Forwarded from Hearthfire Radio
NEW EPISODE — Radio North Sea International — Voyage to the Land of the Sagas
https://hearthfireradio.com/watch?v=RCOpLGMM
In February this year Tom journeyed to Iceland to make a film about the sagas for Survive the Jive. In this episode of RNSI, he recalls the events of the wonderful adventure based on his diary notes.
https://hearthfireradio.com/watch?v=RCOpLGMM
In February this year Tom journeyed to Iceland to make a film about the sagas for Survive the Jive. In this episode of RNSI, he recalls the events of the wonderful adventure based on his diary notes.
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Forwarded from TheBeakerLady
I am experimenting with the image generator in ChatGPT to help create educational visualizations of bronze age steppe cultures.
The first image is of a Fatyanovo burial and the second image is of a Yamnaya man in front of a wagon. I uploaded into the prompts some of my artistic reconstructions in order to help guide the output. I then made minor edits to both images to increase accuracy.
The axe in the Yamnaya image was inspired by the axe artifact in this image linked below:
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yamna_1.png
The first image is of a Fatyanovo burial and the second image is of a Yamnaya man in front of a wagon. I uploaded into the prompts some of my artistic reconstructions in order to help guide the output. I then made minor edits to both images to increase accuracy.
The axe in the Yamnaya image was inspired by the axe artifact in this image linked below:
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yamna_1.png
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Forwarded from Þórr siðr
The Irish annals depict Gaels voluntarily going apostate and adopting Norse culture and religious practices.
There was a fairly distinct Thor cult presence in Ireland, as I have indicated in this post.
Excerpts from The Memory of the Norse in Ireland in Middle Irish Dynastic Narratives by Ann Caroline Humphrey, 2023.
There was a fairly distinct Thor cult presence in Ireland, as I have indicated in this post.
Excerpts from The Memory of the Norse in Ireland in Middle Irish Dynastic Narratives by Ann Caroline Humphrey, 2023.
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Find it hard to keep up with all the different archaeological cultures, matching them to regions and periods etc?
My friend has created a Holocene periodic table for all of West Eurasia. He is going to keep updating it so this link will always be the latest version.
My friend has created a Holocene periodic table for all of West Eurasia. He is going to keep updating it so this link will always be the latest version.
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Forwarded from Survive the Jive: All-feed
Anders Kvåle Rue depicts a scene from Flateyjarbok in which an idol of Þorgerðr is honoured
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Forwarded from Survive the Jive: All-feed
The statue 'Tors Fiske' by Anders Wissler in Stockholm (1903) depicts Thor fighting the Midgard serpent. Photo 2013
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Forwarded from Survive the Jive: All-feed
Sweden's tallest runestone stands at 4.6 m (15'). The runes reveal it was raised by Herulfr in memory of his sons Var and Thorgut. I visited it ten years ago.
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Forwarded from Þórr siðr
It is profane to offer meat to the Gods that has been slaughtered and blessed under the Kosher and Halal laws, as these are ritual slaughtering methods which include prayers to dedicate the animal to a foreign god.
If you are going to offer meat, find a farm that does it without such methods — or raise it and slaughter it yourself.
If you are going to offer meat, find a farm that does it without such methods — or raise it and slaughter it yourself.
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Forwarded from Þórr siðr
In Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana, a simple offering format is outlined in a statement by a jötunn woman who is being tormented by her sisters:
The format is:
1) Promise to the deity
2) Dedication of an animal
3) Requested action in exchange for the animal
In the instance of this saga, this is not an explicit sacrifice by the petitioner at that moment, but like in other sagas, the long-term cultivation of an animal to give as a sacrifice to the deity at the appointed time.
This is similar in function to the dedication of Freyfaxi by Hrafnkell Freysgoði in Hrafnkels saga. In a later part of the saga, the horse is sacrificed to Freyr.
A similar event occurs in Flóamanna saga, when Þorgils Þórðarson during his tumult with the god Þórr after his conversion, realizes that one of the oxen he has aboard his ship was one he dedicated to him. He had the ox thrown overboard to propitiate Þórr, as Þórr wanted what he was owed.
Hét ek þá á Þórr at gefa honum hafr þann, sem hann vildi velja, en hann skyldi jafna með oss systrum.
I then vow to Þórr to give him a buck of his choosing, but he should make even with us sisters.
The format is:
1) Promise to the deity
2) Dedication of an animal
3) Requested action in exchange for the animal
In the instance of this saga, this is not an explicit sacrifice by the petitioner at that moment, but like in other sagas, the long-term cultivation of an animal to give as a sacrifice to the deity at the appointed time.
This is similar in function to the dedication of Freyfaxi by Hrafnkell Freysgoði in Hrafnkels saga. In a later part of the saga, the horse is sacrificed to Freyr.
A similar event occurs in Flóamanna saga, when Þorgils Þórðarson during his tumult with the god Þórr after his conversion, realizes that one of the oxen he has aboard his ship was one he dedicated to him. He had the ox thrown overboard to propitiate Þórr, as Þórr wanted what he was owed.
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Forwarded from Wessex Woodcraft
O, great Goddess,
glorious beauty!
Radiant rider,
Rays of the dawn
Easter, we embrace
And endow with gifts
Hands high,
Hearts gladdened.
glorious beauty!
Radiant rider,
Rays of the dawn
Easter, we embrace
And endow with gifts
Hands high,
Hearts gladdened.
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