#Gaulic

[justdreamsandmusic]

#francais #french #french diaspora #grand map #laferriere #ferriere #map of france #french map #celtic #gaul #gaulish #celt #gael #gaelic #gaulic #gaelish #maps #art #bicycle map #bicycling map #tour map #mother tongue #father tongue #english french #french english #francophile #francophone #poésie francophone #viola #europe map

[inhumantoughts]

!Warning: topic = world ending event! Regarding: space, folklore, modern government/religious systems In detail: about the nuclear fusion reactor and it's potential impact for planetary collision. Tought of and written by: Ward A. De Vos (online handle: wabsol)

Tbh I got quite the shock the time of valentine this year. I've never seen the planets so vibrant before, tho I must say I've never seen the planets anyways(except the moon). Seeing the stars so bright after a super bright sun(january), the full moon and an orange planet(valentine) got me thinking. Aren't the stars meant to shine that bright during each advent(time before chirstmass)? Had such an impact on me that I started thinking where the water particles go to if they pass by the moon. Theorised they might go to a-star *. Meaning some star that's behind Pluto. Thought about the path it takes and what would happen to our solar system now that the iter is being build in france. iter(i earth or i tear when translated from french) is the first nuclear fusion reactor meant to run constantly. It get's hotter then the sun's core btw. So now, what if, the water molucules push that star away from the earth and the sun also influences that star's path. Would it not be hitting earth?

Don't even want to talk about the flag's of country's and how they look linked to eachother as a system like the snake Ouroboros. The fact that the Turkish red flag is the earth on it's side awaiting a star with five points like * Asterix(galia -now northern belgium where i'm from). Link that onto that gold orb with white halo and that cross or star on top. The pope or the queen of england has and you could just believe me for once again.

For fun you could try and translate my modern name to it's original meaning. Hint: use knowledge of vowels and history of language. "A means OS as in an ox btw"

#extinction #nuclear #fusion energy #astronomy #folklore #religion #government #flags #etymology #world history #gaulic #gaelic #appocalypse #zoroastrism #old testament #4 horsemen #vulgaris magistralis #normalis archivaris #perl #blackbeard #long john #Templar #jotunn #who gives a shit #grand canyon #weeping #zoro #over it #cursed #antoinette

[plsr9f3tf]

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#theatregoer #chitchats #misbirth #Emlynne #coforeknown #gledes #sword-leaved #ropily #evilmouthed #ardoise #possibility #Semi-sadducism #polytrichia #subrepent #fringehead #thalamotomy #unpacker #Gaulic #tollbooth #bars

[thevixenwitch]

I had a strong calling to Cernunnos very recently while reorganizing our main altar and making it a more deity-centered space. People are right when they say he’s very straight forward, wanting to guide personal growth, communicating clearly through the cards! I actually did work with him very directly some time ago, though I knew him as the Wild God at the time. I was young and inexperienced lol But had a distinct sign occur earlier today that confirmed it! It feels like coming home to settle with him again, it makes my wings shimmer! Very excited to see where he leads on my path.

#cernunnos #pagan #paganism #celtic paganism #gaulic paganism

[rosemaryonthehearth]

What are some deities that you've struggled to find information on, whether historical sources or modern practices?

There's two for me, for different reasons.

Belisama, the Gaulic-Celtic goddess of fire, lakes, rivers, and crafts. There is not a lot of historical references to her worship as not much of the Gaulic traditions survived, similar to the other Celtic deities. The Roman sources equate her to Minerva, and she rules over the River Ribble in the UK.

The other is Wepwawet. He is often mistaken for Anubis and sometimes is portrayed to be gray/silver and a wolf or jackal. He is known as the Opener of the Ways, controlling the Opening of the Mouth in mummification rituals. He is sometimes depicted at the head of Ra's sun-boat or as a scout, leading the way in war. The main problem is Ancient Egypt lasted so long that there were many, many different deities, and the historical sites were looted often for the valuables and building materials.

#belisama #wepwawet #paganism #kemetism #gaulic paganism #celtic paganism

[voluptuarian]

One thing I'm enjoying about Barbarians that has nothing to do with the quality is just that I know nothing about the Germanian campaigns, so it's all a surprise for me-- I didn't even know Arminius was a real person, I'd never heard of him. Meanwhile if it had been about the Gaulic Wars or something I would have already known most the twists and who won and who died-- much as I like knowing All The Things sometimes not knowing is more fun.

