#veleda — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #veleda, aggregated by home.social.
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From @joannechocolat
#Veleda (AD 69–84) was a seeress of the #Bructeri, a Germanic people who achieved prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly predicted the initial successes of the rebels against Roman legions. #CelebratingWomen
From Wiki:
'The ancient Germanic peoples discerned a divinity of #prophecy in women & regarded prophetesses as true and living goddesses. In the latter half of the 1st century AD, Veleda was regarded as a deity by most of the tribes in central #Germany and enjoyed wide influence.' 😃
She has been referenced in art, music, and books - and for fans of historical mystery / crime genres, in The Iron Hand Of Mars and Saturnalia, both in the Marcus Didius Falco series by #Lindsey_Davis.
#CelebratingWomen #Laurent_Marqueste #HistoricalFiction #Historical_Fiction #HistoricalMystery #Historical_Mystery
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Je ne l'ai pas mis hier, mais finalement pourquoi pas… Le premier dessin que j'avais fait pour étrenner le nouveau tableau blanc, c'était un portrait de la famille présente à Nöel (moi compris). Fait sans modèle ; certains sont plus ressemblants que d'autres.
#dessin #dessins #tableauBlanc #famille #portrait #noël #veleda #drawing #drawings #dryErase #whiteBoard #family #Christmas
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🔮 On this #FolkyFriday we spotlight
#Veleda a seeress of the Bructeri, who rose to prominence during the Batavian rebellion (AD 69–70). Her foresight into the rebels' initial triumphs against the Roman legions, led by Gaius Julius Civilis, marked her as a powerful figure in Germanic folklore. 🏛️✨
#Seers #Germanfolklore