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28 Mar 2023 16:54

All that survives of the passage grave in the village of Crucuno in Plouharnel (Morbihan) is the square chamber but its 5x4m capstone set on orthostats up to 2m tall (one of them decorated with cupules) make it one of the most impressive in Brittany

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27 Mar 2023 14:57

Modified a map of the Corded Ware sample to include general location of samples from published papers. Does not include older Corded Ware groups like Srubnaya or offshoots like the Bell Beakers.

Earliest Corded Ware samples have been found in the Baltics, Poland, and Bohemia. Both y haplogroup R1b and R1a was found in early Corded Ware but in later Corded Ware groups R1a came to dominate (except for the Corded Ware ancestors of the Bell Beakers who would the make R1b the most common y haplogroup of Western Europe).

Source of sample locations:

https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/ancient-human-dna_41837#6/51.000/2.000

Original map:
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corded_Ware_culture.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

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27 Mar 2023 13:15

"Genetic evidence coincides with Jordane's account of a Scandinavian origin of the Goths. Olade et al 2019 conducted a study on several Visigoth remains in Iberia. Sample I12163 was found to be ~65% Germanic (resembling modern Swedes from Gotland and Danes from Jutland), and ~35% local Iberian (resembling modern Portuguese and Spanish people). Sample I12023 had no Southern European admixture but a significant Welsh/Breton-like signal on top of their base Scandinavian DNA. Sample I12032 was roughly ~50% Germanic and ~50% Iberian, whilst another sample labelled I120234 was ~85% Iberian and ~25% mixed Celtic and Germanic ancestry."

THE VISIGOTHS: History, Origin, Genetics

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27 Mar 2023 10:12

"The primary appeal of a universal religion to a ruling elite may be its potential as a force for enhanced social cohesion. ... It appears that this utilitarian view contributed toward the popularization of Zoroastrianism throughout the Persian Empire by King Cyrus (d. 431 B.C.), in Alexander the Great's advocacy of Hellenistic ecumenism, in the expansion of Hinayana Buddhism during the reign of the Indian Emperor Asoka (d. 232 BC), in the expansion of Mahayana Buddhism throughout China during the Tang dynasty (620-907), in the legitimizing of Christianity by Constantine in 313, and in the military-religious expansion of Islam under the Caliphate (632-661) and the Umayyad Dynasty (661-750). Also, as will be discussed in Part II, some Germanic leaders appear to have utilized Arian Christianity to preserve their ethnocultural identity, while others utilized Roman Christianity to enhance the level of social cohesion throughout their realms."

"The primary contribution of Bellah to the current inquiry is his analysis of "the phenomenon of religious rejection of the world characterized by extremely negative evaluation of man and society and the exaltation of another realm of reality as alone true and infinitely valuable." This word rejecting orientation tends to be manifested in universal religions and is contrasted by Bellah with the world-accepting orientation of primitive religion, which is "concerned with the maintenance of personal, social and cosmic harmony and with attaining specific goods - rain, harvest, children, health - as men have always been. But the overriding goal of salvation that dominates the world-rejecting religions is almost absent in primitive religion and life after death tends to be a shadowy semi-existence in some vague designated place in the single world."

"In certain instances, "the breakdown of internal order led to messianic expectations of the coming of a savior king." These destabilizing social developments seem to have contributed to the emergence of the historical, universal religions, which are distinguished from the archaic, folk religions by their transcendental, world-rejecting character. Bellah explicates:

'For the masses, at least, the new dualism is above all expressed in the difference between this world and the life after death. Religious concern, focused on this life in primitive and archaic religions, now tends to focus on life in the other realm, which may be either infinitely superior or, under certain circumstances, with the emergence of various conceptions of hell, infinitely worse. Under these circumstances the religious goal of salvation (or enlightenment, release and so forth) is for the first time the central religious preoccupation...
From the point of view of these religions a man is no longer defined chiefly in terms of what clan he comes from or what particular god he serves but rather as a being capable of salvation...'

This description of historical, universal religions is significant, since it also describes the ideological milieu from which Christianity emerged. It may be compared with the earlier observations of Ernst Troeltsch:

'A new era of creative religious experience and sensitiveness to religious influences characterized the close of the ancient world. The way had been prepared for this change by a number of factors, which may be briefly enumerated: the destruction of national religions, which was a natural result of the loss of national independence; the mingling of races, which led naturally to the mingling of various cults; the rise of mystery religions with their exclusive emphasis upon the inner life, and their independence of questions of nationality and birth; the fusion of various fragments of religion which had broken away from their national foundation; the philosophical religion of culture with its varied forms of assimilation to the popular religions; the need of a world empire for a world religion, a need which was only partially satisfied by worship of the Emperor.'"

From James C. Russell — The Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity.

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25 Mar 2023 18:43

Core Germanic zone 500 BC and related migrations of Germanic peoples.

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25 Mar 2023 16:04

A Frankish silver belt buckle tongue was appropriated by Saxon pagans who removed one eye of the face so that it represents Wotan
https://rotergeysir.net/old-saxon-wodan-image-north-of-bremen/

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24 Mar 2023 21:27

"The basic principle followed by the Indo- European peoples was of a divine order sustaining the whole universe. Law was seen as something bestowed by the Gods upon humanity in order for man to avoid all impiety and injustice through adherence to traditional values...He who follows Tradition remains faithful to his ancestral heritage by perceiving the divine in all moments of his life, thus bearing witness to the values of truth, justice, loyalty and honour. Inner dedication to traditional principles leads to a genuine awareness that shapes one's life by infusing it with a higher significance."

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24 Mar 2023 09:46

AI tyranny is already here. Just received a twitter strike for advising AA to chop garlic with a knife.

