Greyhorn Pagans

  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 .

  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...

 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...