#which is not to say im not still Hankering for a gaulic wars show #or more specifically-- a Vercingetorix show #also anything about the wars with Carthage #like why hasn't anybody done Hannibal's attack on Rome?? fucking elephants for gods sake? #barbarians netflix #the ancient world

[liberty1776]

Caesar in Gaul: Makin' Waves (56 B.C.E.)

#Caesar's Gaulic Wars Roman History Ancient History Julius Caesar

[alpaca-clouds]

Divine Bloodlines

Alright. I need to get this one idea out of my system as well. Because I cannot help but wonder... Richter's Theme is called Divine Bloodlines. Which, yeah, fair. Within the context of the games this is just very much a "yeah, the Belmont bloodline is super special". And was the anime worldbuilding the same as the game worldbuilding I would not have put a second thought on this. But... it is not.

In Nocturne we now clearly establish that there is actually such a thing as divine bloodlines. Annette has the blood of a god. Heck, it might well be a theme for this series now, given that Erzsebet has drunken from a goddess and there is a good chance the same might be true for Olrox. And this makes me think: What about the Belmont bloodline?

Like, is there a posibility that they actually also have a divine ancestor? Given they originate from France the ancestor might be a gaulic or brittanic deity. Though I am perfectly honest with you: Those are the celtic gods I know little about. Like, I know stuff about Anglo-Saxon deities, gaelic ones and those from Welsh. But the French ones? Yeah, I know very little about outside that due to the Roman contact they kinda got merged with a lot of Roman gods. And I also know that they still had a lot of animal gods and also a ton of gods associated with the crafts.

Nodens is a god associated with both healing and hunting, so that might be a possible fit. But there are also a ton of local protector deities.

It is just such a weird little thing, though.

One thing I am almost certain off: Annette is gonna teach Richter to enter the Ancestoral plane and we get to see some other Belmonts.

#castlevania #castlevania netflix #castlevania nocturne #belmont family #richter belmont #divine bloodlines #celtic mythology #theory #fan theory

[fernthewhimsical]

Baduhenna Deep Dive: pt. 2

Aspects:

Battle What we know of Baduhenna is that the first part of her name means "battle", and that in her forest a mighty battle for freedom took place. I see her as a protector who battles for her people and for the land. The Frisians and Romans lived in peace with each other until the Romans asked too much, and took the Frisians' lively-hood and family. After that, the retaliation was quick and ruthless. To me, Baduhenna is tied to fighting for freedom from oppression, and standing your ground when it comes to your rights and morals.

If we see the paranoia of the Romans as battle-madness or -frenzy, Baduhenna might also be associated with these aspects, much like the Irish Badb. Badb flies over the battlefield as a crow, where her cawing incites madness. Crows flying through the dark forest spreading panic and paranoia so the Frisians can claim victory is quite an enticing image, and one that I associate with her as well.

Valkyrie/War-goddess Donahue, in his article “the Valkyries and the Irish War-Goddesses” exposes perhaps a deeper link to Badb. He states that it is likely that the Scandinavian and Germanic Valkyrie and the Irish Wargoddesses evolved together. That is to say that because of the close relations between the Celts, the Gauls and the Germanic people it is likely that these cultures intermingled, and through that their mythology and beliefs were influenced. The Valkyrie for example, went from demons, “those who bring fear”, to beautiful, almost Goddess-like, women who chose the slain and poured mead in the Halls of Valhalla.

De Vries, in his article “studiën over Germaanse mythologie” also speaks of the links between Valkyrie, the matronae (triads of Goddesses commonly worshipped by the Germanic tribes), the Norns, the dísir, and the Goddess triad that is the Morrígan.

Next to Badb and the Valkyries, there is another Goddess to consider. The Gaulic Goddess Cathubodua, whose name means “battle-crow”, which is also a name Badb wears as "Badb Catha". All we have of Cathubodua is the inscription of the name upon a shield, unfortunately, not a lot to go on.

Where does Baduhenna fit in? The Annals tell us that there was a battle, that the Frisians against all odds attempted to overthrow the tyrannical Roman leader, that they won that battle and killed 900 Romans, and that the retreating Romans were so paranoid, that they slayed 400 of their own men.

If we look at this recount in another way, a different story can perhaps be told: a small group of people won a battle against a far greater and better trained army. This battle was fought in a sacred forest, dedicated to their Goddess; a Goddess of war. Divine intervention perhaps, the Goddess choosing which side of the conflict will be the victor, and which will be slain. Much like both the Valkyrie and the Morrígan. The remaining soldiers fleeing, but being so overcome with confusion and madness that they turn on their own battle-brothers. Just like the madness that Badb spreads when she flies over the battlefields in her form as a crow. Which is why Braakman is his article “Baduhenna. Godin van het Slagveld.” states that Baduhenna and Badb are one and the same, and says: “Baduhenna had struck again.”

