The Native European Pagan Religions
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"Exploring Europe's Ancient Pagan Traditions: A Comprehensive Guide"
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00:00- Intro
02:25- Norse/Germanic
06:00- Celtic
09:50- Greek
12:30- Roman
15:50- Slavic
19:20- Baltic
21:00- Sami/Finn
Title: "Exploring Europe's Ancient Pagan Traditions: A Comprehensive Guide"
Description:
Dive deep into the mystical world of Europe's ancient pagan religions with our latest video, "Exploring Europe's Ancient Pagan Traditions: A Comprehensive Guide". Join us on a captivating journey through time as we uncover the secrets, rituals, and deities of Europe's indigenous pagan beliefs. From the verdant forests of the Baltic to the enigmatic ruins of the British Isles, from the rich folklore of the Slavic lands to the mystical practices of the Norse, this video is your ultimate guide to understanding the diverse and fascinating pagan traditions that have shaped Europe's spiritual history.
Discover the sacred rituals of Baltic paganism, the complex pantheon of Slavic deities, the profound nature worship of Celtic paganism, and the legendary tales of Norse gods. Through expert interviews, archaeological discoveries, and an analysis of historical texts, we bring to life the rich tapestry of beliefs that predate Christianity in Europe.
Keywords: Paganism, Europe, Ancient Religions, Baltic Paganism, Slavic Paganism, Celtic Paganism, Norse Mythology, European History, Spiritual Practices, Deities, Rituals, Sacred Sites, Archaeology, Folklore, Mythology, Indigenous Beliefs, Pre-Christian Europe.
What You Will Learn:
The key characteristics and differences between various European pagan traditions.
The significance of nature and the seasons in pagan worship across Europe.
The impact of historical and archaeological research on our understanding of ancient European paganism.
How these ancient beliefs have influenced modern spiritual practices and cultural identities.
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On Baltic religion: Provided you speak Lithuanian or Latvian, the source material is actually very rich. There are certain neo pagan groups, like Romuva, who are trying to reconstruct religious practices of Baltic tradition that combine surviving oral tradition, archeology and myth reconstruction. The religious symbology in the baltic region is also very strong. I can recommend "Baltic scriptures and signs (Baltų raštai ir ženklai)" by Valdis Celms (only available in Latvian and Lithuanian) that depicts a pagan baltic world view through the symbology found on archeologiacal artifacts and traditions.
Thank you! The history and mythology of Baltic nations, including of those still existing - Latvian and Lithuanian - shouldn't be too difficult to access in 2024. We were the last pagans of Europe and we still hold on to our pagan roots and celebrate them. So feel free to visit and see for yourself (preferably around Midsummer).
The rigvedic sanskrit is very much related to baltic too. For ex the divonapat(ashvins) or ashvienei in Balto slavic are the horse twins in Hinduism. The god rudra or rude in English is also a god in Hinduism. The goddesses ushas and indrani are also found in rigvedic Hinduism. Not only that but the similarity b/w balto slavic and sanskrit who are more related to each other than swedish is to balto slavic is also very fascinating
The present-day languages of the Balts and Slavs are completely different from their Ancestors @@rtavan
@@Forward_comrades Your point being. That vedic people and balto slavs are not related. Well if that's your point then why are all slavic languages related to Vedic Sanskrit. If the balto slavic languages have been changed so then why do these other languages show similarities with vedic sanskrit.
@@Forward_comrades Or if your point is that everyone spoke Germanic then that's silly. Not even Greek or tocharian sound Germanic.
As someone with Slavic blood, I appreciate your mini dive into Slavic paganism. I hope you do another video on it! ♥
as a fan of slavic linguas i love u slavs
@@dysprosiumdead5078thank you!
Its called Aryan culture. Look that up?
Where are you from? You should know that many Slavic speaking nations don't have Slavic blood and there are nations like Hungarians that are Slavs despite they don't speak a Slavic language anymore.
thats crazy. sarmatism much?
@@tongobong1
My heritage is Polish, Poland's been Catholic since 966, looking forward to learning more about Slavic Paganism. Thank you.
Sadly there are only very few, and very thin sources which are nearly all secondary sources. Also most of modern slavic paganism is more based on modern interpretations and believes then actually sources. However, a lot of pagan traditions were converted into catholic traditions, burning of morenna and a lot of regional christmas traditions and rituals is rooted in paganism.
Dear fellow Europeans, I love y'all. I love my people eternally! The amount of self-love that's growing among our natives is wonderful to watch.
Self-love is fine, supremacism isn't. That's really just how it works.
@@GoldenEmperor5Manifest
No one said anything about supremacy, except you. And still, I don't care how its interpreted. Don't be so sensitive. Most foreign cultures admire Europeans for a reason.
@@Mr.Skeleton. yes it was me, I said it and because it's usually connected. When people start being TOO proud of their people then they start thinking theirs are superior and should run things.
Doesn't matter what group of people we're talking about either my dude.
I'm 1/3 Danish and Swedish ancestry, it's not like I don't appreciate my people.
Just don't take it too far, nothing wrong with appreciating and loving your people. I love our people too.
@@GoldenEmperor5Manifest Dude we live in a time where we are becoming minorities in our own countries and are being dehumanized in the media, do you think the J's managed to survive so long because they were humble about themselves? No they even have the supremacy aspect in their religious text, the Talmud states claerly, that all none J's, gentiles, are nothing more than cattle. All other ethnicities practise supremacy when they manage to become majorities, even genocidally. What other ethnicities did would make the myths about mustache man sound like a joke.
Plus our achievements are truely great, we reached the pinnacle and only crumble because of our own weakness.
Its nice that you love our people, but we are not in a position to be pacifist, pragmatically we need to be a bit extreme about our self love right now, it amy not be pretty but its vital.
