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 As we all know the Arab world is mostly identified with Islam and nowadays with the horrors perpetrated by the so called "representatives" of a "pure" Islam and for good reason too! Islam was a catalyst of the biggest expansion of Arab people in history which paved the way for arguably the most powerful empire of its time, the Islamic Caliphate, which at its pinnacle ranged from Spain and Northern Africa in the west all the way to Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent in the east. The Caliphate managed to be one of the most dominant military, political, cultural and scientific centers of the world for several centuries. Even now in modern times we use Arabic numerals, teach the teachings of Arabic mathematicians and Arabic astrologers.  But what was there before Islam? How did the Arabs live? How did they rule? And most of all what did they believe in? The religious beliefs of the Arabs often differed from region to region as it was not a collective nation of pe...

  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...

  "The Druid symbol is the four-leaf clover , considered up to the present as a sign of good luck and happiness. It is a non-existent flower already.  The four-leaf clover is a swastika that spins, forming a double eight, sign of eternity, of the twice born, of the immortality won in hard combat. It is also a carbuncle fallen from the sky. It is the Gral.  Furthermore, it symbolizes the division of society into four and the harmonious organization of the world of those times. The Druid was seated in the center of that flower."   Excerpt from The Golden Cord, 1978.

  In the Celtic Fairy Faith the "Liminal Gods" are those who occupy the place between the Gods and the Fair Folk.   The Liminal Gods , as the term implies, occupy the transitional area between the Gods and the Fairy Folk. According to Morgan Daimler there are many, but four of the prominent liminal Gods are,  -  The Lady of the Greenwood ,  - The Lord Of The Wildwood ,  - The Queen of the Wind , and the Hunter .  - The Lady of The Greenwood and  - Lord of the Wildwood are associated with the summer half of the year and the Queen of the Wind and The Hunter the Winter half.

This will be already the 6th Creation Myth I cover! Slowly making my way to the Middle East and Asia I have covered some very interesting stories so far! This one is me carefully taking a step towards the Middle East and Asia. The story as told by the Turks. Once part of the mighty Ottoman Empire, now still a force to be reckoned with. Let's get this story started! This myth from pre-Islamic Turkey was written down in the 19th century but derives from much earlier oral sources. The name of one of the characters, Erlik is mentioned on the Orkhon inscription, the earliest known Turkish writing (8th century AD).  When the Earth was not the only thing that was, was water. Endless water clear to the four corners of nothing. A full water, grand within its silence -yet a worthless water without use or beauty. A fearful water. (Sounds reminiscent of the Slav Myth and Celtic Myth I covered earlier with its dark sea(1)) If a snake would drink from this water death would become him. If a dead...

Valhalla is the hall of the slain, specifically for warriors who fall in battle. It is not despite what some neo-pagans believe, some sort of heaven. It is just one of many halls that exist among the gods, functioning as a training hall for the Einherjar . Combining both recovery and exertion, to avoid falling in battle again. Most if not all gods have a hall for people to go to, many of Frigg's handmaidens have specific types of people who go to them, Freya also has a hall " Sessrumnir ", Forseti has Glitnir , Thor has Bilskirnir , Frigg has Fensalir , Ullr has Ydalir , etc. That is not including the possibility of Hel (Which is not   a bad place, just a land of the dead), or being fed to Nidhoggr and being stripped of the reincarnation cycle entirely. The binary of Hel-Valhalla is a modern idea. The importance placed on Valhalla likely comes from the fact that our sources come from the aristocracy which would lend itself to favoring an aristocratic war god in its prac...

Part 4 of my creation myth series coming up right now! This time I will cover the Slavic creation story since I want to dive a bit deeper in Slavic paganism and spread more knowledge about it. So here we go! The oldest Slavic traditions say that in the beginning there was nothing, there is old-dark, dark sea and sky, the only " existing " thing created by Rod (the forefather of all Slavic gods and of all creation) was a golden egg ( again with the egg) in which rested Svarog , the Divine creator. Under the influence of forces of imbalance the egg cracked open and created a light that shone upon Svarog and created his shadow. From his shadow Crnobog originated and Vodan , god of the sea and the water came from the glare of Svarogos old-sea. From the top of the egg shell's dust the world tree, ash tree (AGAIN!), was created which rising separated the heavens from the earth and see.  Svarog , using gold powder from the bottom of the world (lower half of the eggshell), m...

  Before I get back into the creation myth series I want to sidetrack just a little and tell the story of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome.  It's a cool story with a lot going on including but not limited to fratricide. So strap in, hold tight cause here we go. A little backstory first. Legend has it that Ascanio (son of the Trojan hero Aeneid (or Aeneas ) (whom I covered in the Roman origin story) founded the city of Alba Longa on the right bank of the river Tiber . Many of the ascendants of Aeneid reigned there peacefully until Nimitor became king. When Nimitor was king his brother Amulius seized the power and dethroned Nimitor (nothing like some brotherly rivalry, right?) , killing his male heirs and forcing his daughter, Rhea Silvia , to become a Vestal Virgin so that she would not provide a male heir to the throne. (Vestal Virgins were charged with keeping a sacred fire that was never to be extinguished and were sworn to chastity.) Nevertheless she gav...

