The Germanic animal style is typical of Germanic art from c. 475-1100 AD but we can see it existed in an earlier form too.
In the 3rd century, Northern Europeans, who had formerly been influenced artistically mainly by Celts, and more recently by Romans, adopted an old Scythian way of depicting stags and other quadrupeds that would become the “backward facing beast” motif which endured to the Viking age.
On the Thorsberg disc, c. 250 AD, which is mainly in a Roman style, there are also four beasts in a Scytho-Germanic style. A gold disc from Tannendorf in Lower Saxony c. 300 AD has an early backward facing beast, and other deer-like animals with S shaped bodies are seen on Nordic drinking vessels dated to the 3rd century.
In the 3rd century, Northern Europeans, who had formerly been influenced artistically mainly by Celts, and more recently by Romans, adopted an old Scythian way of depicting stags and other quadrupeds that would become the “backward facing beast” motif which endured to the Viking age.
On the Thorsberg disc, c. 250 AD, which is mainly in a Roman style, there are also four beasts in a Scytho-Germanic style. A gold disc from Tannendorf in Lower Saxony c. 300 AD has an early backward facing beast, and other deer-like animals with S shaped bodies are seen on Nordic drinking vessels dated to the 3rd century.
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An idol of the goddess of cross channel trade, Nehalennia, during a coastal blot in the Netherlands earlier this year held by Swesaz, Ingwine and Traditie, a Flemish Heathen organisation.
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Forwarded from Traditionalism & Metaphysics
Nehalennia - Celtic-Germanic goddess, worshipped by travellers that crossed the North Sea from the Netherlands and/or went into the rivers networks.
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In the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, there were at least two or three temples for Nehalennia in Western Netherlands. This coastal region was important for the trade between the Rhine area and Britain. The North Sea was formerly called Mare Germanicum "German sea" and sometimes in the third/fourth century Mare Saxonicum "Saxon sea".
In 545 AD, Greek author Procopius wrote in ‘History of the wars’ that men living on the continental coast of the German sea, under the jurisdiction of the Franks (probably Zeeland), are tasked with ferrying the ghosts of the dead to Britain at night. When they arrived the ghosts would speak their names, disembark, and then the men could row back to the Netherlands.
It seems likely this practice was related to the cult of Nehalennia and though mostly observed by Germanic folk, may have had Celtic origins relating to the belief in an Island of the Dead in the West.
In 545 AD, Greek author Procopius wrote in ‘History of the wars’ that men living on the continental coast of the German sea, under the jurisdiction of the Franks (probably Zeeland), are tasked with ferrying the ghosts of the dead to Britain at night. When they arrived the ghosts would speak their names, disembark, and then the men could row back to the Netherlands.
It seems likely this practice was related to the cult of Nehalennia and though mostly observed by Germanic folk, may have had Celtic origins relating to the belief in an Island of the Dead in the West.
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Forwarded from Redbad's Hall
Where the land meets the sea and the tide eternally keeps the time, we welcomed in the harvest and the bounty of our Lady Nehalennia. Last saturday together with Traditie, the largest Flemish Heathen organization, we honoured Nehalennia, hailed her in from the shore and carried her in procession to her reconstructed temple here in Old Zeeland. It was a really great day overall, with workshops and plentiful meals as well as ritual. The guided meditation was one of the highlights for me.
I hope you all have had a rewarding harvest season, whether that be internal or external. Now as nature is slowly descending into slumber, we too turn inward and prepare for the winter to come.
Wees heel!
I hope you all have had a rewarding harvest season, whether that be internal or external. Now as nature is slowly descending into slumber, we too turn inward and prepare for the winter to come.
Wees heel!
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Only Five Celtic inscriptions from Roman Britain are known, one of which is on this fragment of a lead curse tablet from Bath (Aquae Sulis). The many other curse tablets found there are all in Latin but this one is Brythonic written in Latin script.