I get it, most of us love Lord of the RIngs, but we have to think more like Dune right now.
@@GoldenEmperor5Manifest Exactly. These people proclaiming pride in Europe (lol) are often ignorant to the idea one can like where they come from without DISLIKING where others come from.
It's funny that they call themselves my brothers too. As a portuguese whose family has been living for generations in this "european" land....I have no time for this nationalistic, tribalistic bs. I like my country and cultuure, but I'm not PROUD of it, specially not if that inherently means not appreciating other cultures.
For the record, there are excellent Indo-European religious-historical studies by Schwerpunkt that I strongly recommend
Please read all of my description below:
Old Norse language phrase,” A Gnawer of the Moon, a giant of the Gale Blasts, a curse of the rain-hall, a Companion of sibyl, a Night-roaming hag, and a Swallower of the loaf of Heaven,”. What does this Old Norse phrase mean in simple terms?
What does this mean in Old Norse,”moon of Hrungnir, wealth sucker of the giants, destroyer of the storm sun, companion of the seeress, and swallower of the sun,”. What does this mean? Is there a meaning to this? What does this mean in simple terms?
Thats great thanks
The Indo-European / Proto-Indo-European , used to be called Aryan
the word was changed, fyi
The world was said to be ruled by the Aryans, in the age of Aries the Ram
2000 BCE to 0
so, most of it took place when Europa was a deity , before Europe existed as a state
What a video. The content that you put out now has grown so much since I found this channel. I also like the subtitle’s. Well done 👍🏻
I wanted to thank you for all the time you put into these videos.
There's another non-Indo-European cultural group whose pagan beliefs you didn't address, which are the Basques. It would have been cool for you to address some of their cultural belief systems as well. Personally I am mostly of Norse and Germanic background, which is why I watch almost every video you do. Thanks Again for another great one!
The Basques are surviving Atlanteans, at least that is what they claim themselves. Very interesting indeed.
Exactly! The Basques were the last Iberian pagans, some small pocket communities survived until the 16th century.
There had been more disocveries on the Basques recently like the Hand of *Irulegi* which shows an ancient native Basque writing
I would like to add a bit about Slavic paganism. The amount of written primary sources is actually quite extensive once you look into it. For once there are chronicles made by Christians like Chronica Slavorum by Adam of Bremen, Chronicles of Widukind, Thietmar, and Saxo Gramaticus, and finally, Norse Sagas as well provide us with insights about Slavic beliefs.
Pagan means Non Christian so, any Christian accounts of pagan beliefs are going to have a pretty strong bias.
@__@ I just wrote a comment stating that there are too few sources on Slavic paganism, I never even heard of any you mentioned. I wish I could read them.
@@Kitten_Maru why dont you just call it Aryan religion? Pagan is not a religion
@@Kitten_Maru Slavic is where the word slave comes from
which is a joo
@@Kitten_Maru Pagan only means
NON CHRISTIAN
There is no such thing as Pagan-ism
Stoked you're going to delve more into the Celtic. As someone from North East England, living in Scotland and genetically Scottish, Northern English, Norwegian and Swedish I've been very keen in the Norse paganism for some time and now going further into Celtic. I figure, learn and enjoy both heritages and continue to grow me beliefs from then 🤷
Scotland is not Celtic, it is Caledonian. There is no historical relationship between Celts and Scotland.
@@jboss1073The Picts are, based on genetic and archeological evidence, believed to have been most closely related to the south Britons, and the Scots (from whom the name of the modern nation comes) were Gaelic. Ie, it was _predominantly_ Celtic.
@@nevisysbryd7450 The first person to marry the names "Celtic" and "Gaelic" was George Buchanan in 1582. He did so only linguistically, and because, according to him, the Celtici of Spain brought those languages to Scotland and Ireland.
Hence it should be noted it is only modernly (starting from 1582) and not historically that there is any association between Celtic and Gaelic - and from 1582 onwards the association was meant to be purely linguistic and academic, not in any way ancestrally or historically.
@@nevisysbryd7450That is the way I heard it too.
@@jboss1073 You could just as well expand that logic to the entirety of the Insular Celts. It was a foreign umbrella term that refers to a very loosely collected diaspora.
Again, what genetic evidence we have indicates that the Picts (the predominant ethnic group of the pre-Roman Caledonians) were closely related to their Briton neighbors to the south, albeit different enough in genetics and material culture to be distinct. While the evidence _is_ fairly limited, what we have points to them being an Insular Celtic people.
As far as the Gaels... they have a thoroughly Celtic pantheon, stories, and Celtic is not one specific group genetically _or_ culturally but an umbrella category of loosely related groups with genetic and cultural overlap. While their genetic admixture with the Celtic immigrants was much lower than their rate of cultural adoption, especially compared to the Britons, at that point, you have to determine where to draw hard distinctions in the interplay of genetic ratios, language, culture, identity, etc, which is a mess, and 'Celt' is a linguistic-cultural category first and foremost to begin with and a genetic one second. While you can argue it more appropriate to draw harder lines, especially at genetic emphasis... at that point, the entire umbrella category and how the Celts themselves understood it collapses. It was nuclei with radial diffusions of a category, not one hard, clean, geographical and genetic boundary.
I'm mostly Sami/ Finn and would
Love to learn more about that. Thank you for the work you do. ❤
You should read Lapponia, very good source, even if aged and maybe somewhat exaggerated
Finnish and Sami faith is ancestral worship faiths.
Karhu, god of beasts, is a human named Karhu Vepsäläinen. A man who lived.
Kalma is goddess of rot and decay, yet she was human named Nga, founder of Nganasa people.
Nganasa means people of Nga.
Tuoni, goddess of death, the patron of the living dead, Nenets of northern coasts.
