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https://telegra.ph/What-is-Paganism-and-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-pagan-12-22
Our first article. Below are the two must-read paragraphs for TL;DR-ers. For the rest, feel free to click on the link and enjoy the full thing.
-The Sun Riders
"Modernism has given us many definitions of the word ‘paganism’, some entirely wrong. What the religion itself contains has been portrayed even more inaccurately, giving it shamanistic, satanic or occultic themes, portraying it as ‘mere’ nature worship, ‘mere’ witchcraft, or more commonly, ‘merely’ a way for the supposedly stupid and primitive man to explain the world around him. The aforementioned have at best very little to do with Traditional European Paganism."
[...]
"Our ancestors' religion was not sectarian, thus there was no need to divide the world in a "those of my sect vs those not of my sect". This has given modernists cause to think that paganism was a tolerant religion. I do not believe this to be the case, seeing how paganism is an ethnic religion. Your tribe or nation was your sect. The ancients divided the world by ethnic ethos which is why we can see historians like Tacitus not giving Germanic paganism a name but calling it "the religion of the Germanic people." Being of a Germanic tribe automatically meant you worshiped Óðinn, Týr, Freyja and so on, or local variants of those deities. The question 'what is your religion?' was not asked in pre-Christian times. One needed only to state his ethnic origin, and the deities he believed in were conveyed through that."
Our first article. Below are the two must-read paragraphs for TL;DR-ers. For the rest, feel free to click on the link and enjoy the full thing.
-The Sun Riders
"Modernism has given us many definitions of the word ‘paganism’, some entirely wrong. What the religion itself contains has been portrayed even more inaccurately, giving it shamanistic, satanic or occultic themes, portraying it as ‘mere’ nature worship, ‘mere’ witchcraft, or more commonly, ‘merely’ a way for the supposedly stupid and primitive man to explain the world around him. The aforementioned have at best very little to do with Traditional European Paganism."
[...]
"Our ancestors' religion was not sectarian, thus there was no need to divide the world in a "those of my sect vs those not of my sect". This has given modernists cause to think that paganism was a tolerant religion. I do not believe this to be the case, seeing how paganism is an ethnic religion. Your tribe or nation was your sect. The ancients divided the world by ethnic ethos which is why we can see historians like Tacitus not giving Germanic paganism a name but calling it "the religion of the Germanic people." Being of a Germanic tribe automatically meant you worshiped Óðinn, Týr, Freyja and so on, or local variants of those deities. The question 'what is your religion?' was not asked in pre-Christian times. One needed only to state his ethnic origin, and the deities he believed in were conveyed through that."
Telegraph
What is Paganism and what does it mean to be a pagan?
With the rise of nationalism in Europe, North America, and Australia which are considered typically 'white nations', paganism, also known as heathenry, is piquing the interest of the European man again. Some feel a genuine disconnect with Christianity while…
Corrgend, the Irish Prometheus
https://taliesinsmap.blogspot.com/2021/01/corrgend-irish-prometheus.html?m=1
Irish is one of the only branches that retains a version of the “Prometheus” myth in relatively similar form to the Greek.
From analyzing the Irish, Greek and Vedic versions of this myth we can come to see what its original form may have been.
In doing so we find that the Greek version, so influential on Western culture, may be a misrepresentation of the myth’s original theological meaning.
- O’Gravy, the Sunriders
@solarcult
https://taliesinsmap.blogspot.com/2021/01/corrgend-irish-prometheus.html?m=1
Irish is one of the only branches that retains a version of the “Prometheus” myth in relatively similar form to the Greek.
From analyzing the Irish, Greek and Vedic versions of this myth we can come to see what its original form may have been.
In doing so we find that the Greek version, so influential on Western culture, may be a misrepresentation of the myth’s original theological meaning.
- O’Gravy, the Sunriders
@solarcult
Homosexuality and Pederasty in the Ancient and Pagan Worldview - Full Series
"Imagine for a moment that our descendants judge our society based on a newspaper column presenting child transsexuality as the culmination of civilization a thousand years from now. Would this represent today's billions of people?..."
Part 1: Hellenes and Vedic India
Part 2: Germans and Scandinavians
Part 3: Rome and its Orgies
- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
@solarcult
"Imagine for a moment that our descendants judge our society based on a newspaper column presenting child transsexuality as the culmination of civilization a thousand years from now. Would this represent today's billions of people?..."
