Apricot Lil
@apricotjamlil.bsky.social
Stuff related to water. Mythology. Archaeology. Plants, houseplants.
#Sulis #SulisMinerva #AquaSulis #Coventina #frigg #frigga
#seedsistas #heathensky #germanicpagan #GobekliTepe #ancientreligion #scandimyth #oldnorse #burials #openaccess
#Sulis #SulisMinerva #AquaSulis #Coventina #frigg #frigga
#seedsistas #heathensky #germanicpagan #GobekliTepe #ancientreligion #scandimyth #oldnorse #burials #openaccess
Interesting.
Could Çatalhöyük, more than 9,000 years ago, have been a matriarchal society? Researchers got their answer this year after analyzing DNA from 131 people buried there.
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/collection/a-feminine-touch/top-10-discoveries-of-2025/
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/collection/a-feminine-touch/top-10-discoveries-of-2025/
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Interesting.
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Blessed Winter Solstice and Yule to everyone in the Northern Hemisphere, and may your coming year be bright and full of happiness. To honour the sacrifice of the Holly King, my latest blog explores some of the folklore of this sacred plant.
www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/post/holly-a...
www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/post/holly-a...
Holly and the Winter Solstice
Blessed Yule and Winter Solstice to everyone in the northern hemisphere. This is the day of maximum darkness and tomorrow, the light will slowly start to seep back into our world. The Oak King has cla...
www.herbalhegemone.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Blessed Winter Solstice and Yule to everyone in the Northern Hemisphere, and may your coming year be bright and full of happiness. To honour the sacrifice of the Holly King, my latest blog explores some of the folklore of this sacred plant.
www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/post/holly-a...
www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/post/holly-a...
'Perthro - the Cosmic Cauldron'
Makes me think of Hvergelmir: all rivers run from that "boiling spring" ... and all waters bring us to Hel through which the serpents of Hvergelmir slither.
Makes me think of Hvergelmir: all rivers run from that "boiling spring" ... and all waters bring us to Hel through which the serpents of Hvergelmir slither.
December 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
'Perthro - the Cosmic Cauldron'
Makes me think of Hvergelmir: all rivers run from that "boiling spring" ... and all waters bring us to Hel through which the serpents of Hvergelmir slither.
Makes me think of Hvergelmir: all rivers run from that "boiling spring" ... and all waters bring us to Hel through which the serpents of Hvergelmir slither.
Life. Death. Fate. Cloth.
"The space to which women had exclusive access also had deep supernatural connotations. This space was the dyngja, a small room built away from a main house and partially buried underground. There was no recognizable, formal door to enter
"The space to which women had exclusive access also had deep supernatural connotations. This space was the dyngja, a small room built away from a main house and partially buried underground. There was no recognizable, formal door to enter
December 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Life. Death. Fate. Cloth.
"The space to which women had exclusive access also had deep supernatural connotations. This space was the dyngja, a small room built away from a main house and partially buried underground. There was no recognizable, formal door to enter
"The space to which women had exclusive access also had deep supernatural connotations. This space was the dyngja, a small room built away from a main house and partially buried underground. There was no recognizable, formal door to enter
Water. Death. Birth.
#Kemeticism #AncientEgypt #pagansky #witchsky #occultsky #prehistory #predynastic #Neolithic #archaeology
Before the pharaohs there were people living on the Nile. This figure is of the deceased floating to the afterlife in a womb shaped boat. 3500-3100 BC
Before the pharaohs there were people living on the Nile. This figure is of the deceased floating to the afterlife in a womb shaped boat. 3500-3100 BC
Model Boat with Figurine in a Fetal Position - Egypt Museum
A Predynastic ceramic model of a boat with a man in a fetal position, sailing to the afterlife where he will be reborn. Naqada III.
egypt-museum.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Water. Death. Birth.
UTISETA - "Utiseta is the Norse practice of sitting out. It is usually done with an intention in mind, for example to gain wisdom or enlightenment on a situation..."
