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All our mythologies are the result of the fact that people are very good at noticing patterns in nature while simultaneously being very bad at distinguishing between correlation and causation 🙂 Zodiac killer
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L: Skull with amber discs on clay in eye-sockets. Dated to the 4th mill BC. Latvia.
R: One of many amber "sun" disc (obverse (sun cross), reverse (sun rays) and cross-section) made by the same culture...
About Sun = Eyes + To See symbolism
From:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/11/sun-...
R: One of many amber "sun" disc (obverse (sun cross), reverse (sun rays) and cross-section) made by the same culture...
About Sun = Eyes + To See symbolism
From:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/11/sun-...
September 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
L: Skull with amber discs on clay in eye-sockets. Dated to the 4th mill BC. Latvia.
R: One of many amber "sun" disc (obverse (sun cross), reverse (sun rays) and cross-section) made by the same culture...
About Sun = Eyes + To See symbolism
From:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/11/sun-...
R: One of many amber "sun" disc (obverse (sun cross), reverse (sun rays) and cross-section) made by the same culture...
About Sun = Eyes + To See symbolism
From:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/11/sun-...
Larks, larks, fly away
Take the winter cold away
Bring us spring on your way
We are tired of winter
All our bread she has eaten
Eastern Slavic ritual song sang by young unmarried women as part of "calling the spring" rituals. Spring lark buns...From: oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/12/invi...
Take the winter cold away
Bring us spring on your way
We are tired of winter
All our bread she has eaten
Eastern Slavic ritual song sang by young unmarried women as part of "calling the spring" rituals. Spring lark buns...From: oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/12/invi...
Inviting spring
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September 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Larks, larks, fly away
Take the winter cold away
Bring us spring on your way
We are tired of winter
All our bread she has eaten
Eastern Slavic ritual song sang by young unmarried women as part of "calling the spring" rituals. Spring lark buns...From: oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/12/invi...
Take the winter cold away
Bring us spring on your way
We are tired of winter
All our bread she has eaten
Eastern Slavic ritual song sang by young unmarried women as part of "calling the spring" rituals. Spring lark buns...From: oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/12/invi...
Traditional seven legs bread doll known as "Pippia a setti cambas". Baked at the beginning of Lent. Every week a leg is removed to measure the time remaining to Easter. Settimo San Pietro. Cagliari, Italy...
From oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/06/old-...
From oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/06/old-...
September 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Traditional seven legs bread doll known as "Pippia a setti cambas". Baked at the beginning of Lent. Every week a leg is removed to measure the time remaining to Easter. Settimo San Pietro. Cagliari, Italy...
From oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/06/old-...
From oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/06/old-...
In the past, in some parts of Russia, people baked 40 round breads (buns) from rye and oat flour on Spring Equinox for Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) the personification of frost and cold...From: oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/12/feed...
September 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
In the past, in some parts of Russia, people baked 40 round breads (buns) from rye and oat flour on Spring Equinox for Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) the personification of frost and cold...From: oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/12/feed...
Link between ibex goats and rain Neolithic from Eastern Mediterranean. An engraved stone, which if I am not mistaken, depicts an Ibex goat, surrounded by dots representing rain...4500-3300 BC, Andros, Cyclades, Greece... oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/07/goat...
September 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Link between ibex goats and rain Neolithic from Eastern Mediterranean. An engraved stone, which if I am not mistaken, depicts an Ibex goat, surrounded by dots representing rain...4500-3300 BC, Andros, Cyclades, Greece... oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/07/goat...
Two objects from the 10,000BC Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site Körtik Tepe, Turkey...
Interestingly, the mating season of Goats marks the start of the wet season and the mating season of Snakes marks the start of dry season in the Körtik Tepe area...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/05/goat...
Interestingly, the mating season of Goats marks the start of the wet season and the mating season of Snakes marks the start of dry season in the Körtik Tepe area...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/05/goat...
September 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Two objects from the 10,000BC Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site Körtik Tepe, Turkey...
Interestingly, the mating season of Goats marks the start of the wet season and the mating season of Snakes marks the start of dry season in the Körtik Tepe area...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/05/goat...
Interestingly, the mating season of Goats marks the start of the wet season and the mating season of Snakes marks the start of dry season in the Körtik Tepe area...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/05/goat...
Thread: Ahhhh...You might find this interesting.
In this 2020 article, oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2020/03/lege..., I proposed this:
Is it possible that the "Combat agate" was worn by a Minoan warrior to commemorate a once famous Minoan victory over Mycenaeans?
In this 2020 article, oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2020/03/lege..., I proposed this:
Is it possible that the "Combat agate" was worn by a Minoan warrior to commemorate a once famous Minoan victory over Mycenaeans?