Part 1: Hellenes and Vedic India
Part 2: Germans and Scandinavians
Part 3: Rome and its Orgies
- Matamoro, The Sun Riders
@solarcult
Telegraph
Homosexuality and Pederasty in the Ancient and Pagan Worldview 1/3 - Hellenes and Vedic India
Let us begin our inventory by looking at the ancient objects that have survived until today, here upon the Greek vases, emblematic of this period. In fact, some of these have often been used to counterfeit an anachronistic reading, to stick a "modern" vision…
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Fetters and Cords in Germanic Polytheism
Here I have provided a brief account of some instances in which cords and fetters are utilized in the Germanic pre-Christian religion. The account is not meant to be exhaustive, but simply to coax thought into possible incorporation of these ancient, yet authentic practices into our own practice in the modern day.
-Hariwulfaz, the Sun Riders
@solarcult
Here I have provided a brief account of some instances in which cords and fetters are utilized in the Germanic pre-Christian religion. The account is not meant to be exhaustive, but simply to coax thought into possible incorporation of these ancient, yet authentic practices into our own practice in the modern day.
-Hariwulfaz, the Sun Riders
@solarcult
Ogma-Hermes-Gandharva
https://taliesinsmap.blogspot.com/2020/10/ogma-hermes-gandharva.html?m=1
The Irish god Ogma has proven almost as mysterious as the Vedic beings known as Gandharvas.
However, both can be illuminated by their mutual connection to the Greek Hermes, god of persuasive eloquence and music, psychopomp, and carrier of the first fire sticks.
Seeing Hermes as deriving from the same mythos as the Gandharvas allows us to see that Ogma likely does as well, restrengthening and casting new light on an age-old comparison between Hermes and Ogma.
- O’Gravy, the Sunriders
@solarcult
https://taliesinsmap.blogspot.com/2020/10/ogma-hermes-gandharva.html?m=1
The Irish god Ogma has proven almost as mysterious as the Vedic beings known as Gandharvas.
However, both can be illuminated by their mutual connection to the Greek Hermes, god of persuasive eloquence and music, psychopomp, and carrier of the first fire sticks.
Seeing Hermes as deriving from the same mythos as the Gandharvas allows us to see that Ogma likely does as well, restrengthening and casting new light on an age-old comparison between Hermes and Ogma.
- O’Gravy, the Sunriders
@solarcult
Forwarded from Αρυολογία☀️ (The Indo-Europeans)
Fun fact: the English word black and the Spanish blanco ("white"; French: blanche) are cognates, despite denoting seemingly opposite colours. This is because they both come from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- ("to burn"), which is bright but also blackens that which is burned.
Forwarded from Αρυολογία☀️ (The Indo-Europeans)
Interestingly, this is essentially the same etymology as for the Celtic Solar Deity Belenos (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, "to shine").
Similarly, the Celtic festival Beltane comes from the same source (from Celtic *belo-tanos).
Similarly, the Celtic festival Beltane comes from the same source (from Celtic *belo-tanos).
A colleague of ours runs a fantastic website hosting a variety of pagan content including the articles we've published on this channel.
We would highly recommend you check it out, and if anything ever happens to telegram as a platform or us as a channel this is where you can find us!
https://solarcult.org/
- Owen, The Sun Riders
@solarcult
We would highly recommend you check it out, and if anything ever happens to telegram as a platform or us as a channel this is where you can find us!
https://solarcult.org/
- Owen, The Sun Riders
@solarcult
The Celtic Pushan: Gwydion, Cian, Oðinn, Pan, Merlin
https://taliesinsmap.blogspot.com/2020/10/pushan-gwydion-cian-odinn-pan.html?m=1
We come at last to one of the most interesting puzzles of all: Who is the great Welsh god Gwydion, foster father of Lleu, and who is the much less well-known father of Irish Lugh, Cian?
Following the trail of clues that have been left to us we discover that these gods are the Celtic expressions of the same deity as the Greek half-goat god Pan, and that, surprisingly, the magician Merlin is the Celtic legendary expression of this divinity, and that this god is furthermore one of the aspects of Oðinn.
Merlin is Pan.
See link above.
- O’Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult
https://taliesinsmap.blogspot.com/2020/10/pushan-gwydion-cian-odinn-pan.html?m=1
We come at last to one of the most interesting puzzles of all: Who is the great Welsh god Gwydion, foster father of Lleu, and who is the much less well-known father of Irish Lugh, Cian?
Following the trail of clues that have been left to us we discover that these gods are the Celtic expressions of the same deity as the Greek half-goat god Pan, and that, surprisingly, the magician Merlin is the Celtic legendary expression of this divinity, and that this god is furthermore one of the aspects of Oðinn.
