"Life, as a part, is interwoven with the life of the whole, not only present, but past and future, for while men come and go the folk lives on, continuous, eternal, providing its members perform their duty to it. Thus, in identifying himself with his folk man prolongs himself through the multiplicity of his ancestors and his descendants, and thereby attains immortality.
" Colin Jordan

"Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." John Muir

Often compared to Thor of the Norse mythological world, Perun was considered the highest of all gods and was one of Svarog’s three sons. Perun was seen to be the creator and master of rain, lightning, and thunder (and anything that had to do with hurricanes and storms), Perun’s name is even based off the old Indo-European root “parg” meaning ‘to strike’, much like lightning would. In fact, the Polish word for ‘thunderbolt’ is Piorun. He possessed the ability to shoot lightning strikes from a bow as well as create storms to aid farmworkers.
Like Norse mythology, the Slavic world was depicted a large Oak tree, separating the world into three parts: Parv, where the gods would rule, Yav, which is populated by man and constitutes what is seen by the mortal eye, and finally Nav, which is shown as the tree’s roots and is the land of the dead, in other words it can considered the Slavic underworld. Perched on the branches of Parv, Perun would keep watch over the mortal world, protecting it from wrongdoing, such as that of Veles, the god of the underworld.
The relationship between the two gods is seen in a Slavic myth describing Veles’ annual ascent up the Slavic world tree in the form of a snake to Parv, stealing something of value to Perun, be it his children, wife, or cattle. Chasing Veles, Perun would shoot lightning bolts from the sky, hitting the earth where Veles would hide at the time. At the end of the battle, Veles would either be chased back into the underworld or vanquished and whatever he stole would be returned in the form of rain after which Perun takes his throne on the top of the tree proudly exclaiming “Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь!” (There is your place, remain there!), according to the Belarusian version of the tale. This myth would repeat itself each year, when Veles would return as a snake once again, shedding his skin from the previous battle.
To the Slavs, the coming of the rain season signified the Perun’s conquest over Veles, whenever there was a delay in the arrival of rain, this would mean Perun had yet to defeat Veles while storms were seen as larger conflicts between the two.
Unlike the conflict between God and the devil, the antagonism between Veles and Perun is not viewed as a fight between good and evil, but rather the opposition of the Earth’s forces, one being water and exisetence and the other being fire and spirit, the ancient Slavs believed these forces would bring upon the new season each year. A similar belief was held for the coming of Spring where it was believed that the demon of winter would reign for a season and eventually be defeated by Perun in battle.

💝 for the Tribe Outside of Time 🦋

We are each nodes along the web. One by one we awaken, one by one we light up, one by one we begin to pulsate outward. And, before you know it, the web is glowing and we have changed our fate.

Slavic animism and world tree.

“Blood and Soil” refers to the relationship between people and homeland, and the link of the individual to the natural order. “Blood and Soil” represents reverence for the origin and miracles of life, the ideal of organic lifestyle, and the importance of truly creative work.

That’s the right description of Valkyrie, not an African American woman. These film producers are you know who’s puppets, and they are robbing European heritage in broad daylight. The African American actors should be ashamed to accept the role of a major character from European heritage. They have no pride, and no respect for their own African heritage. They should be playing the role of characters from African mythology. Leave the European myths alone. I’m embarrassed for them. This Valkyrie character is just one example out of many.

Lovely thread that mentions something I came across years ago but there is not a lot of source material available in English on it, the keeping of a snake in the home to be honored as a tutelary spirit. I had read that they were honored with offerings including a bowl of milk, so the image of the girl handing a bowl of milk to the snake caught my eye. This thread mentions the Belorussians, but I had read the practice was more widespread among Northern Europeans.

Remember, snakes keep down the rodent population. Rodents spread disease and ruin your food stores. So there’s a practical reason they would be viewed as suspicious for the wealth and prosperity of your family lines.

But, cats a cuter and perform the same role 😛

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