Some additional points:
The other instances of prophecy (the primary practice associated with seiðr), Oðinn is not the one prophesying. In Baldrs draumar, he raised up a dead witch in the underworld to tell him what he needed to know.
The instances of prophecy as mentioned in Ynglinga saga 7 are of an euhemerized version of him, and therefore should be looked at with some scrutiny. The saga gives a specific overview of what these different practices and types of magic are, but his association is primarily with galdr, shapeshifting, weather/element manipulation, battle-sorcery, herb-magic, and knowing the language of birds. Some of the practices such as shapeshifting are reminiscent of the Sámi Noadi practices. They are also said to be able to send out their spirit in the forms of animals while their bodies are sleeping.
In the instance of his impregnation of Rindr, Sigurðardrápa denotes this was accomplished by seiðr (seið Yggr til Rindar), but in Grógaldr it is denoted as galdr (þann gól Rindi Rani).
The accusation of the Samsø episode in Lokasenna in my view is really just that, an accusation, which is the premise of the senna style poetic form. Óðinn here is said to have used a drum like völva. He was said to have vitka líki fórtu verþjóð yfir, or have fared in the likeness of a warlock over men. The term vitka used has a connotation of controlling the senses, such as in vitkask, which refers to the recovering of one’s senses, or recovering from being in a swoon. The term vitka is associated with Finns (finnvitka, meaning to bewitch like a Finn), as they (or their mixed descendants) are typically the purveyors of sorcery in the sagas. In this lost story, it’s likely that Óðinn had used sorcery to control the senses of the men on Samsø.
My personal view on the matter is that Óðinn being a god, is not subject to the moralities of men. When in preparation for the Ragnarok, he must do what must be done and use every potential resource possible.
The final version of McColl et al is out and they don’t know where this alleged source of East Scandinavians and I1 is but suggest North East Sweden, Finland or Åland
Читать полностью…The University of Oslo has recently launched the Great Viking Survey, a wide-ranging study to explore how people across the world perceive and engage with the vikings as history and heritage, and to map the many ways in which contemporary media and academia shape these views. This online survey invites anyone, anywhere, over 18, to share their thoughts on the iconic viking warrior figure, as well as the enduring legacy and memory of the vikings in the modern world. In doing so, researchers will be able to shine an unprecedented light on the means and mechanisms that allow images and myths of the vikings to be shaped and spread in the public sphere.
Читать полностью…Anders Kaliff is professor of archaeology at Uppsala university in Sweden but has written several papers concerned with comparative folklore and mythology and is known for linking Nordic traditions back to indo-European origins. His work was influential on my video on horse sacrifice, and also was mentioned in the video about the Kivik grave, where I presented his theory that linked it to the Koryos. It is great to see him being interviewed by Grimfrost so that more Heathens will understand the importance of Indo-European studies.
https://youtu.be/-KroQ_rD-Q8?feature=shared
an Anglo-Saxon bronze zoomorphic triskele ornament found in the Cotswolds, possibly a pendant. Each leg terminates in the head of a serpent - a motif seen both in Scandinavian art and also in Celtic art. You can buy garments in my store with such zoomorphic triskelions on.
Читать полностью…Looks rather like this copper alloy saucer brooch from a Saxon cemetery in Fairford in the Cotswolds
Читать полностью…“Odin is no more an argr god than is Thor, which is to say that he is no argr god at all. He is likely not even a continual seid-user. We are all studying the same source material so, feel free to ask yourself: outside of the Rind/Samsø episode, how often have you seen the myths associating Odin with seid or ergi?”
https://norsemythology.substack.com/p/odin-is-not-an-unmanly-god
"The appeal to Tradition must always be present, no matter what other desicions we take, including the desicion to accept innovation."
Tom Rowsell in an interview with Aarvol
An Orthodox priest encounters the bronze statue of Zeus at the Acropolis museum in 1963
Читать полностью…fruity Furholt has coined the term “Violence-inequality complex” prompting Weltkrieger to make this highly accurate map of ancient cultures
Читать полностью…'The Eastern Scandinavians first detection 6-800 years after the earliest Corded Ware populations in Scandinavia (Extended Data Fig.-9A), and the presence of a Hunter-Gatherer ancestry, not well represented by the three waves of Hunter-Gatherers previously identified in Scandinavia, points to an additional, late arrival into Scandinavia by the ancestors of the
Eastern Scandinavians. The Hunter-Gatherer ancestry suggests a link across the Baltic or from the northeast along the Baltic coastline.
With regards to their Steppe-related ancestry, the Corded Ware individuals from Lithuania (4842–4496 BP), Latvia (4833 BP) and Estonia (4638–4400 BP) are not well-modelled by the Eastern Scandinavians, suggesting a source region further north (Supplementary Fig. S5.28). Notably, Corded Ware and Hunter-Gatherer genomes from Finland and the northeast coast of Sweden are not represented in the dataset, and may also be a suitable source for the Hunter-Gatherer ancestry in Eastern Scandinavians.