Re-posting last year’s midwinter blog post
Lets all kearn to embrace the dark!
open.substack.com/pub/heathenp...
Lets all kearn to embrace the dark!
open.substack.com/pub/heathenp...
Utiseta at Midwinter
Tomorrow is the winter solstice or midwinter, the longest night of the year.
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
UTISETA - "Utiseta is the Norse practice of sitting out. It is usually done with an intention in mind, for example to gain wisdom or enlightenment on a situation..."
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I think I'm going to adopt this person as my vǫlva. Her message is directly relevant to a lot of stuff I've been struggling with for a year, and she just wrapped it up in a snowball. Boom.
IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE
YouTube video by Freyia TV
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December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I think I'm going to adopt this person as my vǫlva. Her message is directly relevant to a lot of stuff I've been struggling with for a year, and she just wrapped it up in a snowball. Boom.
Watery place. Offerings.
It was found in a bog at Coggalbeg, Roscommon in 1945, and consists of a #gold lunula (a crescent shaped "little moon") and two small gold discs, of a type known from other examples, decorated with a cross motif within two circles.
#Ireland #Archaeology #History #FindsFriday
#Ireland #Archaeology #History #FindsFriday
December 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Watery place. Offerings.
Death and the traditions of women.
Processing and production(e.g. weaving), often the work of women (females).
Women midwifing death aswell as birth ... 🤔
Processing and production(e.g. weaving), often the work of women (females).
Women midwifing death aswell as birth ... 🤔
📢 New exciting #textile #openaccess publication!🧶❤️🤩
Into the Funerary World and Textiles? Then, this is for you!
Can't wait to devour this book!
Huge congrats E. Yvanez, M. M. Wozniak & contributors 👏
Link to 📕: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#TextileArchaeology #Burials
Into the Funerary World and Textiles? Then, this is for you!
Can't wait to devour this book!
Huge congrats E. Yvanez, M. M. Wozniak & contributors 👏
Link to 📕: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#TextileArchaeology #Burials
December 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Death and the traditions of women.
Processing and production(e.g. weaving), often the work of women (females).
Women midwifing death aswell as birth ... 🤔
Processing and production(e.g. weaving), often the work of women (females).
Women midwifing death aswell as birth ... 🤔
Water. Offerings.
Small mirror - Roman
Maybe an offering to the river gods. An unusual find, but similar objects are found around the Danube in eastern Europe.
Found by anonymous and Bill & Anthony Yendall.
“Secrets of the Thames” exhibition.
#London Museum - Docklands
#FindsFriday #Roman
Maybe an offering to the river gods. An unusual find, but similar objects are found around the Danube in eastern Europe.
Found by anonymous and Bill & Anthony Yendall.
“Secrets of the Thames” exhibition.
#London Museum - Docklands
#FindsFriday #Roman
December 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Water. Offerings.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Nekhbet was the representation of the Upper Nile. Because of her, numerous goddesses and also all the queens of Egypt wore vulture crowns. Ninhersag of Mesopotamia was depicted with vultures. Studies suggest a vulture death goddess at Catalhoyuk. In Rome all vultures were thought to be female.
December 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Nekhbet was the representation of the Upper Nile. Because of her, numerous goddesses and also all the queens of Egypt wore vulture crowns. Ninhersag of Mesopotamia was depicted with vultures. Studies suggest a vulture death goddess at Catalhoyuk. In Rome all vultures were thought to be female.
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Cambridge’s #Archaeology journals are publishing an increasing amount of #openaccess (OA) #research. Read the latest articles here: ▶️ https://cup.org/3We1oBR
@antiquity.ac.uk @saa-aap.bsky.social @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
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December 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Cambridge’s #Archaeology journals are publishing an increasing amount of #openaccess (OA) #research. Read the latest articles here: ▶️ https://cup.org/3We1oBR
@antiquity.ac.uk @saa-aap.bsky.social @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
@antiquity.ac.uk @saa-aap.bsky.social @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
Ritual burial in water. Dog - dog/wolf, common animal for this world - otherworld powers. Garmr guarding Hel.