Merlin is Pan.
See link above.
- O’Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult
Horatius Cocles Defends the Bridge to Rome from Etruscans - Livy, 2.10
When the enemy appeared, the Romans all, with one accord, withdrew from their fields into the City, which they surrounded with guards. Some parts appeared to be rendered safe by their walls, others by the barrier formed by the river Tiber. [2] The bridge of piles almost afforded an entrance to the enemy, had it not been for one man, Horatius Cocles; he was the bulwark of defence on which that day depended the fortune of the City of Rome. [3] He chanced to be on guard at the bridge when Janiculum was captured by a sudden attack of the enemy. He saw them as they charged down on the run from Janiculum, while his own people behaved like a frightened mob, throwing away their arms and quitting their ranks. [4] Catching hold first of one and then of another, blocking their way and conjuring them to listen, he called on gods and men to witness that if they forsook their post it was vain to flee; once they had left a passage in their rear by the bridge, there would soon be more of the enemy on the Palatine and the Capitol than on Janiculum. [5] He therefore warned and commanded them to break down the bridge with steel, with fire, with any instrument at their disposal; and promised that he would himself receive the onset of the enemy, so far as it could be withstood by a single body. [6] Then, striding to the [p. 251]head of the bridge, conspicuous amongst the fugitives1 who were clearly seen to be shirking the fight, he covered himself with his sword and buckler and made ready to do battle at close quarters, confounding the Etruscans with amazement at his audacity. [7] Yet were there two who were prevented by shame from leaving him. These were Spurius Larcius and Titus Herminius, both famous for their birth and their deeds. With these he endured the peril of the first rush and the stormiest moment of the battle. [8] But after a while he forced even these two to leave him and save themselves, for there was scarcely anything left of the bridge, and those who were cutting it down called to them to come back. [9] Then, darting glances of defiance around at the Etruscan nobles, he now challenged them in turn to fight, now railed at them collectively as slaves of haughty kings, who, heedless of their own liberty, were come to overthrow the liberty of others. They hesitated for a moment, each looking to his neighbour to begin the fight. [10] Then shame made them attack, and with a shout they cast their javelins from every side against their solitary foe. But he caught them all upon his shield, and, resolute as ever, bestrode the bridge and held his ground; and now they were trying to dislodge him by a charge, when the crash of the falling bridge and the cheer which burst from the throats of the Romans, exulting in the completion of their task, checked them in mid-career with a sudden dismay. [11] Then Cocles cried, “O Father Tiberinus, I solemnly invoke thee; receive these arms and this soldier with propitious stream!” So praying, all armed as he was, he leaped down into the river, and under a shower of missiles swam across unhurt [p. 253]to his fellows, having given a proof of valour which2 was destined to obtain more fame than credence with posterity. [12] The state was grateful for so brave a deed: a statue of Cocles was set up in the comitium, and he was given as much land as he could plough around in one day. [13] Private citizens showed their gratitude in a striking fashion, in the midst of his official honours, for notwithstanding their great distress everybody made him some gift proportionate to his means, though he robbed himself of his own ration.
When the enemy appeared, the Romans all, with one accord, withdrew from their fields into the City, which they surrounded with guards. Some parts appeared to be rendered safe by their walls, others by the barrier formed by the river Tiber. [2] The bridge of piles almost afforded an entrance to the enemy, had it not been for one man, Horatius Cocles; he was the bulwark of defence on which that day depended the fortune of the City of Rome. [3] He chanced to be on guard at the bridge when Janiculum was captured by a sudden attack of the enemy. He saw them as they charged down on the run from Janiculum, while his own people behaved like a frightened mob, throwing away their arms and quitting their ranks. [4] Catching hold first of one and then of another, blocking their way and conjuring them to listen, he called on gods and men to witness that if they forsook their post it was vain to flee; once they had left a passage in their rear by the bridge, there would soon be more of the enemy on the Palatine and the Capitol than on Janiculum. [5] He therefore warned and commanded them to break down the bridge with steel, with fire, with any instrument at their disposal; and promised that he would himself receive the onset of the enemy, so far as it could be withstood by a single body. [6] Then, striding to the [p. 251]head of the bridge, conspicuous amongst the fugitives1 who were clearly seen to be shirking the fight, he covered himself with his sword and buckler and made ready to do battle at close quarters, confounding the Etruscans with amazement at his audacity. [7] Yet were there two who were prevented by shame from leaving him. These were Spurius Larcius