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Arabia before Islam/Arabian Paganism

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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...

Putting out a statement

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...

Creation Myth part 3: The Romans

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 While the true Roman origin myth varies from source to source and the Romans themselves were - as a rule- not myth makers there are some stories about how the land we now know as Italy and their folk came to be.  Myths or stories from ancient Romans times about how the world was created are practically non-existent and are usually told through the Greek story but with Romanized names. One of the earliest to relate the story (reminiscent to Homer's Odyssey) was the poet Virgil in his epic Aeneid. The same Virgil who also was the guide of Dante Alighieri through the 9 circles of hell in his famous book "The Divine Comedy".  In this story, our hero, with the help of his mother Venus escaped Troy with his father (a mortal named Anchises) and a number of his fellow soldiers before the city was completely overtaken by the Greeks. This story and its connection to the Trojan Wars gave the Romans a link to the ancient Trojan culture. It should be noted that the story of the Troja...