Cú Chulainn is the supreme warrior-hero of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, renowned for his superhuman prowess, and binding sense of honour. Born as Sétanta, he gained the name Cú Chulainn (“Hound of Culann”) after killing the smith Culann’s guard-dog and swearing to take its place until a replacement was raised.

Cu-Chulainn is an avatar of the God Neit-Neito a celtic war diety.
He is the son of the god Lug Lámfhada and the mortal woman Deichtine, placing him between divine and human worlds. Trained in arms by the warrior-woman Scáthach in Alba (Scotland), Cú Chulainn mastered forbidden techniques, most notably the Gáe Bolga, a barbed spear that killed from within the body.

In battle he is seized by the ríastrad (warp-spasm), a terrifying transformation in which his body contorts, one eye sinks into his head while the other bulges outward, blood steams from his scalp, and he becomes an indiscriminate engine of destruction. This frenzy marks him as both a protector and a danger to his own people.

Josephus joined me to discuss the “congealed in the heart of the sea” line from Exodus 15:8, as well as the Seneh of the so called Burning Bush episode.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IXGtXa0trjs

- O’Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Atharvaveda 19.27 adapted to Celtic Deities

"Armor Hymn" or "Benedictory Hymn"

1 Let the Bull guard thee with the kine, the Stallion with the fleet-
   foot steeds.
  Let the Dagda keep thee safe with prayer, and Tuireann with his mighty
   power.

2 Let Midir guard thee with the plants, Elatha protect thee with
   the stars;
  With Breath let Wind protect thee, and the Moon, foe-slayer,
   with the months.

3 Three are the earths, they say, and three the heavens, three are
   the atmospheres, and four the oceans.
  Threefold the hymn of praise, threefold the Waters. Let these
   with triple song and tri-braid guard thee.

4 Three vaults of heaven, and three seas, three bright, three
   stationary ones,
  Three Corrgends, and three suns, protectors, I arrange for
   thee.

5 Increasing thee with butter, Manannan! with fatness sprinkle thee.
  Let not magicians harm the life of Manannan or of Moon or Sun.

6 Let not magicians mar your heat, your vital or diffusive breath.
  Brilliant and all-possessing Gods, run ye your course with God-
   like power.

7 Fire they endow with vital breath, Wind is compact, with vital
   breath:
  With vital breath the Gods produced the Sun whose face turns
   every way.

8 Live with the Life-Creators' life. Die not, live on to lengthened
   age.
  Live with the breath of men with souls. Submit not to the power
   of Death.

This is great. An excellent intro to the high god Fionn/Gwyn, and steps toward Celtic practice:

Watch:

Excellent video regarding the Celtic mannerbund God

https://youtu.be/wZmtZPs42ik

@Folk_Spirit

original link

We are building the most comprehensive Indo-European comparative mythology series that exists on the internet

This week Arno, Josephus and I discussed the Yama/Yima type god and his equivalents across European branches

Watch:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lPUmym25ckw&pp=2AabNg%3D%3D

- O’Gravy

"This work addresses the issue of magical communication found in the Elder Futhark runic inscriptions. It examines the Kragehul Spear Shaft (DR 196), Björketorp runestone (DR 360), the Horn(s) of Gallehus (DR 12), Gummarp runestone (DR 358), Lindholm amulet (DR 261), Straum whetstone (KJ 50), Ribe skull fragment (DR EM85; 151B), the Noleby runestone (KJ 67), and the Eggja runestone (N KJ 101). It seeks magical communication which may putatively be encompassed by the law of magical semiosis.

By setting objective parameters for measuring this law of magical communication, it can be determined whether or not a particular inscription should be understood as magical or non-magical specific to the Umwelt and Weltanschauung of the Runemaster. Essentially, this work is meant to challenge runologists in postulating falsifiable criteria so that magical communication in the world of the Runemaster can be discussed in an academic setting.

The work begins by discussing how Charles Sanders Peirce can help provide a basic framework regarding the sign. His phenomenological framework is applied to the world of the Runemaster. The next section then addresses the problem with the word "magic," which goes far beyond the concept of "if it does not make sense, it must be magical." It then leads to a discussion of runes and numinous qualities and finally to a corpus chapter which applies the theories and methods the author has adopted."

https://a.co/d/doYHJPT

Dr. Shell 's work on runes and magical practices come off as both approachable, practical and well educated. Support a heathen author in his journey while he offers a respectable approach from academia.

People talk about Dr. Crawford, but we need to show more support for one of our own.

