European Native Faiths

An ancient tradition in British folk custom, likely going back thousands of years to the ancient germanic Harii tribe, where men paint their faces black and channel spirits of the dead, is to be banned. Many morris dancers have blacked their faces and it has nothing to do with Africans but they are so easily offended and don't care about our culture so this happens https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/03/morris-dancing-groups-ban-blackening-faces/

Kultalähde sacrificial spring. Salo, Finland. The name means "gold spring". Of all the photos and videos I took, this photo right here best conveys how it felt to be there.

Happy Midsummer to all of you following this channel!

Es sacirtu Velnam galvu Deviņos gabalos; Man nošķīda brūni svārki Ar tām Velna asinīm. (Fragment of D. 34043-21) I cut the Devil's head In nine pieces; My brown robes were coated With the Devil's blood.

Many of Rübezahl’s features indicate that the spirit possibly represents the Germanic deity Wodan. He is able to control the weather, much like Wodan. The way he shares knowledge with good people is also similar to the Germanic god. Even closer to Wodan is his appearance: the Lord of the Mountains often wears a dark cloak and is depicted having a long beard. While he is wearing this dark cloak, he also carries a cane which could be compared to Wodan’s spear.

Rübezahl Rübezahl, also known as Krakonoš in Czech, is a mountain spirit inhabiting the Giant Mountains between Silesia and Bohemia. Using the name Rübezahl provokes his anger, instead respectful names such as “Lord of the Mountains” should be used. He is usually a friendly character towards good people, giving them knowledge and presents. Towards bad people however, he will play the role of a trickster to take his revenge om them.

"Down with the men, with the swords down with the sleepy fellows— hundreds from under a wing dozens from a feather tip!" — The #Kalevala: 43: 227 — 230 (Bosley translation) Art: Joseph Alanen🇫🇮 — The defense of the Sampo (1910 – 1912) The text underneath the painting in a runic style font is verse 227 in Finnish.

Strettweg Cult Wagon The Strettweg Cult Wagon is a religious object from the Celtic Hallstatt culture, found inside a burial mound in Strettweg, Austria. Due to the animals on the wagon, it has been interpreted as a depiction of sacrifice. The wagon most likely served as an object for offerings to a god, as seen by the small libation bowl held by the female figure in the centre.

"Kuršu uzbrukums Rīgai 1210. gadā" (Curonian attack on Rīga, 1210 AD) by V. Vimba, date unknown. 🇱🇻

Donar’s club A Donar or Hercules club is an elongated amulet made of antlers, bone, wood or bronze decorated with eyes, stripes or crosses. The amulets were made between the 3rd and 7th centuries and were exclusively worn by women. The connection between the amulets and the Germanic thunder god is said to emerge from an early specimen found in Cologne, on which the words DIO HER (CULI) were found. Hercules was the way the Romans interpreted the Germanic deity Donder (Donar/Þorr, etc.). Unlike the more commonly known Mjölnir amulets, these clubs were not worn as a pendant around the neck, but were used as ear or belt pendants. These clubs have been mostly found in Germany and the Low Countries. (Translation. Original post can be found in the Dutch channel @WodanistischeOmroep)

An interesting video showing the way burial mounds were constructed by our ancestors.

Another one of these runes is the well-known Oþala rune, originally meaning both ancestry and inheritance (inherited property). It has been known to symbolize free peasants in medieval times, who went on to use the symbol in their house marks, but is also seen on several churches. It may have been seen as a symbol to fend off evil.