Sylvia Rose
Zis - Ancient Warrior Hero God Thrace
Zis of Thrace is the first god of creation, with mother goddess Bendis. HIs adventures are many as he fills roles of creator god, horse...
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Sylvia Rose
May 245 min read
Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Nature & Lore
The Wild Boar is the ancestor of domestic pigs. The Boar represents the warrior spirit and unbridled ferocity. With the Bear and Wolf the...
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Sylvia Rose
May 2110 min read
Thrace - Tribal Mythology & Lore
Thrace, in the area of today's Bulgaria, has a cosmology going back thousands of years. Tribal mythology shares a Great Goddess and Storm...
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Sylvia Rose
May 196 min read
Vistula River: Early Tribes & Trade
The Vistula River is among the most important rivers of Europe. From its source in the Carpathian Mountains, the river travels north to...
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Sylvia Rose
May 174 min read
Baltic Aetsi & the Roman Amber Texts
The Aetsi are a north Germanic-Baltic group described by Roman Tacitus in 98 CE. With strong connections to the trade of coveted amber,...
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Sylvia Rose
May 1511 min read
Old Prussians of the Baltic Coast
The Old Prussians are hardy fishers, hunters, farmers, and cattle breeders. They occupy the Baltic coast between the lower Vistula and...
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Sylvia Rose
May 114 min read
Potrimpo - Baltic Sea God of Grain
Portrimpo is a pagan Baltic sea god. Also known as Autrimpo he rules the sea, earth, grain and crops. One of the Old Prussian gods,...
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Sylvia Rose
May 104 min read
Velnias - Baltic Devil God of Death
Velnias is initially the god of death and the underworld in the Baltic cosmology. He's a malevolent trickster of Latvian and Lithuanian...
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Sylvia Rose
May 104 min read
Perkūnas: Baltic Storm & Fertility God
Perkūnas (Thunderer) is the Baltic God of thunder, lightning, storms, rain, fire, war, law, order, fertility, mountains and oak trees. As...
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Sylvia Rose
May 107 min read
Baltic Ancient Mythology & Folklore
Baltic mythology has a faraway ancestor in Proto-Indo-European mythology. Lore of the Baltic region has deep roots, reflecting the fierce...
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Sylvia Rose
May 64 min read
Slavic River Spirits & Roman Gods
Viadrus is the name of the Roman god of the Oder (Odra) River, and of the river itself. The god gazes north toward the Baltic Sea,...
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Sylvia Rose
May 55 min read
Casting the Bones - Astragalomancy
Astragalomancy is divination using astragali or ankle bones (talus) of animals as dice. Bones of sheep and goats are popular in the near...
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Sylvia Rose
May 55 min read
Destiny & Death: Fate in the Ancient World
Fate and destiny are integral concepts common to all cultures. For ancient people including Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Europeans and...
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Sylvia Rose
May 35 min read
Oder River: Nature & Early People
The Oder (Odra) River originates in Czechia and flows through several countries before reaching the Baltic Sea. Part of the Amber Roads,...
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Sylvia Rose
May 15 min read
Corycian Caves, Bee Nymphs & Greek Gods
The Corycian Cave system is a Neolithic ritual site and sanctuary on Mount Parnassus used from c. 4000 BCE. To ancient Greeks it's home...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 253 min read
Noisy Spirits of German Mythology
Noisy spirits of Germanic mythology are any who scream, moan, wail, knock or rumble. They include Klagefrau the wailing women;...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 254 min read
Poltergeist - Nastiest Noisy Spirit
Poltergeist is one of the best known entities of European and American lore. It's classed among the "noisy spirits" of German myth, along...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 245 min read
White Ladies in German Mythology
White Ladies (Weisse Frauen, Weiße Damen) appear in folk and pagan traditions of Germany and other parts of Europe. White ladies manifest...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 246 min read
Heimchen - House Crickets of Folklore
Heimchen are house crickets (Acheta domesticus) in German folklore, said to bring luck or foretell disaster. Dwarfs might take the form...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 223 min read
Ninkasi: Beer Goddess Mesopotamia
Ninkasi is a goddess of beer and brewing in ancient Mesopotamia. She's cognate or related to Siris and sometimes portrayed as her sister....
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