Subscribe to his YouTube channel here:

https://youtube.com/@scottt.shellcontinentalger2464?si=nsKZ4DgjD463rPWl

Streaming on my YT channel in a moment, on the Horse Twins

- O'Gravy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6VFWf2HWUo

New Video.

Joseph son of Israel is based on Trita-Fereydun,

the Dream-Wearer and Dream-Eater

Who is thrown in a pit by his brothers

Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLhL2WQEv2Q

-O'Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Live streaming in 15 on my YT

What is interesting is that the majority of the "big theological moments" of the Hebrew Bible are twisted versions of Indo-Iranic theological myths, rather than native Canaanite/Hebrew ones, or even Near Eastern ones.


• The Forbidden Fruit sequence: Iranic origin, but twisted

• The Binding of Isaac: Indian, but twisted, combining god and demon roles

• Sarah conceiving Isaac with Yahweh's help: Indian, but twisted

• Esau eating the pottage: has broad Indo-European and Egyptian predecessors

• Jacob deceiving his blind father for the blessing: Indian, combining demon and god roles

• Joseph thrown in a pit but elevated to glory by the action of Yahweh: Indian but twisted

• The Burning "Bush": Indian, but twisted

• The Parting of the Red Sea and Plagues: mostly Indian, twisted

• The Horns of Moses: Indian, but twisted

• Moses exiled for striking the rock: Indian but twisted

• The Golden Calf: Indian but twisted

and of course others that I've noted. Other well-known mythic events in the Hebrew Bible are of course simply Egyptian or Mesopotamian/Sumerian.

So the direction that Judaism developed in as a result of the use of these myths leaves it much more like a heretical form of Indo-Iranic theology, blended with some of the Egyptian (Jacob's Ladder and wrestling) and Mesopotamian classic motifs (the flood), rather than coming straight from the theological myths of the Israelite Yahweh in its main current.

The Jewish religion will be misunderstood if it is seen as just an expression of the anciently existing theology of the Israelite native god, or even of merely the Mesopotamian region in general.

Finding even a single significant theological narrative myth in Genesis-Exodus that might derive directly from the original Yahweh proves challenging (though I'm open to suggestions).

- O'Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Here's the youtube playlist of all of my Bible videos so far https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo8PunHbewPz_YF8-XuR4jb06Em9NW8Ti&si=gM3TTjgUY9MBnSpN

Check out our most recent stream on the Ushas "Dawn" type Goddess,
before our next livestream hopefully later today.

Thank you again to Josephus for joining me in this one


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFfk8a-jRIg

- O'Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Going into the Gaelic and Germanic male Sun gods (Bres and Ullr) and their parallels

-O'Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult
https://www.youtube.com/live/PiqzH8-SLOE

https://jdolan.bandcamp.com/track/bowed
"Bowed," from the album Shadows in the Wake

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Shadows in the Wake full album: https://jdolan.bandcamp.com/album/shadows-in-the-wake

A note on St. Patrick’s Day from a couple of years ago

🍀 St. Patrick’s Day and the Creation of the World

St. Patrick’s Day is said to mark the death of St. Patrick and to commemorate the bringing of Christianity to Ireland. However, it occurs right around the time of the March Equinox (March 21) and near the Hindu equinox-related celebration of Holi (March 18). These mark the beginning of Spring.

As I’ve shown, the time around the March Equinox (perhaps connected to a nearby moon-event) would have marked the IE commemoration of the Creation of the world (which mythos Holi is also derived from).

As this is the beginning of Spring within the world, so it is the springing forth of the life of the cosmos from the primordial cosmic winter on a higher level, the creation of the world.

As St. Patrick’s Day is said to mark the bringing of Christianity to Ireland and the death of Patrick, the Irish Creation myth tells of the bringing of the Sons of Mil, the first ancestors of the Irish, to Ireland, and the death of Mac Greine (see: Ymir/Dyaus) and finally of Eber Finn (see: Odinn/Rudra). As such St. Patrick’s Day could be argued to be overlaid over this earlier mythos to some extent.

So today or in the next few days leading to the Equinox, pour a toast to your ancestors, the high gods, who came as the Sons of Mil to bring the Irish and their ancient ways to Ireland, and think of the primordial sacrifice of Father Sky, Mac Greine, and the subsequent death of Eber Finn, which in truth was the creation of a bridge back to divinity for those who followed, if its meaning is interpreted correctly.

The Celtic Creation Myth: https://taliesinsmap.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-celtic-creation-myth-branwen_21.html?m=1

- O’Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult