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This is a guldgubbe “gold geezer” - small golden figures from pagan Scandinavia and of religious significance . This is from a grave and depicts a helmeted male

This Germanic style influenced the Magyars too. These bow brooches come from Martynivka, Ukraine c. 600 AD. They also show Slavic influences

Radial headed brooches in this style were worn across the Germanic world. This one is probably Langobardic. Unusually though, it has a second design on the interior side which would not have been visible to anyone. The face is likely that of a god and it therefore had an apotropaic function.

Radial headed Langobardic brooch with apotropaic god-face on interior face.

this is a radial headed Lombardic brooch from Tuscany c 600 AD. Note the ravens flanking either side, probably wild boars on top

And this square headed double raven brooch: 600s-early 700s AD, is from Troms, Norway

Just got back from the British museum and took some photos of some more such Wodenic artefacts worth considering These three brooches with Woden’s ravens all come from Gotland, Sweden, 500-700 AD

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Archaeologists have found evidence that Prometheus who gave mankind fire 400,000 years ago was a British Neanderthal named Barry

Various Viking age Mjolnir pendants found at the port of Hedeby, North Germany. The amber one is especially remarkable.

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I received this early Yule gift from the great smith Neil Burridge - it depicts the same design as seen on the Saxon bracteate shown in my new film "Roots of the Saxons". A man is dancing with snakes which have the heads of ravens. Likely represents a ritual activity pertaining to the god Woden!

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NEW EPISODE — Radio North Sea International — RNSI Yule Special https://hearthfireradio.com/watch?v=dbyvodsq The two months of Yule are soon to commence, and so in this epsiode Tom considers the true Heathen meaning of Yule. Following the earliest medieval sources through to the later Xmas folk customs and Wild Hunt folklore, he emphasises the fact that Yule is a ritual for the fertility of the land which calls upon Odin, Frey, Njord, the king and the dead - all of whom must be placated with special offerings.

What is the actual reason for pagans to celebrate Yule? How is it celebrated and for whom? Most people who think they know, don’t, so in this podcast I explain all

We shall soon have a clearer picture of the reconstructed Proto-Celtic language, thanks to researchers at Aberystwyth University who are compiling a dictionary of ancient Celtic words. They will rely on Proto-Goidelic Ogham inscriptions from the 2nd-6th century AD in Ireland (as well as some Ogham in Britain), Roman era Brythonic inscriptions in Latin script, as well as Roman sources. Dr Simon Rodway, a senior lecturer in the department of Welsh and Celtic studies at Aberystwyth told the Guardian, “With the exception of a very small number of inscriptions from Roman Britain in Celtic languages, we’re dependent on documents that are written either in Latin or Greek, but which contain names of places, ethnic groups or individuals that we can say are Celtic. “People have studied placenames before and a few inscriptions but we’re going to try and get everything together and see what patterns emerge.” Rather surprising this hasn't been done before. Pictured is a Brittonic inscription from Exmoor, Devon.

The well-renowned craftsman Caledonian Forge created this Wōden pendant for me in gold, which was gifted to me by my fiancé at the beginning of November for my birthday. It is based on an archaelogical find of the original Anglo-Saxon pendant dated to 550-650 AD from Attleborough, Norfolk, England. With the pendant placed before my weoh (idol) of Wōden, I called upon Him to imbue the pendant with an aspect of His sāwol so that I, as His devotee and gydda, may carry and embody His mód, mægen, hygecræft, and hygeþanc. Wōden is great.

ása ok alfa ek kann allra skil; fár kann ósnotr svá. Gods and elves I know all about; Retards could never.

The only art I can find online depicting people of the Pre-Roman Iron Age is this picture by Joan Oliveras. Maybe it’s a neglected period because of the relative lack of interesting and unique archaeology.