Lemminkäinen, Väinämöinen, Tapiolainen, all of these three refer to a god and and people, ingrians, kven and tavastians respectively.
Ukko comes from Ugu, and is the god of skies of mordva. Akka is his wife and goddess of earth, by name of ezrya the siblings of mordva.
From land of living to the sea of death, from sarajan shores to Tuonen river, from Tytti of wisdom trough Tuonetar's birth, lies beyond known as Pohjola, island covered in ice, now called novaya zelmya by russians.
And then there are Finns and Sami, children of Norri and Korri, brothers who are grandsons of Väinämöinen.
I can add something as a Russian with possibly some Udmurt (Finno-Ugric) blood.
There’s a similar belief among Finns and Udmurts/Russians of Udmurtia. Saunatonttu (sauna elf). My mom refers to it as “banya grandpa”, some elf-like old man living behind the kiuas.
I’d say this belief is still alive, when i was just a few years of age, my mom would take me to banya/sauna and speak to the elf, asking him to take away my ailments when I had some little cold or a flu.
@@nikolaisedov2295 I hear of udmurt for first time and I am happy to learn about more peeps. Udmurt has to have intresting meaning for spirits themselves collectively name of murt as far as I found out.
@@nikolaisedov2295 "Kuuttilan pojat lapset Komin"
"Udmurts children of komiyach"
EY I found your folk.
Your vids are so informative. I’m obsessed with this stuff too but haven’t had time to read anything so your vids have been a good substitute.
In Spain and Portugal there’s a growing interest to return to the religious beliefs of our Celtic and Germanic ancestors, and I’m happy to see our people reclaiming our native faith
Glad to hear that. My dad is Colombian and on his side I’m Spanish and Musica or Chipchow (indigenous to Bogota Colombia). I’ve wanted to learn more about the Spanish pagans for a while now.
Connecting to our Celtiberian religion makes sense, but the visigoths were a ruling elite in Iberia, did not leave a significant genetic impact.
You keep showing up in videos and talking as if you're Portuguese or Spanish. You're not, you're an American. So don't speak like you're one of us on topics you know nothing about and have no connection to aside from some romanticised view
@@Hispania_45 The Suebi left more of a genetic impact than the Visigoths
@@uptown_rider8078 Definitivamente. But it’s still residual. From what I have seen, Iberians are still Iron Age descended people(Celtiberian) with residual Italic, Germanic and Middle eastern traces. Iberians unlike most other Europeans which have migrated or suffered great migrations from neighboring countries(Germans vary from East to west genetically), can trace all their line to Iberia, as Rome and the Moorish occupation are the only two instances were foreigners attempted to colonize it.
Such a nice video! A lot of things to learn. Thank you
Appreciate this video, thank you 🙏🏼
Thank you for this video. It covers so much. My Husband's family is Finnish, and I am Norwegian/Welsh. Trying to find the parts that are similar and what is vastly different between the three to give my kids some of their history. This helps
Fun Fact: About the Vikings and the Scandinavian People, there is a group in Brazil and, as in other countries in North America and Europe, the acronym is "SNOW". "Viking and Scandinavian Studies Center" helps a lot and the research, classes and examples are sensational...
And about the Video, honestly, very good!
It breaks my heart that there aren’t more comprehensive sources, especially first hand sources, on the Celts. I have Irish ancestry and I’m always trying to learn more about my ancestors!
I totally agree with your opinion about fairytales and legends- these are things that were passed on from generation to generation!
Amazing as always! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻✋🏻🌳☀ᛏ
Thanks for the in video captions!
My Polish grandfather used to tell me about the tree worshippers, he also told me about the Kalevala although I’d already read about it. I also had a connection to welsh lore and customs from my paternal grandfathers side. Great Britain had a bardic culture although people were generally part of a church somewhere. Poetry is the language and tradition of the Bard, the many stanzas and rhymes of ancient times.
What country are you from
@@tigerland4328 I’m second, third, fourth, and fifth generation American . No one in this country before 1830.
@@stanleywilliams4429 that's great. As an Englishman I can say we do see a kinship between ourselves and Americans and Canadians(well not all lol).
Im from the north shore of Lake superior. Thunder Bay. Canada. We have the largest Finn community out side of finnland. As well a very large Scandinavian heritage. My mothers parents come from Norway ❤😊
Surprise! I'm also in Thunder Bay, and am ~49.6% Finnish (took a genetics test). Nice to see other folks like yourself appear on channels like this! Kippis!
Thank you so very much for your knowledge and making this video.
Thank you for the great content.
Lol. Norse/Germanic, Celtic, Meso America & North American Indigenous, no wonder I can't find the right group 😅
In the end, we all must pick one. Or others will pick for you.
Nature is god, you don't have to pick one
Read the book “Not In His Image”. Please.
Just from what you said here I can tell this book is perfect for you👍🏻It will guide you towards your proper path, along with the countless lectures you can find online from the author. He actually talks about Meso American wisdom, North American wisdom, Celtic, Greek & Roman wisdom and mythology etc in his own revived version of the ancient Mystery Schools. Our own paths aren’t necessary strictly tied to a specific ethno-spirituality, and if someone is of mixed heritage this is especially less so👌🏻You have freedom to taste more schools of thought in the shoes that you wear🍻
@@dragonofhatefulretribution9041 thank you.
It's all love
I'm very much interested in learning more about the Finnish history and traditions - please do assist me with suggestions of sources I can learn from.
Thank you so much for putting out such awesome content on the history and heritage of our ancestors. I found your channel yesterday and have been glued to it since.
”Irish in Finland” and ”Anttimation” UA-cam channels have some nice quick videos in english packed with interesting info
They Talk is good. If you speak Finnish some regular Finnish youtubers such as Ville Mäkipelto, Finntop5 and ZoneVD sometimes make videos about Finnish mythology. Jacob Toddson has few videos on Finnish beliefs. And afore mentioned Antti Palosaari and Irish in Finland are excellent.
