#oldeurope — Public Fediverse posts

Just discovered this, and after watching the video, I'm really thrilled (I fear I'll need a second life the sort through all the material). This projects brings together so many strands of knowledge I've been interested in for almost all my life:

https://uhgi.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuWhVyhu6oQ

#ukraine #globalhistory #ukrainianhistory #UkrainianHistoryGlobalInitiative #timothysnyder #SerhiiPlokhii
#MayaJasanof
#ThulaSimpson
#trypillya #oldeurope #indoeuropeanhomeland #KyivskaRus'

Just discovered this, and after watching the video, I'm really thrilled (I fear I'll need a second life the sort through all the material). This projects brings together so many strands of knowledge I've been interested in for almost all my life:

https://uhgi.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuWhVyhu6oQ

#ukraine #globalhistory #ukrainianhistory #UkrainianHistoryGlobalInitiative #timothysnyder #SerhiiPlokhii
#MayaJasanof
#ThulaSimpson
#trypillya #oldeurope #indoeuropeanhomeland #KyivskaRus'

@vlrny here's my blog link with some other drawings and blabber about it...
#BirdGoddess #pagan #OldEurope #Gimbutas #NatureSpirits #animism #art
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/05/blog-post.html

The #Spectra #peertube links
The Equinox #SlowWalk wide
https://spectra.video/w/heDrwziateGH55pDYMhVax
and short
https://spectra.video/w/oqZLiKEHdjYweASW2RoNfd
#pagan #Latvian #OldEurope #nature #autumn #SeasonalRhythms

I'll give a nod to #Perkuns #Latvian God of Thunder, but really I feel the pre-Indo-European #LietusMāte #RainMother doesn't need help from later interlopers 😉 [edit] Typical male gods feel the need to bluster and boast, the old rain goddesses just get on with it 😉 😆 Meanwhile the puddles are growing... #PuddleOfTheDay #pagan #water #rain #life #OldEurope #GoddessCulture

Watched a few documentaries on YouTube lately about Marija Gimbutas, 20th century folklorist, archaeologist and beyond. Her special interest was the culture of #OldEurope prior to the Indo-European conquest/transformation, in particular the #GoddessCulture some of her work has been vindicated (Kurgan hypothesis) details of the goddess worship harder to prove/disprove, but still very interesting and aspirational for many. So, the #swans and #geese I saw the other day are signs of #BirdGoddess

I don't think of this (or any) primordial Goddess as a literal character, but rather the embodiment of life essence, of the reality of this Earth--life, death, mineral and hydrological cycles, weather, seasons etc.
The symbolism is meant to reinforce *our* connection to -everything! We are not separate from nature, we are part of it.
Here's another version of the altar, less legible text..lol
#animist #GoddessCulture #OldEurope #AncientWays