September 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Thread: Ahhhh...You might find this interesting.
In this 2020 article, oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2020/03/lege..., I proposed this:
Is it possible that the "Combat agate" was worn by a Minoan warrior to commemorate a once famous Minoan victory over Mycenaeans?
In this 2020 article, oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2020/03/lege..., I proposed this:
Is it possible that the "Combat agate" was worn by a Minoan warrior to commemorate a once famous Minoan victory over Mycenaeans?
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The Fiddle Stone - graveyard at Ballinascreen (Baile na Scrine), Tyrone, Ireland
HERE LIETH THE BODY OF JOHN O DONELLY WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE...
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
HERE LIETH THE BODY OF JOHN O DONELLY WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE...
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
September 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The Fiddle Stone - graveyard at Ballinascreen (Baile na Scrine), Tyrone, Ireland
HERE LIETH THE BODY OF JOHN O DONELLY WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE...
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
HERE LIETH THE BODY OF JOHN O DONELLY WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE...
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
A lyre player from "The Standard of Ur", a Sumerian artefact dated to c. 2550 BC. These bull headed lyres were ceremonial instruments. This is obvious from the fact that the Sumerian sign for lyre also means "to praise." But praise who? And why?
From:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/09/lyre...
From:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/09/lyre...
September 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A lyre player from "The Standard of Ur", a Sumerian artefact dated to c. 2550 BC. These bull headed lyres were ceremonial instruments. This is obvious from the fact that the Sumerian sign for lyre also means "to praise." But praise who? And why?
From:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/09/lyre...
From:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/09/lyre...
You might like this article which analysis this 17th c. BC Syrian cylinder seal and modern impression depicting a scene of bull leaping. It also puts forward an explanation for the bull leaping ritual and the time of the year when it was performed
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/07/bull...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/07/bull...
September 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
You might like this article which analysis this 17th c. BC Syrian cylinder seal and modern impression depicting a scene of bull leaping. It also puts forward an explanation for the bull leaping ritual and the time of the year when it was performed
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/07/bull...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/07/bull...
A gold plaque in a bird and snake pattern excavated from the Majiayuan cemetery in Zhangjiachuan, Gansu Province, China and dated to 5th-3rd century BC. Analysis in oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/11/snak...
September 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A gold plaque in a bird and snake pattern excavated from the Majiayuan cemetery in Zhangjiachuan, Gansu Province, China and dated to 5th-3rd century BC. Analysis in oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/11/snak...
This fresco depicting the Crucifixion of Christ from the 14th c. Serbian monastery Visoki Dečani, Kosovo, has some strange details, in top corners, enlarged below
September 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This fresco depicting the Crucifixion of Christ from the 14th c. Serbian monastery Visoki Dečani, Kosovo, has some strange details, in top corners, enlarged below
Thread: Steatite bowl with bulls and grain...3100–2900 BC, Mesopotamia...No one knows what this means, cause "we have no written records to tell us that"...Hint: Mesopotamian grain harvest began in Apr/May, Taurus...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/10/bull...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/10/bull...
June 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thread: Steatite bowl with bulls and grain...3100–2900 BC, Mesopotamia...No one knows what this means, cause "we have no written records to tell us that"...Hint: Mesopotamian grain harvest began in Apr/May, Taurus...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/10/bull...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/10/bull...
#WorldBeeDay "A Beekeeper", a beautiful 1875 painting by the Russian painter Nikolai Bogatov. I love the beehives made from hollowed logs and covered with bark. I also love the old beekeeper engrossed in his book. Article about Slavic bee folklore: oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2019/07/bee....
May 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#WorldBeeDay "A Beekeeper", a beautiful 1875 painting by the Russian painter Nikolai Bogatov. I love the beehives made from hollowed logs and covered with bark. I also love the old beekeeper engrossed in his book. Article about Slavic bee folklore: oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2019/07/bee....
Analysis of the bull sacrifice scene from the 1400 BC Minoan Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, excavated from a chamber tomb at Hagia Triada, Crete and now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete, Greece. oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/08/mino...
May 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Analysis of the bull sacrifice scene from the 1400 BC Minoan Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, excavated from a chamber tomb at Hagia Triada, Crete and now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete, Greece. oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/08/mino...
One of two golden men with lapis lazuli eyes and large erect penises found in the settlement of Tell el-Farcha, located in the Nile Delta, Egypt, and dated to c. 3000 BC
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/gold...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/gold...
Golden men
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May 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
One of two golden men with lapis lazuli eyes and large erect penises found in the settlement of Tell el-Farcha, located in the Nile Delta, Egypt, and dated to c. 3000 BC
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/gold...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/gold...
