https://youtu.be/86JSKVOeKvw
Bridging the Past:
Embracing a Living Pagan Tradition Through Ancestral Continuity.

In this video, my friend The Chad Pastoralist and I discuss the importance of a living tradition today. One that isn't focused on the gap of missing information but embraces our most recent ancestors as a link to our faith, going back to the beginning. We also discuss the existence of the Gods and our ancestral faith in a continual link.

The Chad Pastoralist is a historian devoted to history and its connection to the modern world.
He makes history memes, history posts, and actionable instructions on Wōden worship.
You can check out Chad's work here.
https://linktr.ee/thechadpastoralist

And his Telegram here:
https://www.group-telegram.com/thechadpastoralist

Yngvi-Freyr by Saxon Storyteller

Unlike his insipid facsimile, Ragnar Loðbrók was quite a champion of Heathenry as per the Gesta Danorum.

When “a certain” Harald approached Louis the Pious for aid in taking Denmark, he converted in exchange for 60 Saxon mercenaries, then destroyed temples and outlawed the priests.
Shortly after, Ragnar returned and handed Harald such a defeat that he apostatized, making him the first Dane to both convert to and then abandon Christianity, hence Ælla had a particular grudge against him.

Pic: a 15th Century depiction of Ragnar and his sons worshipping in a temple. The horned figures are very similar to Nordic Bronze Age figures of the Divine Twins. ᛘ

The bone with an Elder Futhark inscription found in the early Slavic settlement in Lahn (near Lundenburg), Bohemia.

In 2017, a cattle bone with runes of the Germanic Elder Futhark (dated 585–640 CE) was discovered in a Prague culture settlement near Lundenburg, in Czechia. The inscription contains no recognizable words in either Slavic or any other language, but seems to represent an attempted abecedary.

It may have been incised by people of Germanic origin that were present in the region, or the runes may have been engraved by the Slavs. In either case, the find attests to a direct interaction between the Slavic and Germanic ethnolinguistic groups, which opens the possibility of the runic knowledge being transferred to the Slavs by the Germanic peoples.

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Recently, an over 1200 year old Saxon cross pendant from Leeds was discovered.
Leeds was mentioned in the 8th century by Saint Bede.
Bede is also one of the sources where a lot of information was derived regarding Saxon Paganism.

The Germanic Christianity of that time was vastly different than much of Christianity today. Though there was conflict as it emerged, much of the early Christianity reflected the cultural norms and beliefs of the Germanic Pagans which can be seen in the expression of art, depictions of Christ and inclusion of Folklore and Runes.

If you want to learn more about Saxon and Anglo-Saxon Paganism, I have an article here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/113187791?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share

Also, check out STJ's video series here:
https://youtu.be/TlZN8-lwoMQ?si=dyFm0x1drRh9fuYx

News article: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/rare-1200-year-old-christian-cross-found-field-metal-detectorist

Artistic Reconstruction of a man of the Fatyanovo-Balanovo Culture (offshoot of eastern Corded Ware Culture).

Cool fact, they had carved bone pins that looked similar to Yamnaya ones. I wanted to showcase that along with ornaments made from bear teeth and a bear claw since related artifacts have been found at their sites (we just do not know for sure how they wore them). For pigmentation, there were many Fatyanovo who had similar skin, hair and eye color to Yamnaya (as did many early CWC) so I presented that here.

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NEW FIND: Anglo-Saxon coin with a "Valknut", dated to the 7th century, pre-dating the Viking era and therefore disproving the claim that the pagan symbol was unknown in Britain prior to the Vikings.

It could be the oldest Anglo-Saxon coin ever found. Some are saying the figure wields a Christian cross over the Valknut, a pagan symbol, and that would seem to indicate a representation of Christian faith beating Paganism.

Alternatively, it is an expression of the religious pluralism of a transitionary dual faith period when both religions were practised by the English. The Valknut does seem much more prominent than the cross on that side, and the other side has a Christian cross which is sort of arranged in the shape of a Swastika, which was a symbol of the god Woden.

We know from Bede that a king who lived in East Anglia, where this coin was found, around the same time it was made, practised dual faith, keeping an idol of Jesus next to those of the English gods. So this seems plausible...

Odin by Max Friedrich Koch (1859-1930)

European Paganism (regardless of the flavor) was very legalistic. And in my opinion, it should still be slightly so. Rituals and rites reflect those of both faith and conduct.
We wouldn't know Dane Law, Greek politics, Roman Republic governance, the Germanic Thing /folkmoot, as well as others, if it weren't for the fact that the people had legal systems of governance, conduct, and spiritual life.

Responding to: https://x.com/FortressLugh/status/1923258694214500676?s=19