Depends on what kind of traditions you want to learn. There are communities in Finland that practice religion and/ or inform about the traditions.
Fins come from the Phoenicians
Irish Jews as well
Aryans
I love the fact that, you keep this real. I myself, have Celtic/Germanic roots but, closer to my Germanic. Beyond your education and info, I find it difficult to find other, knowledgeable sources of information on the Germanic. So, ich danke dir...so viel...for your help, guidance and insight that you share! it is very much appreciated!
Thank you SOOO MUCH for this VERY INTERESTING, VALUABLE & INFORMATIVE video!
Thank you! I truly appreciated this. I have Slavic heritage and would love more content about Slavic paganism if you wished to do another video.
For the record, there are a lot of people who have Germanic ancestry. This is especially true in the US, English and German ancestry being the two largest groups. So, it may appear to be the "cool" pagan religion to follow because it is also the native religion of a significant amount of people. US culture is also disproportionately represented online.
Yeah online and media would make you think that people of color are the main population. Although 94% of new job’s were filled by minorities and people of color. So they are actively trying to change it.
I thought Hispanic/Latino ancestry was predominant in the US?
@@triumph.over.shipwreck Latino ancestry is broken down by nationality. A cuban is not the same as a mexican, just the same as a norweigen is not the same as a swedish person. Even then, if you count anyone of germanic decent as such, they definitely outnumber latino ancestry.
@@lumenox8541 I have never seen any US census data that uses nationality instead of race/ethnicity like you're claiming. Can you provide a link?
@@triumph.over.shipwreck Census only uses race and ethnicity, other studies use nationality and ethnicity. Latino is a census designation, not a race, ethnicity, or nationality.
Great video man! 👊⚔️
Thats a very good video!! I like that your approach explains that the problems about perseuctions or vindicative beleivers dont come from the beleif system itself but civilization behind it.
I would love more infos about Baltic Religion!
Hey brother, big fan of the channel, love the shout out for us trying to rebuild/reclaim the Celtic faith. I've been in training as a Celtic Reconstructionist for 6 years and would love to chat about my studies to give you a starting point if you plan to explore more.
Fellow Celtic reconstructionist. I'm interested to hear about your studies.
I’m very interested in Celtic paganism and pagan religion in general but my ancestry is primarily Celtic/germanic and I feel especially connected to the Celtic cultures. That said I’m a tradesman from Mississippi raised Methodist Christian and have no idea where to start with my pagan leanings. I desire a sense of spiritual connection that links me to my ancestors and the divinity of the natural world and I believe that if the Christian god is the guy most of my neighbors pray to demanding total submission and reverence but unwilling or unable to do his job then he’s not someone I can revere. So I guess any advice on the right direction to start would be appreciated
I'm very interested to learn about celtic reconstructionism
I'd love to hear more about sami/finn!😊 I am Finnish myself and haven't really found information of these
Kal tot pottâ máttát pääččiđ.
Old books has it, you wont google your way to the truth about anything in the nordic
Fin land connects to Phoenician
Thanks, enjoyed your video.
Hi! Pre-medieval finnish history is very hard to come by. I love that you include us in the picture in your videos! Love from Finland 🇫🇮 ❤
I come from Norse gales of orkney/Dublin, and from Anglo Saxon of south west England, and Anglo/ Danish of south eastern England, and of course Norman.
It is the Norse part of me that has always called to me!
Have you read The Sacred and The Profane by Mircea Elieda?
Or maybe its the god
@@GaelicNorse666 no, I haven't... But, I will look into it.
@@markusluoma7991 call it what you will... It may be... I only know that I feel a strong pull, since I was young!
I also come from orkeny
I practice the Vedic Religion. Thanks for the video! ☀It was interesting to watch!
most definitely Aryan
Im glad you metioned it though
the Vedic Traditions migrated to India from Iran
land of Aryans
@@je-freenorman7787No
Great video! Thank you.
Great video! Thanks!!
There's also Tengrism and Hungarian paganism which were quite prevalent in Eastern Europe and although they're different both have monotheistic traits with one supreme God and other Gods in charge of various things like war, prosperity and protection. The "shamans" were also healers in large part.
Another great video.
Having so little on Celtic paganism hurts the most.
I think that filling gaps with contemporary knowledge is the way forward.
There’s a channel called Fortress of Lugh that covers Celtic Paganism. There’s a decent bit of Irish and Welsh folklore, the problem is really the biases of the authors.
@@lowlandnobleman6746 ok I will go and check it out, thanks
its all Irish
What we know of the Gallo-Roman religion can tell us quite a bit about what sort of deities the Gauls and Britons venerated the most. But yeah beyond that it's slim pickings. We get the rest from very Christianized medieval Insular Celtic folklore, FWIW.
@@c-rex First of all, Religion is religion.
maybe stop trying to divide everything into smaller groups?
Great video well done!
Thanks very much for this, great stuff. I'd love to hear more about the Sami/Finn material, especially more about the magic system. Fascinating that that was practiced amongst/by women.
I love this channel ⛵️✨️🌌
Slavic paganism is very animistic. The soul of it remains still. I personally believe the best way to study is to read reports on folk traditions and beliefs, and for this we have quite good sources. It's easy to observe in traditional villages, rituals regarding nature and the cycle of it, holidays, sayings etc. I don't know how much of it is translated but you do have to be born there and grow in certain places for it to be ingrained and natural to you. Especially with your local land. It's most often looked down, ridiculed and pushed into obscurity. I don't think you can reform into any paganism without intimate connection to it, so at this point only older, poorer regions and villages. It's seen and felt everyday even with mundane things like going to harvest herbs or mushrooms. The thought often is that the forest gives it to you, "the forest was generous today". I have thousands of examples of animistic thinking alive today, but I'm fortunate to have a large family with vast knowledge and remembrance of the past, as it's all poor village people and farmers till one or two generation ago. That's where traditions live the longest. People have been made ashamed of their heritage and culture, dialects that they just want to change and be modern, better. Very sad. But there is a small, growing numbers of pagans and resurgance movements
Good video, thank you.
