Greyhorn Pagans

"   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

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...