#medievalart — Public Fediverse posts

Medieval hippo (‘ipostamus’). Jacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme, Flanders ca. 1350. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KA 16, fol. 106v.
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#Lions. Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Sever before 1072. BnF, Latin 8878, fol. 233v.
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#Lions. Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Sever before 1072. BnF, Latin 8878, fol. 233v.
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#Lions. Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Sever before 1072. BnF, Latin 8878, fol. 233v.
#medieval #MedievalArt

#Lions. Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Sever before 1072. BnF, Latin 8878, fol. 233v.
#medieval #MedievalArt

#Lions. Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Sever before 1072. BnF, Latin 8878, fol. 233v.
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#AllSaints. Hours of Louis de Laval, France ca. 1480. BnF, Latin 920, fols. 180r, 181r, 182r.
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It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thorsday! ⚡

"As the last act on expulsion and departure, they used formerly
to make sacrifices in veneration of their god Thor.
[...]
After that, and in accordance with their custom, they would smear their own and their comrades’ heads with the drained blood and promptly spread the sails of their ships to the winds, thinking to placate them."
Dudo of St Quentin

🏛️ Thor the Wind-Raiser, whalebone idol, Lund, Skåne, #Sweden

#mythology #MedievalArt #history

It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thorsday! ⚡

"Then did Thrym say,
Thurses' ruler:
'To gain the bride,
bear in the hammer.
Lay now Miolnir
in the maiden's lap.
Make us husband and wife
by the hand of Var.'"
Þrymskviða 30, translation by Frank E. Bryant, 1903

🏛️ Bronze figurine identified as #Thor from Eyrarland, Iceland, discovered in 1815 CE

#mythology #MedievalArt #history

Kings and Their Lovers 👑💖🎶

Watch the Video on my YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJpyWOTppi0

The history of same-sex relationships is as old as humanity itself...

#gayart #digitalart #medievalart #queer #lgbt #history #gayhistory #KingsLovers #manlovesman #powerandpassion #gaylove

The King and his Lover 👑💖

generated with SD-1.5. postworked with composing and inpainting.

#gayart #digitalart #medievalart #queer #lgbt #history #gayhistory #KingsLovers #manlovesman #powerandpassion #gaylove

The King and his Lover 👑💖

generated with SD-1.5. postworked with composing and inpainting.

#gayart #digitalart #medievalart #queer #lgbt #history #gayhistory #KingsLovers #manlovesman #powerandpassion #gaylove

It is #Tuesday -- We get the name from the old #Jutish / #AngloSaxon god "Tíw [ ᛏᛁᚹ ]" -- Tíwesdæg [ ᛏᛁᚹᛖᛋᛞᚫᚷ ] .

There is little written about this God and even his name gives us little to go by. Some people think it is from the photo-germanic that means simply "god".

Tíw is often represented simply by the #rune ᛏ or Tir (which means "glory"), which itself is cognate of the Nordic / Icelandic "Týr". Týr (the god) and Tíw are most certainly the one and the same God.

This brings us to the #OldEnglish Rune #Poem and here is the section on "Tír"

Tír biþ tána sum healdeþ tréowa wel,
wiþ æþelingas á biþ on færelde,
ofer nihta genipu, næfre swíceþ.

Translation:

Tír is the token of the strongest loyalty pledged
to princes and it always hold's it course
And never betray them, even over the clouds of night.

Also, in Kent a 7th century spear blade and sword pommels have been found with the rune "ᛏ" stamped or engraved upon them.

So what does this tell us? Some will say the God of War, but I think that is too simplistic.

If we put the limited references together, with a little supposition: Tír is the God of loyalty and glory, the doer of great deeds. More than likely one who is invoked in battle, to help guide their swords and spears. Even in a person's darkest hour, Tír will never abandon them.

#Folklore #history #Medieval #MedievalArt #histodon #histodons #Pagan

More information on the pommels: https://finds.org.uk/staffshoardsymposium/papers/svantefischerandjeansoulat

@pagan @pagans @folklore @histodons @medievodons

It's #Monday or #Mōnandæg [ ᛗᚩᚾᚪᚾᛞᚫᚷ ] - Mōna or Mōnē's day, the Day or the Moon God, his name is rooted on the old proto-germanic word for "to measure". It also the root of the word "mæl" (meal today) and #Mōna is the root of the word #mōnaþ [ ᛗᚩᚾᚪᚦ ] or Month.

There is very little written evidence left about Mōna, apart from his name being given to the word for today. However, as he is cognate to #Mani (Norse Moon #God) who is attested in Prose #Edda and the Poetic Edda.

I for one however, like to look at Mōna how the Germanic tribes might have, and let us create our own stories and traditions. That is how storytelling works -- nothing is made up, just remembered differently.

The #Moon was what was used to mark time, he travelled the heavens, guiding us forward, from the cradle to the grave. That is why some people believe he was also the protector of Children and life.

This piece of art, that I drew shows Mōna, cradling the children that he protects as he crosses the night sky and the passage of their lifetime. It is done in the Early Medieval Style

#History #Histodons #Folklore #Storytelling #Histordon #AngloSaxon #Jutes #Jutish #Art #AngloSaxonArt #MedievalArt

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Good morning friends, welcome to the late #November #Sunday. It’s cold here and the sky is grey here today, but that is what I want from this time of year.
Sunday gets its name from the goddess #Sigel , the #sun #goddess — #Sunnandæg

Below is my interpretation of the goddess Sigel (or #Sunna or #Sól ) drawn in the early #Medieval style.

#OldEnglish #Jutish #AngloSaxon #MedievalArt #EarlyMedival #drawing #Art #History #Folklore #FolkloreArt