Forwarded from Survive the Jive: All-feed
New art of a Nordic Bronze Age warrior youth by Joan Oliveras.
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The moors of Denmark and North Germany preserve numerous Iron Age Germanic offerings. While bog bodies may be executed criminals (see Tacitus), and individual deposits of weapons and jewelry, hair and animals are thought to be offerings to the gods, other explanations are proposed for the deposits of vast numbers of bows, arrows, armour, swords, shields, horses and even boats.
One explanation is that because many Germanics from Scandinavia had to pass through this region in order to serve in the Roman army beyond the limes, therefore they raided en route and were sometimes killed by locals who offered the defeated forces to the bogs. Indeed many of the bog finds in Denmark are non-local.
The most important Germanic victim find in Germany is at Thorsberg bog. Offerings were sunk there for over 600 years. Most of the items are weapons and equipment from the beginning of the 3rd c. A.D. a time of heavy Roman influence on Germania.
Pictured are Thorsberg bog finds dated to 200's
One explanation is that because many Germanics from Scandinavia had to pass through this region in order to serve in the Roman army beyond the limes, therefore they raided en route and were sometimes killed by locals who offered the defeated forces to the bogs. Indeed many of the bog finds in Denmark are non-local.
The most important Germanic victim find in Germany is at Thorsberg bog. Offerings were sunk there for over 600 years. Most of the items are weapons and equipment from the beginning of the 3rd c. A.D. a time of heavy Roman influence on Germania.
Pictured are Thorsberg bog finds dated to 200's
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If you don’t care about the folk traditions of Europe then you’re ngmi and you’re part of the problem
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Forwarded from A Wisdom of Owls
And here it is!
If you all remember this post from last week—you’ll know that my husband and I have been working on a project for the past couple of months. We bought a hutch from Facebook Marketplace so we could have storage for all of the china, crystal, and milk glass I inherited from my paternal grandmother. The cabinet was not particularly old (made in the 50s or so), and the wood not particularly beautiful or rare, so we decided to paint it a dark color to match the furniture we have in our apartment and paint it with meaningful designs.
My husband made twining vines that would invoke both Celtic and Germanic folkish art, and we choose flowers to represent the countries of our ancestors origins:
Bluebells for Sweden 🇸🇪
Edelweiss for Germany 🇩🇪
Roses for England 🏴
Thistles for Scotland 🏴
Shamrocks for Ireland 🇮🇪
In addition, we decided to do something we had discussed for months, which was to sit down and make a family bindrune, which is painted on either side.
The white paint needs a few touch ups, but that’s unfortunately the nature of working with oil paints, they take forever and a day to dry. I’m so excited to finally be able to have a place to store all of my grandmother’s beautiful dishes and thrilled that Mr. Huwila is an adept painter (because I sure as hell ain’t 😩🤣)
- Huwila 🦉🌹🪻🌸☘️🍄
If you all remember this post from last week—you’ll know that my husband and I have been working on a project for the past couple of months. We bought a hutch from Facebook Marketplace so we could have storage for all of the china, crystal, and milk glass I inherited from my paternal grandmother. The cabinet was not particularly old (made in the 50s or so), and the wood not particularly beautiful or rare, so we decided to paint it a dark color to match the furniture we have in our apartment and paint it with meaningful designs.
My husband made twining vines that would invoke both Celtic and Germanic folkish art, and we choose flowers to represent the countries of our ancestors origins:
Bluebells for Sweden 🇸🇪
Edelweiss for Germany 🇩🇪
Roses for England 🏴
Thistles for Scotland 🏴
Shamrocks for Ireland 🇮🇪
In addition, we decided to do something we had discussed for months, which was to sit down and make a family bindrune, which is painted on either side.
The white paint needs a few touch ups, but that’s unfortunately the nature of working with oil paints, they take forever and a day to dry. I’m so excited to finally be able to have a place to store all of my grandmother’s beautiful dishes and thrilled that Mr. Huwila is an adept painter (because I sure as hell ain’t 😩🤣)
- Huwila 🦉🌹🪻🌸☘️🍄
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