and Titus Herminius, both famous for their birth and their deeds. With these he endured the peril of the first rush and the stormiest moment of the battle. [8] But after a while he forced even these two to leave him and save themselves, for there was scarcely anything left of the bridge, and those who were cutting it down called to them to come back. [9] Then, darting glances of defiance around at the Etruscan nobles, he now challenged them in turn to fight, now railed at them collectively as slaves of haughty kings, who, heedless of their own liberty, were come to overthrow the liberty of others. They hesitated for a moment, each looking to his neighbour to begin the fight. [10] Then shame made them attack, and with a shout they cast their javelins from every side against their solitary foe. But he caught them all upon his shield, and, resolute as ever, bestrode the bridge and held his ground; and now they were trying to dislodge him by a charge, when the crash of the falling bridge and the cheer which burst from the throats of the Romans, exulting in the completion of their task, checked them in mid-career with a sudden dismay. [11] Then Cocles cried, “O Father Tiberinus, I solemnly invoke thee; receive these arms and this soldier with propitious stream!” So praying, all armed as he was, he leaped down into the river, and under a shower of missiles swam across unhurt [p. 253]to his fellows, having given a proof of valour which2 was destined to obtain more fame than credence with posterity. [12] The state was grateful for so brave a deed: a statue of Cocles was set up in the comitium, and he was given as much land as he could plough around in one day. [13] Private citizens showed their gratitude in a striking fashion, in the midst of his official honours, for notwithstanding their great distress everybody made him some gift proportionate to his means, though he robbed himself of his own ration.
Forwarded from Αρυολογία☀️ (The Indo-Europeans)
"...the Steppe hypothesis does not require elite dominance to have transmitted Indo-European languages into Europe. Instead, our results show that the languages could have been introduced simply by strength of numbers: via major migration in which both sexes participated."
Prof. David Anthony, On Language Shift During the Corded Ware Period
Prof. David Anthony, On Language Shift During the Corded Ware Period
The Word Deus
“Among Indo-Iranian tongues, Vedic has deva “god,” and if in Avestan, as the result of a profound religious reform, daeva has become the name of the demons hostile to the gods (but still personal demons), it has recently been proved that among the Scythians *daiva was still the name of the gods. The Gauls said devo-, the Irish dia, the Britons de. In Old Norse, the plural tivar was one of the genetic names of the gods, along with a singular...-tyr. Old Prussian had deiwas, and the Lithuanian says diewas. In Italy we know Oscan deivai “diuae,” and, very recently, Venetian zeivos...Hittite has syus which H. Pedersen has explained by *dyeu-...*deiuo- designates an individual being, personal and fully constituted, which is what it designates in Latin (deus)...The preservation of this term is enough to destroy the predeistic construction, since it proves that not only the earliest Romans, but their Indo-European ancestors were already in possession of [this] type of divinity”- Georges Dumezil
“Among Indo-Iranian tongues, Vedic has deva “god,” and if in Avestan, as the result of a profound religious reform, daeva has become the name of the demons hostile to the gods (but still personal demons), it has recently been proved that among the Scythians *daiva was still the name of the gods. The Gauls said devo-, the Irish dia, the Britons de. In Old Norse, the plural tivar was one of the genetic names of the gods, along with a singular...-tyr. Old Prussian had deiwas, and the Lithuanian says diewas. In Italy we know Oscan deivai “diuae,” and, very recently, Venetian zeivos...Hittite has syus which H. Pedersen has explained by *dyeu-...*deiuo- designates an individual being, personal and fully constituted, which is what it designates in Latin (deus)...The preservation of this term is enough to destroy the predeistic construction, since it proves that not only the earliest Romans, but their Indo-European ancestors were already in possession of [this] type of divinity”- Georges Dumezil
Forwarded from Αρυολογία☀️ (The Indo-Europeans)
Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy (1798), by French artist Charles Meynier.
Ἀπόλλων (Apollōn), representing the luminous spirituality of the Aryans, became one of the most important deities for the Greeks. He represents the transcendent, the heavenly divine of the Indo-European mythos.
Ἀπόλλων (Apollōn), representing the luminous spirituality of the Aryans, became one of the most important deities for the Greeks. He represents the transcendent, the heavenly divine of the Indo-European mythos.
A few old colleagues of ours made these series of infographics on the Slavic deities that might prove useful for any learning, or interested, Slavic pagans. (Website has been defunct for a couple of years, refer to https://solarcult.org/ for archived content)
Dazhbog
Hors
Mokosh
Perun
Simargl
Stribog
Veles
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Dazhbog
Hors
Mokosh
Perun
Simargl
Stribog
Veles
@solarcult
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