Is there a way to get a copy of that map you had which lays out all the different cultures and their geographic locations?
This was an excellent over view. 👏 Well done !
Albanian paganism missing... as a matter of fact,a few albanian high landers still practice paganism in north and south of albania
I cant remember which article it was but there was many years ago a paper about albanian(illyrian) paganism which was apparently still practiced (in very small numbers) until 1000 AD.
Even the Poetic Edda is a secondary source, even though it may have been an oral tradition extending back to Norse Pagans, because it was actually put to paper by Christians 200 years after the fact. Name a single literary primary source on Norse Paganism? The reconstructionism vs. personal gnosis debate has a lot more going on in it than "respectable scholars" vs. "people making stuff up." If you actually believe in the Norse pantheon, the spirits and deities themselves seem like potentially a much better source than Christian and Roman reports on Germanic paganism
Good stuff brovis
Thanks great video
A quick word of caution for those looking into their Slavic heritage and paganism. The modern pan-Slavic symbol of the Kolovrat is NOT an ancient slavic pagan symbol. It never showed up until the early 1900s when an artist made it up in a drawing in 1923.
The Thunder Cross? I'm pretty sure it showed up on Mjolnir a couple of times in paintings
Please read all of my description below:
Old Norse language phrase,” A Gnawer of the Moon, a giant of the Gale Blasts, a curse of the rain-hall, a Companion of sibyl, a Night-roaming hag, and a Swallower of the loaf of Heaven,”. What does this Old Norse phrase mean in simple terms?
What does this mean in Old Norse,”moon of Hrungnir, wealth sucker of the giants, destroyer of the storm sun, companion of the seeress, and swallower of the sun,”. What does this mean? Is there a meaning to this? What does this mean in simple terms?
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@@taylorfusher2997 Angreboda, Skol and Hati? A kenning
You say that, but the symbol appears in artwork, architecture on buildings, on old Rus coins there was a kolovrat/swastika
As a slav I love how some concepts are shared between the other spiritualities
🤘💪💪💙💙awesome info.good to know this stuff.
One of the aspects I find most interesting about Indo-European pagan beliefs is that I study language, and we can trace a lot of the names of Proto-Indo-European gods to the European pagan ones.
Such as how the name of the sky god in PIE was Dyēu(s) Pāter, or in some cases Dēu(s) Pāter. Dēus is where Zeus comes from, and Dēupater gives us Jupiter. Another is the earth goddess, Dhēa Mēter, which is where Greek gets Demeter.
Finnish god Ukko ylijumala god of the sky, lightning, thunder and harvest. Ukko has weapon called Ukon vasara Ukko's hammer, does that saund similar to some nother god?🤔 Väinämöinen is epic hero in kalevala, he is old wise man that is wizard and poet, does that sound similar?????
Thor and Oden, Finland and Sweden brothers bound through paganism for thousands of years🤝
In my region we still practice our pre-Christian beliefs, though it's definately a dying religion. In fact, I myself was born as a so-called "Wender", which could be best described as a sort of shaman. The word basically means "Changer" in the sense of "changing fate", which is a quiet rare or even unique theme amongst Germanic beliefs, since all other Germanic religions I am aware of all view destiny as something that even gods can't change. Another interesting fact is that it's basically the usual norse mythology, but from another perspective. The gods "Voda" and "Duna" are basically our version of Odin and Thor and they are the mortal enemies of our goddess Perchta, who is like Freya for the most part, but with a lot of features from Frigg and even Hel thrown into the mix.
It is said that once there were two families of gods, one ruled over the sky and the other over the earth. The latter were close to all things alive and therefore they had the power to let the land flourish, they never suffered any droughts and always had plenty to eat. That's why the sky gods envied them and one day they started an attack, killing all of the earth gods in the process, except for one: Perchta had her realm way underground and the entrances to it were at the bottom of lakes and wells, that's why the sky gods were unable to find her.
Enraged by this betrayal, Perchta froze the land, she let all crops die and put the animals to sleep in hidden caves, so that none of the sky gods would find anything edible in her people's domain. This was the first winter. Then she sent out her warriors, the "Schirchperchten", which came down from their mountain caves, fought off the famished sky gods and sent them back to their realm. After their victory, Perchta used her powers to revive the land again, which is now called spring. This is actually still practiced in the form of a tradition called "Perchtenlauf", you can look it up on UA-cam, there's plenty of videos of that. It's basically the Perchten marching to war and us humans cheering for them. There's a second kind of Perchten, the "Schönperchten", which are much more human-like. Their task is to bless people's homes, so that no evil could take a hold in there.
The reason why we still practice this tradition is because the sky gods weren't entirely defeated back then. Each year they come again in the form of the Wild Hunt in order to look for Perchta, but each year she defeats them the exact same way she did the first time. That's why we have changing seasons. :D
Perchta is actually a very demanding goddess. You have to be very diligent (that's by far the most important thing) and also strong, intelligent and fearless in order to be accepted by her, for in the afterlife she will teach you basically everything until you're a master of all crafts. There are plenty of stories of Perchta testing her followers. If they failed her test, she would simply refuse to let their souls enter her realm, which means that the next time the Wild Hunt comes the sky gods will enslave their soul and drag them with them up into their domain.
