about 1080, he went to the Heathen holy site of Strängnäs (probably sacred to Frey since images of him are found there). He attempted to disrupt a blot by lake Malar so the Heathens stoned him to death and chopped up his body. A cathedral stands on the holy site where the blot occurred.

The locals reenacted this event with Eskil represented by a woman (see pic).

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03 July 2026 09:55

So we know from several studies now that Vikings were a lot more British/Irish than modern Scandinavians are. It wasn’t just women and slaves, but high status Viking men of sometimes entirely British isles ancestry. But in that case you may wonder, where did this ancestry go?

Today this is limited to Gaelic ancestry in West Norway, the Faroes and Iceland, but it used to be much higher and was found as far away as Eastern Sweden and even Viking Russia!

This new plague preprint links the ancestry shift after bd to a broader drop in long-range immigration. Post-BD populations show less Gaelic and British ancestry, coinciding with the end of the Viking Age, Christianisation, and the Little Ice Age, which likely curtailed mobility from the British Isles and elsewhere.

Then we probably see the same “urban sink” effect noted in Rome and elsewhere- urban populations are constantly supplemented by the surrounding countryside- in this case resulting in the gradual dilution of the foreign blood and a return to a pre-Viking age Nordic profile in places like Lund.

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02 July 2026 23:00

The ancestors of the Jutes built a large temple to the gods in the first century BC.

It was 15 x 16 metres, with a “deep outer ditch lined with closely spaced wooden posts and an inner chamber constructed from oak planks. At its centre stood a raised clay platform with an ornate hearth, which appears to have been the focal point of ritual activity.”

“Archaeologists identified two phases of the temple, with a later version built slightly offset from the original but maintaining the same design. The persistence of the central hearth, even through reconstruction, suggests it played a vital ceremonial role—possibly as an altar for sacrifices or an “eternal flame”.”

Sounds much like Vedic and other Indo-European temple hearth cults
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/04/hedegard-revealed-archaeologists-uncover-temple-structure/157671

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30 June 2026 09:18

Iamblichus, 1500 years ago, explicitly telling us that yes it is possible to reconstruct damaged traditions:
"For all these reasons, then, let us call upon the gods as our leaders, entrust both ourselves and our discourse to them, and follow wherever they may lead. We should not be deterred by the fact that this school has long been neglected; that it has been hidden beneath estranged teachings and certain secret symbols; that it has been overshadowed by many false and spurious writings; and that it has been obstructed by many other difficulties of the same kind. The will of the gods is enough for us, and with it one can endure difficulties even more perplexing than these."
- Book 1 of On the Pythagorean Life

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29 June 2026 14:41

Sitting on Holy Island, Lindisfarne, the site of the first Viking raid on Britain and admiring the view, 2010

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29 June 2026 14:34

My uncle built this dolmen from the remains of another that had been used for a local farmer's wall. It was built for my cousin’s wedding in Scotland and rather resembles an altar

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29 June 2026 13:42

Key takeaways from the inscription:
• Joyful Runes: The stone mentions that Kolfinn "hid joyful runes" (tæitirunaR). While traditionally viewed as a reference to wordplay or poetry, scholar Staffan Fridell suggests these "hidden" runes are actually the extra, seemingly misplaced characters scattered throughout the carving
• The Hidden Message: When these specific "extra" runes are collected, they spell out a phrase invoking the goddess Freyja. This has led researchers to wonder if the stone was designed as a riddle to identify Freyja as the deity who received the deceased in the afterlife
• Protective Magic: The inscription also features æiwinrunar (eternity runes) intended to protect the monument by driving away a dwarf named Billing into the sunlight, reflecting ancient beliefs that such beings were harmed by daylight.
• A Complex Memorial: Rather than a standard memorial stone, the Malt runestone appears to be a multi-layered object that includes a riddle about the gods, multiple invocations of Tyr, and protective runic magic

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29 June 2026 09:51

I1 arrives in Britain with the Anglo-Saxons and reaches ~26%

Climbs to ~35% thanks to Vikings

Falls to ~15% due to French immigrants in the late Middle Ages.

We need to RETVRN

All father, i will avenge them!

Pies by @maptism

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26 June 2026 11:06

Jesus Hails Woden, the Highest, and Thunder, son of Earth.

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23 June 2026 17:12

How did ancient Britons and Saxons get across bogs? New Short

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22 June 2026 18:58

Quite surprised by Grok here

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22 June 2026 10:59

My son has joined a legion. Roman Empire claims another victim