You've heard of cloak-and-dagger, but have you heard of dog-and-dagger? 🤔🏺🧪
5,000-year-old dog skeleton and dagger buried together in Swedish bog hint at mysterious Stone Age ritual
Five millennia ago, ancient fishers buried a dog alongside a dagger in a lake bed. Archaeologists are trying to figure out why.
www.livescience.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Ritual burial in water. Dog - dog/wolf, common animal for this world - otherworld powers. Garmr guarding Hel.
Always been important to make sure the dead successfully begin their journey into death.
From the archive. Facing an increasing aging population and other societal shifts, people are looking beyond traditional family-based mortuary practices. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/japa...
In Japan, Rethinking What It Means to Care for the Dead
Facing an increasing aging population and other societal shifts, people are looking beyond traditional family-based mortuary practices.
www.sapiens.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Always been important to make sure the dead successfully begin their journey into death.
Very interesting thread.
See Pythia's posts on #GoblekiTepe for animal images. When and why did animals cease to be 'respectable'? And when you think of all the effort depicting animals in Lascaux, etc.
See Pythia's posts on #GoblekiTepe for animal images. When and why did animals cease to be 'respectable'? And when you think of all the effort depicting animals in Lascaux, etc.
I really upset some people with this one. First, image on the right is Iao, another name for YHWH surrounded by names of angels. He is depicted looking like Set. On the right, the first ever image that people believe to be Jesus.
#witchsky #pagansky #occultsky #ChristianHistory #YHWH #archaeology
#witchsky #pagansky #occultsky #ChristianHistory #YHWH #archaeology
December 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Very interesting thread.
See Pythia's posts on #GoblekiTepe for animal images. When and why did animals cease to be 'respectable'? And when you think of all the effort depicting animals in Lascaux, etc.
See Pythia's posts on #GoblekiTepe for animal images. When and why did animals cease to be 'respectable'? And when you think of all the effort depicting animals in Lascaux, etc.
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This is oddly soothing. What a beautiful idea. Eco-friendly, unlike embalming. Where can I sign up to have my remains reclaimed by a tree? #greenburial
🌿🪦🌿"Folklore claimed that churchyard yews would stretch a root to the mouth of each corpse, making a hidden green-man of every buried body. Their essence would be drawn in with the sap. The tree would remember them."
📖Deeper Older Darker
#FairyTaleTuesday #thicktrunktuesday #FairyTaleFlash
📖Deeper Older Darker
#FairyTaleTuesday #thicktrunktuesday #FairyTaleFlash
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is oddly soothing. What a beautiful idea. Eco-friendly, unlike embalming. Where can I sign up to have my remains reclaimed by a tree? #greenburial
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2026 Medicinal Mushrooms calendars in the distro, fundraising for the work of HWBB, providing free herbal medicines to the Bristol refugee community since 2016.
Collaboratively made by multiple artists & contributors - they're beautiful and informative!
#herb #medicinalmushrooms #herbalmedicine
Collaboratively made by multiple artists & contributors - they're beautiful and informative!
#herb #medicinalmushrooms #herbalmedicine
Herbalists Without Borders Bristol 2026 Calendar - Wort Journal
2026 Medicinal Mushroom Fundraising Calendar100% of profits from this sale will go to Herbalists Without Borders Bristol
wortjournal.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
2026 Medicinal Mushrooms calendars in the distro, fundraising for the work of HWBB, providing free herbal medicines to the Bristol refugee community since 2016.
Collaboratively made by multiple artists & contributors - they're beautiful and informative!
#herb #medicinalmushrooms #herbalmedicine
Collaboratively made by multiple artists & contributors - they're beautiful and informative!
