Greyhorn Pagans

  Part 5 of my # CreationMyth series will cover the story as told by the Celts .  Although the Celts are one of many folks who practiced oral traditions and have (almost) no written accounts thankfully through their many interactions with the Romans and Roman Empire written records of their looks, their culture and their beliefs. So here we go! The Celtic creation myth! Once upon a time, there was no time. There were also no gods and no man or woman to walk the land. There was only the sea and its deep depths and dark eternal quiet. A strain of melody moved across the water, a whisper at first. The music was the Oran Mór (Great Melody) and it grew into a great spiraling, gathering sound and gaining momentum reaching further and louder till it reached a great crescendo. Then, where the sea met the land a sea-mare was born. White, and made of sea-foam and her name was Eiocha . Not far from where the land met the sea, a tree grew, a strong and sturdy oak. On the oak grew a p...

"   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

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.