I mentioned that I was born as a Wender. To be precise, I was born under the sign of the crow, which means that according to our legends my tasks mostly revolve arround being a good advisor, especially in terms of finances and pathfinding, and also a caretaker for the dead. As an atheist, one of the few traditions I still practice (because my grandmother had asked me to keep doing it and I simply couldn't reject any of her requests ;D) is something called "Nachtwacht", or "nightwatch". Basically, there are a few nights during the year when war parties of the sky gods are making trouble here on earth, the so-called "Unruhenächte", which means "nights of turmoil" or "restless nights". My task as a Wender during those nights is to set up a campfire near a lake and stay awake until the sun comes up again. The reason behind this is that the campfire functions as a beacon for all the souls who are still waiting to be tested by Perchta, so through the light they can find the entrance to her realm.
I own a little lake here right next to my house, so usually when it's time for me to hold the Nachtwacht we invite the neighbours and have a little gathering, where I'm telling the kids all those stories my grandparents had told me when I was young. There's hot punch, people bring along all kinds of sweet pastries and when everyone is gone I'm sitting there alone, keep the fire going and down a couple of beers.
When the morning finally comes, my duty is done, my grandma and Perchta are happy and my wife is mad at me because I'm drunk and smelling like a burnt-out beer keg, just as tradition demands it. :
Sounds interesting. You are kind of like a Custodian to your old culture.
Where are you from? Do you think this is a preserved unbroken tradition or some kind of reconstruction? How many stories do you know? Is it written down? How similar is it to Norse myth? Where can I learn more?
I'm also curious about Voda. Does he have two brothers like Vile and Ve? Do they fight either their own parents or a race of giants? Does he have a connection to a world tree and the creation of humanity? Did he replace a previous chief god like Tyr? Is there something like Ragnarök? Do you have a god like Tyr who lost his hand which is potentially related to him losing his status as chief god?
Heißt das , der Begriff für Vanir im Süden des deutschen Raums heißt "Perchten"? Was ist denn da bei euch der Name für die Himmelsgötter, wenn es einen gesonderten gibt?
Wäre wissenswert, denn was wäre, wenn es im Deutschen Raum früher andere Begriffe für "Wanin" und "Asen" gegeben hätte und diese zwei nur im Endeffekt Nordizismen wären?
Voda und Duna klingen schon so ein bisschen wie "Wotan" und "Donar" aber mit Bajuwarenmundart gesprochen :)
You’re the kind of lorekeeper anthropologists would fall all over themselves to start a book with. I imagine knowledge like this will get more and more scarce as the generations go on 💔
Great video and thank you for your kind words about Slavic religion
Love your channel.
My biological, younger brother has done very extensive genealogical ancestry research, all third party verified, and we are almost equally Germanic and Celtic (from rulers of Frankia and Gaul), and a hint of Saxon... And one branch can be traced back to Rollo. (But mostly Francia and Gaul.)
I started out as a Norse Pagan, then started researching Proto-Indo European Spirituality and now lean more toward my Celtic roots. Although I have a great respect for Sami, and all the Indo-European branches of Spirituality.
Before the genealogical research, I used to believe we had Native American ancestry as well, but the research actually proved there was far, far less than we thought.
My brother is a Mormon...
I don't know what is possessing him, 😆, but it has given him access to their vast ancestry records, AND just as importantly, they are big on third party verification.
I am NOT recommending you become a Mormon to gain access to their records.
But I was genuinely surprised to see that our family tree traces back to Scottish kings, Frankish rulers, rulers of Gaul, Rollo (though there are millions who can), and even a trace of Roman ancestry. He was able to trace our ancestry back a lot farther than I would even imagined possible. As far back on some of the branches to around 900 AD, so far... It's insane!
Being Slavic myself (Caucasus region) I can honestly say that most of the Slavic Pagan “revivals” happened in the last 30-40 years and based on folklore. I am sure you know that pagan artifacts have been mercilessly destroyed and in this case, Slavs are a lot more brutal and superstitious than Nordic people.
Slav, where the word slave comes from.
Are you familiar with the Aryan culture?
@@je-freenorman7787 I am more than familiar with it. And yes, I do know where the word “Slave” comes from. And your point/argument is? If you’re pointing out “slave” mentality of Slavic people, you would be correct. Although you may want to recall that to middle eastern people, Rus and Norse were the same exact group of people. 🤷🏻♂️
@@je-freenorman7787 Is the joke here that Aryan means "slave" in some languages?
@@MrSamulai what languages?
@@je-freenorman7787 Apparently not.
Finnic languages, like finnish and estonian.
Brilliant thanks
Amazing video! I find myself agreeing with just about everything you said (and your general approach on the channel). On my paternal side, I am Swabian German with a family line also from the Celtic, Northwest regions of Spain. On my maternal side, I am Flemish. So my own practice focuses on the continental Germanic, Celtic, and Celtiberian, reconstructing as faithful as possible to my actual pre-Catholic Ancestors. Celtic also because not just Celtiberia, but Vlanderen and South Germany were both Germanic and Celtic blended. This was after not just settling for the Norse or Irish approaches that seem to dominate any Germanic and Celtic Paganism (and the various distorted groups and sects ascribing themselves to it, bringing their political and/or Abrahamic baggage to it).
Central to my approach is folklore, which so many approaches (especially here in the United States) ignore. Being interested back then in geneology but having no concept of Paganism, I recorded many traditions and folklore that were practiced back when my Ancestors lived in the villages; and also what I've studied since then. It shows that contrary to those approaches that seem to assume everything was suppressed, I've found that even with the outer "Christian" veneer its easy to deconstruct these folk traditions, folklore, and folk medicine across Europe down to their indigenous, Pagan roots. Even the "saints" were often just fictional characters they constructed based on Pagan deities (for example, I identify Walburga as an archetypal Germanic magical woman disguised as a saint with very few historical sources, etc..).