#herb #medicinalmushrooms #herbalmedicine
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#Petroglyphs #archaeology #prehistory #AncientReligion #Spirituality #LakeOnega #Russia #Neolithic #pagansky #witchsky #occultsky #heathensky #druidsky /|\ 1. a petroglyph found @Lake Onega Russia shows shamanic figure divided in 2 representing being half in the spiritual world & half in the living.
December 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#Petroglyphs #archaeology #prehistory #AncientReligion #Spirituality #LakeOnega #Russia #Neolithic #pagansky #witchsky #occultsky #heathensky #druidsky /|\ 1. a petroglyph found @Lake Onega Russia shows shamanic figure divided in 2 representing being half in the spiritual world & half in the living.
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#pagansky #occultsky #witchsky #heathensky #druidsky #Cybele #Catalhoyuk #Anitolia #Turkey #prehistory #archaeology
Patriarchy says the figure on the right is not a goddess and is simply art for art's sake. It's dated to around 6000 BC at Catalhoyuk. On the left Cybele, 259 km away dated 325 AD.
Patriarchy says the figure on the right is not a goddess and is simply art for art's sake. It's dated to around 6000 BC at Catalhoyuk. On the left Cybele, 259 km away dated 325 AD.
December 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
#pagansky #occultsky #witchsky #heathensky #druidsky #Cybele #Catalhoyuk #Anitolia #Turkey #prehistory #archaeology
Patriarchy says the figure on the right is not a goddess and is simply art for art's sake. It's dated to around 6000 BC at Catalhoyuk. On the left Cybele, 259 km away dated 325 AD.
Patriarchy says the figure on the right is not a goddess and is simply art for art's sake. It's dated to around 6000 BC at Catalhoyuk. On the left Cybele, 259 km away dated 325 AD.
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#GobekliTepe #prehistory #archaeology #pagansky #witchsky #occultsky #heathensky #druidsky
The vulture Pillar is probably the best known T Pillar at gobekli tepe. Vultures are typically viewed as goddesses. They represent transition in death as they are carrion.
The vulture Pillar is probably the best known T Pillar at gobekli tepe. Vultures are typically viewed as goddesses. They represent transition in death as they are carrion.
December 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
#GobekliTepe #prehistory #archaeology #pagansky #witchsky #occultsky #heathensky #druidsky
The vulture Pillar is probably the best known T Pillar at gobekli tepe. Vultures are typically viewed as goddesses. They represent transition in death as they are carrion.
The vulture Pillar is probably the best known T Pillar at gobekli tepe. Vultures are typically viewed as goddesses. They represent transition in death as they are carrion.
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Beautiful autumn day in the wetlands around Snoheim. The grasses are dying off, but the cattails are still standing tall. Frigga's lands change but remain beautiful. Meditating in an out of the way corner helps me reconnect. #heathenry #inclusiveheathenry #norsepaganism #animism #frigga #frigg
October 23, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Beautiful autumn day in the wetlands around Snoheim. The grasses are dying off, but the cattails are still standing tall. Frigga's lands change but remain beautiful. Meditating in an out of the way corner helps me reconnect. #heathenry #inclusiveheathenry #norsepaganism #animism #frigga #frigg
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22 altars & 16,000 coins given to water goddess, #Coventina, in the Roman period in Britain were found with other votive objects in the well built for her at Carrawburgh (Brocolitia) Roman Fort.
Titus D Cosconianus, Prefect of first cohort of Batavians set this up.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
Titus D Cosconianus, Prefect of first cohort of Batavians set this up.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
August 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
22 altars & 16,000 coins given to water goddess, #Coventina, in the Roman period in Britain were found with other votive objects in the well built for her at Carrawburgh (Brocolitia) Roman Fort.
Titus D Cosconianus, Prefect of first cohort of Batavians set this up.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
Titus D Cosconianus, Prefect of first cohort of Batavians set this up.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology