Solar Stones of the Goths - Gotland 🇸🇪
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- Опубліковано 1 вер 2017
- The famous picture stones of Gotland are like Viking rune stones from Scandinavia, but they have pictures and fewer runes. The themes and images depicted on them developed over the Iron Age and into the Viking Age. Originally they seem to have pertained to some kind of Indo-European solar cult involving horses, but later stones have more familiar figures from Norse mythology.
Early stones could have served as grave monuments which may explain the solar iconography focusing on the eternal solar cycles. There are many images relating to death - including sleipnir, the sacrifice, battles and possibly valknutl. Cremation graves sometimes found at foot of stones.
I also explain that Gutasaga records Gotland as the homeland of the Goths and that the nation was founded by Tjelvar, servant of Thor, whose grave I visit. It is a stone ship setting.
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>tfw no goth gf
I'm feeling the whole Dad Nationalism thing you got going on with the tucked in polo, boss.
Not many people know that Goths caused the fall of the western roman empire and finally founded the first romano-barbaric kingdom in Italy, even creating a quite powerful state.. were they not have been defeated by an army sent from eastern Roman empire, nowadays Italy was probably called "Gotlandia"
Solar Cults... very Indo-European :)
All Germanics should visit this place.
It's so very modern to interpret everything as phallic, isn't it ...
I was hoping good ole Varg would weigh in with his usual "yes, but you forgot to mention that the Goths were psychically connected to the earth mother by their clothing, which was stitched out of magical bear placenta. You can read all about it in my wife's book 'The Secret Of The She Bear'".
I find symbology so fascinating. It occurs to so many humans across so many eras and cultures to draw similar solar symbols. The swastika, swirl, black sun, celtic cross, sun disc, and kolovrat are all likely variations of the same symbol. I'd love to see you do a video on it
I highly recomend you to visit (and deeply investigate) all the lands up to the river EBRO (ebre, ebro, ibero, ib-herri, ibai herriko) from the north west of Iberia, to the extreme north east, passing from Galicia, through Asturias, Cantabria and euskal herria to Catalonia, (this last one, also called "Gothia" on the early middle ages).
For some people everything is phallic. Very informative video btw, thanks.
Really good and intresting video about Gotland. Me myself is born on Gotland and i can trace some roots of my family living on Gotland in hundreds of years and many generations. The Goths was the same kin as the Gotlanders (Gutar) and the Götalanders also called in old times for Gothia, Gothland, Gothenland or Gautland. Götaland is the southern part of the mainland Sweden and Gotland in a province. The Goths origin was from Sweden and Gotland then they migrated down to todays Poland then later to Ukraine and Balkans where they settled and became a big part of anicent history and the fall of Rome. Later the Goths was all over southern Europe and became Visigoths (West Goths) and Ostrogoths (East Goths). Many aincent tribes came from South Sweden and Denmark like the Vandals, the Burgundians, the Lombards, they all migrated south and became a part of the European history and converted to christianity while their kinsmen of scandinavia didn't convert until the late viking age. Later in history Gotlanders was sailing East to Russia (Russia is named after the vikings that was rowing in the rivers of Russia and Russia is simply called the Row-land) and the Byzantine empire and then they became called the Varangians, that was the name given by the Byzantines and East Slavs to the Vikings. The Swedish and Gotlandic vikings gave birth to the Rurik dynasty that later became modern Russia.
Man, your channel is just perfect. Glorious work you have been doing.
The interwoven swirls and animal shapes also remind me of the Scythian style - another branch of the family?
your video's are so informative,always look forward to the next one. Thankyou.
Love your videos, I'm learning alot about my own herritage while watcning! Really feels like a proper TV-Documentary series.
Another excellent fascinating video. Keep 'em coming!
More great content. Keep it up lad.
thank you for your video. I found this very interesting especially since im undertaking old norse studies at uni! keep up the great work! Will definitely subscribe
Thank you for the video. The artifacts were really fascinating.
Great work Tom.