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Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Art Panels, nr. Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland

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The Myklebust ship (replica) from the 9th century is the largest Viking ship found in Norway. It was discovered in a burial mound in Nordfjordeid in 1874, but has since been forgotten by many. But here she is - she is 30 m long and 6 m wide, equipped with 48 shields and 24 pairs of oars, making it larger than any other Viking shipfound so far.

In the Viking Age, there were many different ways of burying a person, but ship burials with mounds were something that only the richest and most powerful got. The objects in the grave bear witness to this. The deceased had a complete set of weapons, jewelry and pieces of board games with him. The most beautiful find, however, was a Celtic bronze vessel that housed the cremated bone remains. All this indicates that the buried man must have been a wealthy man, one who was at the center of society - probably a Viking king. The Myklebust ship can be counted as a royal ship - a ship worthy of the last voyage to "Valhalla".

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My Illustration for our Kupala Night zine This time I made a drawing of creatures from slavic mythology - Mavka and Letavitsa.

The meeting of lovers after their death

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Brigid, Goddess of Poetry, Midwifery and Smithing by Gemma Zoe Jones.

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A nearly complete 1st century BCE carnyx found in 2004 at Tintignac, France (the one in the left picture, with a reconstruction in the right). Fashioned as a snarling boar, the carnyx was a war horn used by the Iron Age Celts between c. 200 BCE and c. 200 CE

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Spinning through a darkened sky — a colder star, a brighter eye.

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Shout out to those of us who celebrate different cultural or spiritual New Years than Jan. 1st.

Shout out to those of us who celebrate Jan. 1st as the New Year and a different cultural or spiritual New Year.

My spiritual New Year was back in October. But I'll still be staying up to midnight on New Year's Eve and playing board games with my spouse and thinking about new beginnings. It's part of being in a dominant culture that has different rituals, and it's okay for us to navigate this in different ways.

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Several pictures from autumnal equinox celebration (Plodovi) by the members of Lug Velesa.

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The Welsh Viking is pretty cool! 

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Fenrir necklace at sylverra

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⪻ Mabon ap Modron ⪼

Pre-christian Welsh god, and son of Modron in the myths of King Arthur, Mabon pulled the razor from betwixt the boar’s scalp. He was stolen from his mother’s arms when he was three nights old. Mentioned in the myths of King Arthur as a member of his party, the salmon of Llyn Llyw was the only one who knew of his prison. Arthur’s men were led to him, Mabon singing his lamentations and griefs of his fate. He is retrieved in a daring rescue.

Mabon has origins as a deity associated with love, youth, and as the Great Son/Divine Youth as his name implies. There is little evidence that Mabon was celebrated in Celtic countries and the term Mabon as a wiccan holiday was applied as recently as the 1970’s. In modern UPG, he is associated with the autumn equinox/Alban Elfed, love, sex, fiery red hair, warriors, hounds, the final harvest of the year, and the human rights of prisoners and refugees.

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Behold! I have made turnshoes! Viking boots, handsewn, double soles (hence the visible seams), gliding forth on clouds!

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So I wanted to make a visual timeline of just the runic alphabets for my own personal reference—so I could see when each alphabet was used and for how long and such.

But I got carried away.

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Gold rings from Anglo-Saxon England, 8th-10th century AD

from The British Museum

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'Broomend of Crichie' Pictish Symbol Stone, Port Elphinstone, Aberdeenshire

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Sunhoney Prehistoric Recumbent Stone Circle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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My contribution to Fjord Zine, dedicated to Scandinavian mythology. A verse about the origins of Sif’s golden hair, Mjolnir, Gungnir, and other gods’ treasures.

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