Its easy to discern the meanings and allegories based on the fundamental elements we know was held by our Pagan Ancestors - animism, reincarnation, the gifting cycles of sacrifice and exchange, ancestor veneration, the hierarchies of nature spirits and the Deities, etc.. Holding on to this worldview its then very easy to take out the elements we know were desperately added by a Church that could only appropriate and co-opt what it was unable to destroy. What we thus see in all the countries and regions of Europe is a living tradition that has survived since the most ancient times.
Sure, much was lost and suppressed but the remnants are still there and informing so many of our various cultures. Add to this the psychological aspects such as the unconscious and what has survived in symbols, and we see this unbroken chain of transmission from the most ancient times even more. I also see the value in comparative mythology of closely-related traditions such as the Vedic. In my own worldview for example, I've found much value in the Roman and Hellenic as it relates to a Pagan philosophy and theology - that was their strong point that complements my own continental Germanic, Celtic, and Celtiberian Paganism. I agree that its a shame more people don't take up Celtic Paganism and also that the Baltic and Slavic Paganisms are quite vibrant and admirable although I know very little about either.
had to stop watching because of the stupid fantasy AI images. there are lots of cool old illustrations of accurate depictions you could have used.
that got me too
Bro, are you here for the images or for the information?
Both @@victor_bueno_br
@mardigmasrian5857eat poo and cease to exist. Conversion is rape.
@mardigmasrian5857why?
My ancestors were Christian, just like the ancestors of pretty much every European "pagan" alive today.
And their ancestors were likely pagan.
And their ancestors were pagan
@@uptown_rider8078 and they converted 🙂
Hi, love your videos and how in depth they are. A very interesting video idea you could do with the beliefs in Sicily, once being a huge part of greek culture and then ruled by many other cultures like the Romans, Arabs and Norman's. Would love to learn more as well, I hope you may take this subject. Thank you!
Very nice video. I'm primarily interested in the Celtic religions. Thank you!
Lotta nationalists tryna revive these religions thru neopaganism. original pagan faiths died except sami. suspiciously too many nazis, especially in eastern europe, who also happen to adhere to neopaganism.
The original faiths did not die, they were kept alive through the customs and traditions. Also nothing wrong with nationalists trying to protect their country from the invasion we’re facing today
@@uptown_rider8078 Except it's a LARP and not accurate as many of the "traditions" were documented by Christian scholars with biases. Even the Sami, who this person mentioned, have been Christian for some time now. The only actual group in Europe with "pagan" beliefs that have existed and been popular among a significant portion of their population uninterrupted are the Mari in Russia, another Uralic speaking group related to the Sami and Finns. And this despite the conversion attempts from both Muslims and Orthodox Christians.
@@jokemon9547 It’s not “larp” to follow the traditions and customs of your ancestors. Many European communities kept their pagan traditions, especially rural communities. Even the “Christian” holidays that are celebrated are actually pagan in origin
@@uptown_rider8078 But those are not the same thing as was practiced before. Especially if the "reconstruction" is in part based on writings by Christians. And even with those traditions and customs, many of them synchronized with Christianity. They are ultimately far removed from the original practices. It is very similar to someone multiple generations removed from their original language and culture attempting to be that "again", both are laughable attempts to belong or seek an identity because the one you already have is not enough for whatever reason.
@@jokemon9547 That’s why it’s important to follow the original practices as our ancestors would have done. Not all the sources that we have about paganism are from Christianity, we have original writings, folk tales, customs, and oral traditions passed down through generations. In your example It’s not laughable that someone would want to reconnect with their original language and culture, that belongs to them, it’s who they are.
I'm glad that so many people are finding a connection to the divine. I myself am German with some eastern European parts, but I have become a Christian after long soul searching, not evangelizing don't worry, just trying to introduce myself. I believe all religions that don't outright preach violence against people for their beliefs are in some way touched by the divine spark for me one story resonated and for someone else another. What matters is that we find something greater than ourselves that in the end connects us and makes us aware of the intricate connection we as a people have to each other and the divine. It's why I never really stopped looking into the developments of the pagan communities as it still fascinates me although I never felt the same pull I now feel with my chosen path and btw. It is chosen as I grew up an atheist.
When i lived i Estonia I learned a little about Taara’ism , the pantheon and basics are easy to find online
Great video. I'm a Celtic pagan of a Welsh background and I can say that it is true that the sources are limited due to the fact that the Celts themselves never wrote anything down, and that they were Christianised at more or less the same time as Mediterranean peoples. Despite that, there is a rich literary and poetic heritage to be found in Ireland and Wales which can tell us a lot about the myths and beliefs of our ancestors. Thanks to archaeology, linguistics and etymology in particular we can deduce what's more reliable than other sources by comparing them across all of the different places that the Celts historically called home.
I just love your channel!! My paternal grandmother moved to the States from Norway. My maternal side is from Russia. But they originally were from Germany and were paid to move to Russia to farm. I've gotten into plant medicines and spirituality in recent years. I'm extremely interested in the Sami (? spelling) shamans! I actually hadn't ever heard of them until the last few months! I need to do some research!
Thanks so much for your work! Your passion shows!
Please read all of my description below:
Old Norse language phrase,” A Gnawer of the Moon, a giant of the Gale Blasts, a curse of the rain-hall, a Companion of sibyl, a Night-roaming hag, and a Swallower of the loaf of Heaven,”. What does this Old Norse phrase mean in simple terms?
What does this mean in Old Norse,”moon of Hrungnir, wealth sucker of the giants, destroyer of the storm sun, companion of the seeress, and swallower of the sun,”. What does this mean? Is there a meaning to this? What does this mean in simple terms?
Thanks! Really want to get more good info about Celtic practices and beliefs.
Great content ...
