Have You Seen the Will'O'The-Wisp?

Ever wondered why you marveled at the Patronus Charm?

It is because it is a call back to an ancient mysterious spirit of the Hyperborean People, the tiny balls of guiding Faerie Light known as The Will'O'the-Wisp.

Appearing as tiny balls of shimmering light that seem to dance across the land; they are not to be called or summoned, they come of their own free will. Though to communicate they may take a fitting form to guide you; a beautiful woman, a horrid hag, a curious fox or fluttering sparrow. Each formed of their shimmering light -not unlike the patronus charm- they are not physical they are made of living light.

But they will guide you, to those who are most wicked they will lead to their doom. To those of noble heart they will lead them to what they need most. A place of safety. A place of revelry. A place of magical treasure and adventure.

They like their kindred Fae from the smallest of spirits to the grandness of Puck will fight for those they care about.-TLK

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The Importance of Runestones

Runestones are some of the most iconic objects in all of Europe. Their depictions of Knotwork, Wyrms, Gods and Men decorated with those mysterious letters known as Runes; which inspire art and speculation among academics and the average populace to this day.

Yet most Runestones, if not all, serve a rather familiar and heartwarming purpose. They are memorials to the dead, what are sometimes called a Wayside Shrine. -For example the one pictured above reads :“Sandar raised the stone in memory of Joar, his kinsman. No one will bear a more able son. May Tor safeguard.”- Many of the Runestones are attributed specifically to the commissioners beloved dead whether they be Fathers, Mothers, Siblings or other Kinsmen or Companions. Due to many of the extant stones being from the Viking Age they are often Christian in reference invoking the The Christian God, though a fallen one photographed in 1899 specifically calls on Thor/Tor to safeguard the soul of the dead.

Some of the most famous Runestones have depictions of deities, the Jelling Stones depict a Crucified Jesus Christ entwined in knotwork, while the Hunnestad Monument is often thought to depict Hyrrokin, a Norse Giantess and speculated funerary deity. Both monumental sets of Runestones were placed as a way to honor the raisers dead loved ones.

These days we don't commonly raise Runestones in honor of our loved ones, or even the standing stones of Pre-Christian Europe... Yet... We still perform this treasured act of honoring the dead. Park Benches, Street Signs, Crosses at the side of the Road and Grand Statues show the names and faces of loved ones that have passed on to the Realms Beyond. For never has something been more treasured to our people and our Gods, than our family and friends.
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Image: A Fallen Runestone at Korpbron in Juresta, Sweden 1899

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Repost Up on Substack:
https://open.substack.com/pub/heraldofhyperborea/p/a-brief-discussion-of-the-gods?r=43zc29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Hey everyone, 😁

Sorry for the lack of updates or paintings but I’ve been working on birthday presents for friends. Here is one gift for a really good friend of mine. This is probably the first time I have drawn/painted a car; it turned out quite well. My friend loves the painting, which is all that matters to me. 😁

Check out the process here.

"Modern skepticism has destroyed one of the most beautiful creations of the Epic ages - the belief that the spirits of the dead warriors meet daily in the halls of Valhalla, and there around the festive board recount the deeds they did in the other world. For this evening, at least let us adopt the ancient superstition, if superstition it be." -Colonel John S. Mosby AKA "Gray Ghost", Commander of 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosby's Rangers, in a speech given at their reunion gathering thirty years after the war.

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https://substack.com/home/post/p-192112869 Wrote this and some other "Witch" related articles in the past, got them up on Substack now.

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Myth is the Source Code of Man
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For those who know "The old ways are the only ways, all else is pageantry", there's Hyperborean Radio with Jeff and Ike in the Morning; speaking the truths we all know but others fear to whisper.
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https://heraldofhyperborea.substack.com/p/hertha-the-germanic-mother-earth Another of my older articles reposted to Substack for posterity