Sylvia Rose
Çayönü Tepesi: Blood of the Earth
Çayönü Tepesi (Cayonu) is a Neolithic settlement in SE Turkey. From c. 8630-6800 BCE it's a site of innovation, agriculture and human...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 79 min read
Ashvamedha - Sacred Horse Sacrifice
Ashvamedha is a sacred horse sacrifice practiced by followers of the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion. An elaborate ritual system of...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 19, 20235 min read
Blood Sacrifice, Twin Brothers & Creation
The stories of Iroquois twin creator brothers, the tale of Roman brothers Romulus and Remus, and the Proto-Indo-European creation myths...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 18, 20234 min read
Sacrificial Creation Myths: Early People
The link between sacrifice and creation already exists when Proto-Indo-Europeans emerge as a significant language group c. 4500 - 2500...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 14, 20237 min read
Before the Viking Age - Gods of the Sámi
The earliest people in Scandinavia came up the Volga River in Russia after the last Ice Age about 25,000 years ago. They settled along...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 4, 20235 min read
Sacrifice of the Male: Temple at Uppsala
After three years of famine, legendary King Domalde is sacrificed at Uppsala, Sweden. Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson chronicles the...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 4, 20236 min read
A Viking Christmas Yule
Yule was never the same since the royal decree of King Haakon the Good of Norway, in an attempt to minimize the pagan festivities, merged...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 1, 20233 min read
Fertility Rituals - the Sacrificial God
Fertility myth and ritual appear in mythology and practice throughout the world. Common to many cultures is the theme of the sacrificial...
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