Greyhorn Pagans

  At the end of summer the Holly King defeats the Oak King as ruler of the dark months of the year.   Druids considered holly sacred and used it around the winter solstice , and it’s symbolic importance is hidden in plain sight. The Holly King wore a Holly wreath as a crown and wore red. Remind you of anyone? Father Christmas . This is another fine example of how our lore will be covered up if we allow it to happen. Oak trees that are sacred to the Celts lose their leaves in Winter while the holly trees are green year round. But at the Winter Solstice the Oak King starts his new reign of dominance and the cycle starts anew. To celebrate the Holly King’s midwinter dominance, we decorate our homes with holly and ivy, in anticipation of the upcoming Yule season.

The Zorya are protective goddesses of the Slavs . Though they are an odd example being alternatively known as a Single goddess, two sisters, three sisters, and some even argue up to 5 sisters. Though the latter two are lost to time. They are said to watch the star Polaris to make sure Simargl does not get loose and consume the stars and the earth. They are looked to for protection by various tribes and are associated with the Morning , Evening , and Midnight stars. As a single deity she is said to be married to Perun and pull her veil over warriors in battle to protect them, while as a trio the Zorya are attendants of Dazbog opening the gates for him to enter and leave and then in the lap of Zorya the Midnight Star Dazbog will lay his elderly head down and die only to be reborn the next day as a youthful child and go across the sky again.

  The Möjbro Runestone is a stone bearing the image of a warrior on horseback with a Proto-Norse runic inscription. The drawing on the runestone is thought to be inspired by continental Germanic images of glorious warriors on horseback, that in turn were inspired by Roman images. Various interpretations of the inscription exist. It is read from right to left and is generally understood as the memorial stone of a fallen warrior named Frawaradaz . Some interpretations: - Frawarādaz the most noble is killed intentionally. - Frawarādaz was slain on his steed.

  A Donar or Hercules club is an elongated amulet made of antlers, bone, wood or bronze decorated with eyes, stripes or crosses. The amulets were made between the 3rd and 7th centuries and were exclusively worn by women.   The connection between the amulets and the Germanic thunder god is said to emerge from an early specimen found in Cologne, on which the words DIO HER (CULI) were found. Hercules was the way the Romans interpreted the Germanic deity Donder (Donar/Þorr, etc.). Unlike the more commonly known Mjölnir amulets, these clubs were not worn as a pendant around the neck, but were used as ear or belt pendants. These clubs have been mostly found in Germany and the Low Countries .

  The Dagda   Or  "The Good God" is a prominent god of the Celts especially in Ireland. While he is extremely wise the Dagda did not look like a wizard or a druid, but was described as more brutish, appearing closer to a modern strongman, his clothes rarely fit right and at times he was described as having a cock so long it dragged on the ground(!). It is unknown if this is symbolic of abundance which The Dagda was said to bring or if it was Christian mockery. The Dagda possessed several magical items including a club that could kill 9 men with a single swing and give life to the slain with a single touch of the other end, as well as a cauldron that was always full of food, which due to his incredible appetite was incredibly useful. The Dagda was one of the many kings of the gods but he is easily the most well known, his most famous consort is the Morrigan who he makes love to on Samhain bringing life into the land. A remarkably down to earth god despite his immens...

  Frau Gode is a North German goddess, she is often referred to as a "Dog Goddess" due to her symbolism and most notable story. Where a Euhemerized version of her appears with her daughters and a love for the Hunt, she then proclaimed that hunting was better than heaven, and when she did so again she and her daughters were cursed. With her myriad of daughters (over 20) turning into bitches, growing fur, muzzles, and paws. They then flew off with her as they lifted their mother and themselves into the air, some of the daughters even ended up tied to her chariot carrying it up into the sky as part of the Wild Hunt . Frau Gode was often said to "Curse" people by sending the dog spirits into the home of people where they would have to perform certain traditions to "get rid of" the dog. This was likely a ruse to allow themselves to continue pagan customs under the guise of removing a demonic curse.

  The word Wicca comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for witch – though it has nothing to do with the hotchpotch belief that forms the new-age and often feminist 'wicca' . The word 'wicca' was masculine – meaning a male witch or magician, a soothsayer. The feminine was Wicce . In Anglo-Saxon it would have been pronounced as wicha or wiche , sounding like witch. The terms wiccecræft and wiccedôm both meant witchcraft.   The word shares a root with 'wick' – as in wicker. Wicker is the bending of willow to make baskets, or frames for walls ('Wattle and daub') . The wicker lengths used in wattle walls were called wands – hence these became the witch's wand. The root of the word wattle also comes form the same root as 'to weave' so the symbolism works on many levels. This didn't go unnoticed by the church – who gave these woman the name 'wicked' (from wicker) – which survives today as the derogatory 'wicked witch'.

  The sonnenrad , or Black Sun is a symbol indicating the infinite power and energy of our sun.  Through the history the symbol in its numerous ways of depictions found its place on the items of clothes, jewelry, utensils, weapons, and coins attributive to the representatives of Indo-European culture. It has been found scattered all across the world in all kinds of variations from the Celtic cross to the swastikas used in the far east and Norse paganism . From the ancient times associated with the natural phenomena of sun’s absence on the sky during nighttime and eclipse. With the course of time, Black Sun became notorious for its use in alchemy and occultism later on acquiring strong connection to National Socialist ideology. Another name of the Black Sun most closely describes associations arousing when seeing this symbol is Sonnenrad (or sun wheel). We are used to see this sign in a form of two circles: a smaller central circle drawing its twelve spokes in the ...

I feel like I need to make a statement about what the Tribe stands for and what we do since I've gotten some odd questions.  The Greyhorn Pagan Tribe is here to spread knowledge about European paganism and the predecessors of the faith and folk.  We are about having an open conversation, discussion or debate about faith and spirituality. We are about respect and about honour. We DO NOT hate on others here. We DO NOT go along with the nowadays popular " fuck the jews and blacks " rhetoric. If that's your way of thinking, if that's what you feel is right for you, that's cool. But you DO NOT bring it into the Tribe. We leave politics as far behind as we can. We leave wokeness as far behind as we can unless they try to change our history and spread their filthy lies. We do not hate on others so that we may feel better about ourselves. I understand there are a lot of different people with different beliefs and convictions in the pagan community and I respect that...