Such a location would be consistent with strontium isotopes of the Late Neolithic Swedes of Central Sweden which link with eastern and northern Sweden, Finland and possibly Karelia and with similarities in pottery styles between Late Neolithic Sweden and the Kiukainen culture (4500–3800 BP) of southwestern Finland and the Åland Islands47–50 389 . Combined, the results point to the presence of an unsampled hunter-gatherer population, likely carrying I1 haplogroups, admixing with a Corded Ware-related population, similar to those of Scandinavia, to form the Eastern Scandinavians somewhere between Finland and Northeast Sweden. At present, no genomes from this region and time period exist.'
The words descending from Proto Germanic “Walhaz” such as “Gaul”and “Wales” all refer exclusively to Romanised peoples. The word was never applied to Finns, Turks, Native Americans etc. Therefore it probably never meant “stranger” in general but specifically foreigners of the South associated with Rome.
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https://eurogenes.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-pie-homeland-controversy-december.html?m=1
The magic spell in Twin Peaks which defines the series reminds me of Norse pagan practices. It goes:
“Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see, one chants out between two worlds, fire walk with me!”
The spell is connected to the "red room" in which agent Cooper is able to convene with the dead and with supernatural entities - it is a liminal space like a waiting room.
Compare it to Hervararkviða in which Hervǫr summons her dead father from his grave in a ritual during which it is said:
Hnigin er helgrind, haugar opnast
"Hel Gate is lowered, barrows open,"
Then Hervǫr finds herself:
Heima í millum "between the worlds".
David Lynch specifically states that his ideas come to him from a realm he calls the "unified field" - whatever he thinks this realm is, it is clearly the same place that our ancestors skilled in necromancy went to convene with the dead. They chanted out (galdr) between two worlds.
"This is what Yamnaya people looked like. There is no one in India more related to them than Northern Europeans are"
https://x.com/Tom_Rowsell/status/1874873219804725455?s=19
two Anglo-Saxon gilded bronze "face brooches" in a typically Germanic style where the face, possibly depicting a god such as Woden, is comprised of patterns and animals. Found in the Cotswolds.
Читать полностью…An interesting new find from Kalundborg, Denmark; a bronze pendant with three entwined faces, likely Vili, Vé and Odin.
Читать полностью…Лицо древнего индоевропейского воина сквозь века. Новая антропологическая реконструкция мужчины Ямной культуры. Рост этого воителя при жизни был примерно 189 сантиментров — весьма высокий рост для неолита. Пожалуй, данная реконструкция является одной из лучших.
Скульптор-реконструктор: Emese Gábor. Научные руководители: Dr Martin Trautmann & Dr János Dani.
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It’s been a few months since our first Exiles of the Golden Age conference in Vancouver with Thomas Rowsell, and while we’ve been quiet, we’ve been hard at work. We’re thrilled to announce that plans are underway for an even more ambitious 2025 conference, featuring high-profile, thought-provoking speakers from three continents. Each is a successful culture creator contributing to the reinvigoration of European civilization.
Now is the time to maintain momentum. A growing vacuum of power and legitimacy presents Europeans with their first real opportunity in a century to reclaim agency over their communities and destinies. Exiles of the Golden Age offers a vital forum for this cultural revival, fostering international connections among European nationalists and supporting the organic growth of folkish, local communities.
Once the speaker lineup is finalized, we’ll make the official announcement. Stay tuned to this page for updates on merchandise, ticket sales, ancient artifact exhibit, music releases and other exciting plans we have in the works.
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The neighbours to the East of the Yamnaya were an ANE rich population of Siberian origin who were even bigger than the Yamnaya. They were giants often still dependent on hunter-gathering lifestyles but also often influenced by Yamnaya culture and sometimes buried in a Yamnaya cultural context like the giant of Kumsay/Qumsai who was interred in a barrow in western Kazakhstan during the Early Bronze Age, with ochre on his face just like a Yamnaya man.
An amateur enthusiast recently created the reconstruction on the right, while the 3D model on the left is an older model made from the same skull. The new reconstruction claims this is a Yamnaya man - which is perhaps true in a cultural sense - but the Kumsay giant was NOT YAMNAYA since his skull type matches others from Kumsay which when tested did NOT have Yamnaya DNA. Read this blog post to learn more about these giant neighbours of the Yamnaya.
AGR interviews Dr. Evangelos Bexis, the man behind a new pagan temple in Greece who explains why Greeks are returning to Hellenism https://youtu.be/TAC_R2LVHLA?feature=shared
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