Balkan legends about builders who had to sacrifice their wives, so that the city, church, bridge...they were building could be finished...1906 relief, by Ivan Meštrović, depicts the sacrifice from the epic poem about the building of Skadar fortress...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/02/bloo...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/02/bloo...
May 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Balkan legends about builders who had to sacrifice their wives, so that the city, church, bridge...they were building could be finished...1906 relief, by Ivan Meštrović, depicts the sacrifice from the epic poem about the building of Skadar fortress...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/02/bloo...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2022/02/bloo...
In Serbia people believed that the Feast of Transfiguration is the day when "the water changes"...The latest scientific data shows that something very strange happens to both sunlight and rain water at the beginning of August...More in: oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2020/04/tran...
May 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In Serbia people believed that the Feast of Transfiguration is the day when "the water changes"...The latest scientific data shows that something very strange happens to both sunlight and rain water at the beginning of August...More in: oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2020/04/tran...
This is one of many "Baubo" figurines which were found in the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Priene and dated to the 2nd c. BC.
Who was Baubo? She is one of the most misunderstood figures from Ancient Greek mythology. You can read why in:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/baub...
Who was Baubo? She is one of the most misunderstood figures from Ancient Greek mythology. You can read why in:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/baub...
May 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is one of many "Baubo" figurines which were found in the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Priene and dated to the 2nd c. BC.
Who was Baubo? She is one of the most misunderstood figures from Ancient Greek mythology. You can read why in:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/baub...
Who was Baubo? She is one of the most misunderstood figures from Ancient Greek mythology. You can read why in:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/baub...
This beautiful vase is not a Modern Art Masterpiece...It was made almost 6000 years ago in Susa, Iran, and is currently kept in Louvre, Paris...Analysis of the symbols + lots about sad state of Flamingos in Iraq can be found in this article: oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/12/flam...
May 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This beautiful vase is not a Modern Art Masterpiece...It was made almost 6000 years ago in Susa, Iran, and is currently kept in Louvre, Paris...Analysis of the symbols + lots about sad state of Flamingos in Iraq can be found in this article: oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2021/12/flam...
According to the Zoroastrians, when the first people Mashya and Mashyana had grown out of a rhubarb plant, ibex protected them and suckled them...Why rhubarb and ibex?
I explain this in this post about this 3rd mill BC cup made in Western Iran...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/rhub...
I explain this in this post about this 3rd mill BC cup made in Western Iran...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/rhub...
May 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
According to the Zoroastrians, when the first people Mashya and Mashyana had grown out of a rhubarb plant, ibex protected them and suckled them...Why rhubarb and ibex?
I explain this in this post about this 3rd mill BC cup made in Western Iran...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/rhub...
I explain this in this post about this 3rd mill BC cup made in Western Iran...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/05/rhub...
A blacksmith has to strike his anvil with his hammer on every Christmas morning before sunrise. If he doesn't do it, his hammer and anvil should be broken and he and his family should be expelled from the tribe (medieval Vasojevići tribe law cannon, Montenegro)
May 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A blacksmith has to strike his anvil with his hammer on every Christmas morning before sunrise. If he doesn't do it, his hammer and anvil should be broken and he and his family should be expelled from the tribe (medieval Vasojevići tribe law cannon, Montenegro)
Gold and Lapis lazuli (water stone) necklace, Ur, 2600 BC. The leaves of Euphrates poplar turn golden yellow in Oct/Nov. Beginning of the rain season...
I talked about this in these two articles:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/02/inan...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2023/01/euph...
I talked about this in these two articles:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/02/inan...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2023/01/euph...
May 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Gold and Lapis lazuli (water stone) necklace, Ur, 2600 BC. The leaves of Euphrates poplar turn golden yellow in Oct/Nov. Beginning of the rain season...
I talked about this in these two articles:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/02/inan...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2023/01/euph...
I talked about this in these two articles:
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2024/02/inan...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2023/01/euph...
Article about Donderbezem (thunder broom), a protective symbol used in Holland and northern Germany as a protection from lightning strikes and evil spirits.
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/04/dond...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/04/dond...
May 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Article about Donderbezem (thunder broom), a protective symbol used in Holland and northern Germany as a protection from lightning strikes and evil spirits.
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/04/dond...
oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2025/04/dond...
Odin's name was originally Wōdanaz, meaning "lord of rage" from *wōdaz (en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconst...) meaning rage. So Odin is basically the same as Slavic Jarilo whose name comes from jar meaning rage, brightly burning fire/heat, but also spring/green/youth (en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jara#Se...)
May 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Odin's name was originally Wōdanaz, meaning "lord of rage" from *wōdaz (en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconst...) meaning rage. So Odin is basically the same as Slavic Jarilo whose name comes from jar meaning rage, brightly burning fire/heat, but also spring/green/youth (en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jara#Se...)