Would love to hear more on the Celts!! Thankyou
Ty for continuing your amazing videos my friend … I hope life is treating you very well as always 😎 ✌️ ❤️
Great presentation as always! I constantly recommend people read “Not In His Image” if they want to know the truth about Celtic wisdom. Their knowledge has been rediscovered but Christian theologists and scholars have intentionally misinterpreted it.
I urge everyone to grab a copy of this great works🐉
Brother could you make a video about Sliasthorp? The largest military viking city in northern germany unearthed in 2012? I cant find any videos about it. Would be great and highly appreciated. 🙏
That was spot on,
Great content as usual - and don't fret too much over complete accuracy remember that even Hesiod and Homer had differing religious cosmologies in Greece over 2,700 years ago. Not forgetting Orphism - different again!
Great work, thank you. Can you make video about Finns magick rituals?
Blessings to reader!🕊🙏💜
thats Phoenician magic
Druids and He-brews lol
Since i know i have many celtic tribes, germanic,norse(mostly danish), slavic, scythian, greek and little bit middle eastern/asian roots/dna i love it how all of this come here together in this video. And we are mixed and matched so much because of migration and trading and searching fertile land, that all the national boarders feel so "constructed" because we all have a little bit of everything inside of us, even if you have a familytree back til 1700 and never questioned your heritage because you where born many generations in the country you live in.
You can honestly put Greek, Celtic and Germanic paganism with the Iberian peninsula (Spain) since the real native people who lived in the peninsula was Celtic like the Celtiberians and Arevaci. And then later on when the Greeks settled in they brought their own gods which the locals and the Greeks themselves started to invoke and integrate into their culture. And with the Germanic side we can thank the goths or the Visigoths, despite them not having that much of an impact like the others the fact that they were there and ruled says a lot and everything we need to know.
Wonderful video! In the end, I wonder if, spiritually speaking, the road that begins with each of these religions ultimately leads one to a simple practice of spending a lot of quality time out in Nature and a lot of time in meditation. I think that when we get out in Nature and go within in meditation - we open ourselves to the essence of what inspired our ancient ancestors. That - plus some psychedelics thrown in as well. Lol
This is a genuine question from someone trying to find their spirituality. I was born Southern Baptist, and the vast majority of my family is such. When i was a teenager, I broke away from Christianity as a whole. For a while, I considered myself an atheist, but then, after a couple years i started looking into as many religions as I could because I wanted spirituality in my life. Admittedly, I am very interested in Norse Paganism but it's also probably true that that's a result of it being more popular and thus getting more exposure to it. Ancestrally, I'm Irish, German, and Polish mostly, but I am unsure as to what direction that leads me in. I am looking to learn as much as I can about Celtic Paganism as, for lack of a better term, that feels the most right for me, but I have an interest in Paganism as a whole and, to an extent, always have. Simply put, I don't know where to look, what is reliable, or what the pagan beliefs of my different ancestors are. If anyone has some pointers, I would be very appreciative.
Hey just curious what you do outside the channel, I know you mentioned mixed martial arts at one point and I see you are constantly traveling and Id love to expand some of my experiences and wonder how your able to fund travelling to all these places? Not anything overly personal or private just a little advice I guess if you would, been watching for awhile and enjoy the way you present your ideas. Anyway thanks have a good day my friend!
The finn is very interseting. You do great videos💯💯🍀
I'm an Italian/Roman-Etruscan descendant and a Christian but I'm grateful that you as well as other Nordic/Norse polytheists not to mention also many Celtic polytheists seem to have a genuine respect for Roman polytheism even if it's not your ascribed religion per say and putting aside past historical grievances (from my impression). Makes me think that humanity can learn to move on and progress in leaving behind old grievances between different polytheistic cultures and faiths. One thing I will say is that the Roman religion is unique in not only incorporating ideas from Greek religion but also from religious beliefs of other Italic tribes (besides Roman/Latin) and also Etruscan (which I have to admit I find very interesting in reading more about over time just for curiosity and having more knowledge about).
As it may not be considered European by any stretch. I think its important to include Kemetic paganism in this as well. Since Egypt and Greco Roman are considered to be the basis for Western theocratic philosophies. In my travels i've actually had some great conversations with Kemetic pagans, many similarities with gods and some practices. Just my 2 cents.
Two great Celtic sources i've found are Kris Hughes and Lora O'Brien of Ogham Academy
Thanks for covering such an intricate topic. I’ve gotten to visit the Balkans recently & I did notice how paganism is still incorporated in daily rituals with Christianity, they did merge really well & almost hidden until you look for it lol super cool info!
I’d like to hear about the Sami shamanism. Received my Mjölnir and Crow flag today! 👍
Thanks a lot
I love this culture with all my heart. I am so proud to have ancestors of these cultures.
Love your work on paganism, but would be very happy for more on Finnish/Sami paganism/animism please?
Thank you so much for breaking down these religions for everyone. I myself am an Irish Pagan mostly & part of my heritage is 2 Germanic tribes, Cherokee Indian so I follow these as well equally. If you want to learn more about Irish Pagans from excellent sources on UA-cam channels (1) The Irish Pagan School (2) Lora O'Brien Ogham Academy (3) Morgan Daimler (4) Kianuka's Celtic Tales. I hope these 4 help you out 🥃 Sláinte 🇮🇪⚔️
Celtic pagan here, half Irish half English. It is difficult to find reliable sources on this. My dad was pagan but told me it is an independent journey and it was my responsibility to explore my beliefs. He didn’t want to force any religion upon me.
Good video
Definitely would appreciate you expanding more on the Celtic religions since like you said- there’s probably a lot of Celtic blood here! 🖤
Why do you have Xichen Itza, Temple of Warriors, as a recurring imagery?
Can you make a video or if you have link it here about The OLB? Love to hear your thoughts on that.