Mees (2009) reconstructs the core lines (4–6) as a Brythonic phrase equivalent to: "May the thief's eyes be twisted out (or blinded)!" (Old Brittonic: uocant-edi uer-and-ant, parsed as wo-kant-eti 'under compulsion' or 'binding' + *wer- 'over/against' + and- 'take out/extract' + -ant verbal ending, implying extraction or twisting of body parts like eyes, a common curse motif).
Mees (2009) reconstructs the core lines (4–6) as a Brythonic phrase equivalent to: "May the thief's eyes be twisted out (or blinded)!" (Old Brittonic: uocant-edi uer-and-ant, parsed as wo-kant-eti 'under compulsion' or 'binding' + *wer- 'over/against' + and- 'take out/extract' + -ant verbal ending, implying extraction or twisting of body parts like eyes, a common curse motif).
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Only Five Celtic inscriptions from Roman Britain are known, one of which is on this fragment of a lead curse tablet from Bath (Aquae Sulis). The many other curse tablets found there are all in Latin but this one is Brythonic written in Latin script. Mees…
FYI this ancient curse is the origin of the modern expression "Cor blimey" which is a minced oath from "(May) God blind me"
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Forwarded from Germanic Religion/Animism/Culture
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✨Denne fantastiske guldmønt - en romersk-byzantinsk solidus - er netop dukket op af den vestjyske muld ved Lønborg! ✨
🪙Forsiden viser kejser Anastasius I (491-518 e.Kr.), portrætteret som vaskeægte krigerkejser: iført panser, med spyd over skulderen, skjold og rytter.
Inskription: D N ANASTAVS PP AVG.
🪙På bagsiden stråler sejrsgudinden Victoria. Den bevingede gudinde holder et langt kors, og bag hende ses en stjerne.
Inskription: VICTORIA AVCCC
Guldmøntens liv startede i Konstantinopel i det Østromerske rige og endte i Lønborg. Undervejs blev mønten omdannet til et smykke. En rørformet guldøsken blev påsat, så solidus'en kunne bæres som smykke/amulet. Den bevæbnede kejser vendte ud mod verden, mens sejrsgudinden vendte ind mod smykkebæreren.
Selvom mønten er tydeligt slidt, fortæller netop det sin egen historie: Den har uden tvivl været båret med stolthed gennem lang tid. Måske var mønten også slidt allerede inden den blev til smykke.
Mønten er fundet ved Lønborg - et sted, vi efterhånden kan betegne som et rigdomscenter og måske et magtcentrum i oldtiden. Gang på gang dukker de mest utrolige fund op netop her.
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✨Denne fantastiske guldmønt - en romersk-byzantinsk solidus - er netop dukket op af den vestjyske muld ved Lønborg! ✨
🪙Forsiden viser kejser Anastasius I (491-518 e.Kr.), portrætteret som vaskeægte krigerkejser: iført panser, med spyd over skulderen, skjold og rytter.
Inskription: D N ANASTAVS PP AVG.
🪙På bagsiden stråler sejrsgudinden Victoria. Den bevingede gudinde holder et langt kors, og bag hende ses en stjerne.
Inskription: VICTORIA AVCCC
Guldmøntens liv startede i Konstantinopel i det Østromerske rige og endte i Lønborg. Undervejs blev mønten omdannet til et smykke. En rørformet guldøsken blev påsat, så solidus'en kunne bæres som smykke/amulet. Den bevæbnede kejser vendte ud mod verden, mens sejrsgudinden vendte ind mod smykkebæreren.
Selvom mønten er tydeligt slidt, fortæller netop det sin egen historie: Den har uden tvivl været båret med stolthed gennem lang tid. Måske var mønten også slidt allerede inden den blev til smykke.
Mønten er fundet ved Lønborg - et sted, vi efterhånden kan betegne som et rigdomscenter og måske et magtcentrum i oldtiden. Gang på gang dukker de mest utrolige fund op netop her.
👏 Kæmpestort tillykke til detektorfører Viggo Kristensen med dette helt fantastiske fund! Vi kan stadig ikke få armene ned!
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