Previously had account suspended for warning Lord Miles he could be killed if he went to north sentinel island, and for saying the BBC ought to die.

It picks up words like die, kill or knife and automatically suspends the account. Then the review fails because there are no human staff

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23 Mar 2023 21:15

Gamers may like to check out this new Roman themed game created by my colleague Roy Douglas who has contributed CGI art to STJ

https://youtu.be/sCTNPnKC7Yo

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22 Mar 2023 11:10

NEW GARMENTS: The ALU ODIN range features a design from the Funen bracteate, slightly modified to resemble other similar bracteates which feature Odin. The runes on the bracteate are magical and invoke Odin as "houaz" which is Odin as the "High" and there is also the ALU magical inscription. The runes beneath the design invoke him again: "ALU GOD / HOUAZ / WODINAZ" all of which are attested runic invocations of Odin from bracteates. Available on hoodies, t shirts, vests etc..

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22 Mar 2023 01:23

Reconstruction of a man from the post-Yamnaya Poltavka culture

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21 Mar 2023 15:35

Ossetian pagans sacrificing animals, singing folk songs and keeping their traditions alive. https://youtu.be/Jzmcd1mREhw

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19 Mar 2023 23:09

Bronze Archaic Revival ☀️

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19 Mar 2023 15:49

Before it became a hot topic among pagans, this Canadian heathen explained the lunar calendar in this useful video from 13 years ago! I understand he is now a radio DJ
https://youtu.be/zlVlpuq_RRM

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19 Mar 2023 11:52

Easter is the goddess of the dawn and is the West Germanic name for Freyja. There is lots of evidence for her worship

https://www.bitchute.com/video/o3IACnzvSq7j/

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27 Mar 2023 18:53

Ceiling fresco of the Olympic gods at the gallery Borghese

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27 Mar 2023 14:54

All night long, all day, the doors of Hades stand open.
But to retrace the path, to come up to the sweet air of heaven,
That is labour indeed.

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27 Mar 2023 13:14

One way to imagine the Scythian ethnogenesis and spread is as a ball bouncing. It drops from West Russia/Belarussia (fatyanovo) in a fall of about 1000 years to the East end of the steppe (passing from Sintashta to Andronovo) bouncing at the point of the Karasuk near the Altai mountains, and then, as Scythians, returning West as far as Ukraine in just 300 years. Imagine a slow fall, with a much faster bounce back

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27 Mar 2023 10:06

Proto Germanic words for family and their reconstructed modern English cognates

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25 Mar 2023 16:45

My son leaves an offering to a weoh stapol

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24 Mar 2023 22:12

Ireland's great poet, Seamus Heaney, visits a Celtic idol on Boa island in this beautiful little film. Real folk horror vibes. May the Irish resist globalist oppression and remember their gods.
https://youtu.be/DSpoPBb8LAg

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24 Mar 2023 20:19

I grew up in a village in Oxfordshire near the Ridgeway. I've mentioned in my films the importance a barrow up on the Ridgeway called Scutchamers knob had in my adolescence but I never realised there was another bronze age barrow right by the village despite going past in countless times. I visited it yesterday as I was there for a funeral. Its a very broad one, but not so prominent and concealed by trees which is probably why it escaped my notice. No one in the village ever mentioned it as most people in England are ignorant of the heritage of the soil all around. It is time to remember.

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23 Mar 2023 22:37

Visited the Anglo-Saxon Asthall barrow from 7th c today in Oxfordshire Cotswolds. Its the poshest barrow I have seen, with its own retaining wall of cotswold stone as my pics show. I assumed this was made in recent centuries and you can see it in this pic from 1895, but apparently this was an original feature! The barrow contained cremated remains of human, dog, sheep and horse as well as a large burnt timber. Victorians planted trees on it for some reason. It stands beside the A40 and an old Roman road, so remains as prominent now as it was 1400 years ago.

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22 Mar 2023 16:43

Folkloric account of Odinic practices both in Kent and Exmoor involving the hanging of animals in trees. I have witnessed and photographed stags hung up high in branches in the forests of Sussex myself

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22 Mar 2023 11:10

I am wearing the Sigurd design from bracteate DR-BR55 on a Premium cotton shirt. The design is also available on lower quality "classic tee" as well as hoodies, stickers, and vests etc.
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21 Mar 2023 15:42

Plaster head of a woman from Mycenae c. 1250 BC.

It's about 6 inches high and clearly there was more to it originally but we don't know if it was a statue or something else like a bust.

It's not known if this represents a woman or a goddess but it was found in the part of Mycenae they call the Cult Centre with its temple buildings so perhaps it's more likely to be a goddess.

What goddess could it be?

The marks on the face could be tattoos or makeup and again it's not known what they represent.

Could they be solar symbols and so could she be a dawn goddess like Eos?

Or do they symbolise flowers meaning she's a goddess like Demeter? She was associated with poppies - could they be symbolic poppies?

I don't know, perhaps she's not a goddess at all, just a gorgeous Mycenaean dime piece.

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20 Mar 2023 23:23

Body parts in Proto-Germanic and Old English

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19 Mar 2023 23:07

"Archaeologists believe this plateau was a holy site, possibly treated as a pilgrimage site, the release said. The types of artifacts unearthed are similar to offerings left at other Roman religious sites." https://www.yahoo.com/news/hiker-stumbles-upon-where-roman-135651884.html

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19 Mar 2023 12:21

This artwork focuses on the sexual associations of the troy town symbol which you can learn about in this video
https://youtu.be/tSpXU3DFhOE

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19 Mar 2023 11:34

A beautiful Anglo Saxon raven mount, found in Essex.
One Old English term for ravens was Wælceasiga; the slain-choosing one. It was recorded in the Old English Exodus in the 10th Century.