  Nehalennia (Celtic: "she of the sea"): ancient goddess, venerated in the Roman age at the mouth of the river Scheldt.  All of them can be dated to the second and early third centuries CE. Most pieces show a young female figure, sitting on a throne in an apse between two columns, holding a basket of apples on her lap. Nearly always, there is a wolf dog at her side. In some cases, the fruit basket is replaced by something that looks like loaves of bread; in other cases, we can see the woman standing next to a ship or a prow. Several inscriptions inform us that the votive altar was placed to show gratitude for a safe passage across the North Sea, and we may assume that other altars were dedicated for the same reason. (Of course, this does not mean that all pieces were erected after a safe passage.) An example of a typical inscription: To the goddess Nehalennia, on account of goods duly kept safe, Marcus Secundinius Silvanus, trader in pottery with Britain, fulfilled his vow ...

"   A shaman or Devil-priest in the country of the Tungus. (This is the first picture published in Europe of a Siberian shaman.)"  This picture comes from the book Noord en Oost Tartarye (North and East Tartaria) by Nicolaen Witsen (a former mayor of Amsterdam) and it depicts a shaman with a horned headdress. This immediately made me think of the god we know as "the horned god" and makes me wonder how far back that depiction actually goes. This supposedly was a Shaman from a country  in the Tartarian Empire. If you are interested in learning more about this piece of hidden/lost history may I suggest you check out the Tartaria Explained series by Mind Unveiled and this article on the History Of Yesterday website.(links below) https://open.lbry.com/@MindUnveiled:e?r=7XvJWogRdCsEuDgaHaUSgjobYcaXARt5 https://historyofyesterday.com/tartary-tartaria-the-mystery-of-an-empire-lost-in-history-a99abb5cc9b6

I sang of heroes from the far past, of Bran, god-king of the Island of the Mighty, whose deeds outreached all human strength. I praised leaders of our time, Rhydderch Hael, whose sword flamed from hilt to tip, and Arthur’s own father, Uther the Pendragon, who had led war bands from west and north and the farthest reach of Logres to the east. Yet I knew one day my greatest song would be of Arthur. He was like no one else, more bear, more boar, than man, reckless yet shrewd, impulsive yet never wild. His star was the brightest in our heaven. ⁃The Song of Arthur, Robert Leeson

The Celtic Triskelion symbol predates chrisitanity by about 3,000 years, arising out of La Tène culture and history. It is thought to represent the 3 stages of man (Life, Death, Eternity) and has been alluded to representing the triad of Earth, Sea and Sky.  Archaeological findings place it in Malta (4400–3600 BC) and in the astronomical calendar at the famous megalithic tomb of Newgrange in Ireland built around 3200 BC. The oldest evidence of triquetras completes the circle back to India. From this, it seems very likely that although no trace of the symbol has been located in the Asian region between India and Europe, tribes who had used it in these two faraway regions had either interacted or interbred somewhere along the line. So it is highly possible that the Aryans and/or other Indo-European tribes brought the triquetra to Europe.

There is a negative connotation on Trickster deities, that need not be there. The result of this mindset is due to the influence of the devil and Christianity . Trickster deities such as Veles , Hermes , Reynard , Prometheus , Odin , Loki , Puck , and more. They master magic , invent alphabets , find and bring back gifts for the gods and their people. Puck is a romantic and will matchmake lovers who catch his eye, Loki brought back Gullinbursti , Mjolnir and other great gifts that the gods use, Prometheus gave man fire and crafts , Hermes the alphabet and much more.  T he " Trickster " category is a broad and complex one, that is more of a means to simplify a deity than to outright explain it. None of these deities as tricky as they may be, are evil. Most were in fact beloved by their own people and still are. They are teachers , guardians , romantics , and helpfully cunning . To allow " Trickster " to be a negative is to ignore 10's of thousands of a years o...

In the paleolithic caves of France is the horned figure of Trois Freres. It has a bearded face of an old man and various animal parts. Among the possible deities and beings associated with the horned god are: Cernunnos, the Celtic god of fertility, masculinity, wildlife and the wilderness; Herne the Hunter, one of the leaders of the Wild Hunt around the British Isles. The Greek god Pan; Janus, the Roman god of good beginnings, whose two faced (2 faces) visage represents youth and age, life and death.

You don't have be a great thinker or seer to be able to come to the conclusion that the most well known polytheistic beliefs in North and South Europe seem to share a lot of the same gods. The Norse pantheon has Thor , the god of thunder and most powerful of all the gods in Asgard . In Greece they have Zeus who is more a combination of Thor and Odin . He is the god of thunder and at the same time the god all on Mount Olympus answer and listen too. The Ancient Romans called him Jupiter , or Jove . The god of thunder and the king of the gods. But even in the far East in countries as India and China you can find myths and stories similar to the ones we hold so dear here in Europe. In India we have Vishnu who by merely thinking about creation created Brahma from a lotus flower growing from his navel which in turn created the world. A story which shares a lot of similarities with the Greek creation story of the Golden Egg laid by Nyx , or night. Even the Genesis creati...