Another religious practice of the Nuragic people was visiting sacred wells as a type of pilgrimage around the island. These wells, among other things, indicate the importance of water in Nuragic religion. It is speculated the wells are dedicated to Sardus.
Pictured here is the impressive and well preserved sacred well of Santa Cristina, still being used by people offering coins today. While not much about the Nuragic faith is known, it seems some of their religious practices are still alive and well.
Pictured here is the impressive and well preserved sacred well of Santa Cristina, still being used by people offering coins today. While not much about the Nuragic faith is known, it seems some of their religious practices are still alive and well.
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Archeologists discover Heathen temple in Norway
Archeologists working for the University Museum of Bergen have discovered the remains of a Pagan temple at Ose farm, Ørsta. This is the first time such a house of worship has been found in Norway.
The remains of temple are dated to the early Iron Age. Besides the house of worship, several other structures have been unearthed.
Archeologists working for the University Museum of Bergen have discovered the remains of a Pagan temple at Ose farm, Ørsta. This is the first time such a house of worship has been found in Norway.
The remains of temple are dated to the early Iron Age. Besides the house of worship, several other structures have been unearthed.
Dacian Birds of the Soul (pasărea suflet)
On some Romanian graveyards, a pre-Christian custom of Dacian origin can still be found. These birds, who are said to represent an ancient idea of birds guiding people in the afterlife, can only be found on the graves of men.
The monuments consist of a wooden pillar containing different elements and symbols, with a bird on top of them. While lost in most of the country, the custom managed to survive in villages like Loman.
On some Romanian graveyards, a pre-Christian custom of Dacian origin can still be found. These birds, who are said to represent an ancient idea of birds guiding people in the afterlife, can only be found on the graves of men.
The monuments consist of a wooden pillar containing different elements and symbols, with a bird on top of them. While lost in most of the country, the custom managed to survive in villages like Loman.
In ancient Dacian culture, the bodies of the dead were cremated. They believed good souls would rise from the body like birds and ascend to the heavens.
Folklorist Gheorghe Pavelescu believed the tradition has many similarities to the totem poles of other cultures around the world and is meant to protect a person’s soul against evil spirits.
Folklorist Gheorghe Pavelescu believed the tradition has many similarities to the totem poles of other cultures around the world and is meant to protect a person’s soul against evil spirits.
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This is a reconstruction of building D2 at the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Yeavering. It is widely agreed to be a pagan temple or shrine room which the early English called a weoh or hearg. The building contained no evidence of human habitation at all, but did have a large pit containing sacrificial animal bones, mainly oxen skulls. There are also three post holes behind a partition wall which are thought to have been where the idols of the gods stood.
Such temples are well attested in historical sources. Bede says that King Rædwald kept a temple with shrines to the old gods. Elsewhere Bede recounts the story of Coifi the pagan priest who defiled a temple, and he also says that the Christian King Earconbert of Kent destroyed many temples and idols in 640AD.
Such temples are well attested in historical sources. Bede says that King Rædwald kept a temple with shrines to the old gods. Elsewhere Bede recounts the story of Coifi the pagan priest who defiled a temple, and he also says that the Christian King Earconbert of Kent destroyed many temples and idols in 640AD.
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Pommel of a sword with a depiction of Iku-Turso. Gilt bronze. Kirmukarmu cemetery, Vesilahti, Finland. 550 – 800 CE.
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New bog idol from Ireland found
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1,600-Year-Old Wooden Pagan Idol Discovered in Irish Wetland
The Gortnacrannagh Idol may have marked a designated site for the worship of a pagan deity.
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Alemannic depiction of Wodan, 6./7. century In the centre, inside a circle, the bearded figure of a man with raised arms can be seen. Recently, M. O. Speidel, in a study on Germanic iconography and mythology, was able to show that this is the very rare southern Germanic representation of the god Wodan.
The attributes of Wodan are depicted in the outer ring of the decorative disc, in the form of stylised eagle and serpent heads. The fourfold sequence of eagle and serpent corresponds, as it were, to a fourfold transcription in the sense of "Wodan, Wodan, Wodan". The inner image shows the prince of the gods himself, seated with spread legs, oversized male member and six testicles as symbols of his procreative power, with flowing hair which he grasps with his hands. Iconographically, Wodan can be traced several times on Norse ornaments as a "spreader-sitter-hairstylist", often also in connection with eagle and serpent."
The attributes of Wodan are depicted in the outer ring of the decorative disc, in the form of stylised eagle and serpent heads. The fourfold sequence of eagle and serpent corresponds, as it were, to a fourfold transcription in the sense of "Wodan, Wodan, Wodan". The inner image shows the prince of the gods himself, seated with spread legs, oversized male member and six testicles as symbols of his procreative power, with flowing hair which he grasps with his hands. Iconographically, Wodan can be traced several times on Norse ornaments as a "spreader-sitter-hairstylist", often also in connection with eagle and serpent."