Forest It is known that the Germanic and Frisian tribes honoured their Gods in groves and forests instead of temples. So perhaps there is no reason for Baduhenna to be a Goddess of woodlands. I, however, definitely see her as a Forest-goddess. She is a goddess of the deep forests, the dark woods, with the floor covered in mists. A dense forest in which you can easily get lost, or perhaps doubt if you have travelled into the Otherworld between one tree and the next.

There is also a Dutch saga that tells of another Roman emperor. He became shipwrecked and came ashore in what is now the province of Gelderland. Even with his diminished numbers, and with the local people fighting like beasts, he managed to conquer the local village. He lived there for a while, but he and his men became restless. They decided to venture into the nearby forest to see if there were more villages to conquer. Instead, they found a dense forest, filled with ferocious animals such as lions, wolves, boar, and bears. For the first time in their lives, they retreated, and ran all the way back to the village. They asked the local villagers what the forest was. They said it was wild and dark, and filled with animals that were too ferocious to think about fighting. And when you do manage to come out to the other side, you will find something even more deadly and terrifying: Frisians. "Does it have a name?" the Roman asked. When told that they didn't name it, out of fear, the Roman named it "the Forest without Mercy."

Now, there is absolutely zero link between this forest and Baduhenna's forest folklore/history/myth-wise. And yet I link them anyway. A terrifyingly dark forest with strangely behaving animals and Frisians on the other side sounds right up Baduhenna's alley. It also reminds me of Járnviðr, the Iron Woods of Norse mythology. A dark forest filled with monstrous wolves, magic, and giants.

Wetlands Tacitus describes in the Annals how bridges had to be built over the wet ground to get to Baduhenna's forest, so her woods would probably have been wetlands. There is much speculation about where her forest might have actually been located, but no traces of her woods have ever been found. Thinking of the battle in her forest, it would also make sense for it to have been wetlands. Her grove itself where perhaps rituals and sacrifices were held would have to be accessible, of course. However, if the woods were wetlands, then only those who knew it well could traverse it safely and with ease. While the Romans would have been constantly finding their footing and bearings, especially if there was fog. I associate Baduhenna with wetlands and marshes, and there is a path through wetlands close to my home that is a favourite spot to connect to her

Magic Though there is nothing in the Annals and subsequent research that suggests a link between Baduhenna and magic, through my years of connecting with her, she has made herself known to me as a Goddess of Magic. Perhaps through her close connection with the Morrígan I perceive her this way, but Baduhenna and magic are connected. Like the Morrígan, I see Baduhenna as a shape-shifter. I see her as the wild witch in the woods. Practising the folk magic of the land and the forest. Using what you have at hand, or finding what you need out in the wilderness. One who rides the hedge and easily walks between the Realms.

I connect her with the swirls of mist that curl between the trees, and through that connection with the Dutch "Witte Wieven". White Women or Mist Witches who are seen in folklore as Faerie women, witches, seers, and spirits. In Dutch folklore we also have Alvinnen, the female equivalent of Alf or Elf. These were also seen as seers, witches, Fae, ghosts, and often even Goddesses. To me, Baduhenna is one of them, and as such, hold great powers of witchcraft and magic.

Mist Through her connection with the wetlands and Witte Wieven I also connect mist of fog with Baduhenna. In the Netherlands, low-hanging fog, especially in the early morning light, are called Witte Wieven, which is based in the folklore about them. In the tales of Hans Christiaan Anderson, as well as some local folk tales, we also have the character of the *Moerasvrouw*, or swamp-woman. She brews the mists and fogs in her swamp where she lives. She is seen as benevolent and kind in most stories, at least to other members of the Fair Folk. Seeing as how Baduhenna's Woods were also wetlands, I think this is an interesting connection to Baduhenna and the Witte Wieven.

Death Through her connection to both the Irish War-goddesses and the Valkyrie, death is part of Baduhenna's portfolio. Primarily death through battle, but like the Morrígan, perhaps also prophesizing the deaths still to come. I see her as the crow who calls out when your time is up. Who gathers your soul at the moment of death, and hands it over to the one who will carry it to where it needs to be.

Activism Again, this is a personal connection I make with her, but through her story of fighting against oppression and standing up against a system that is harmful I connect with Baduhenna through activism. For me, standing your ground, voicing your opinions loudly, and trying to dismantle a bigoted, oppressive system is very much in line with this goddess. Any act of defiance or activism can be devoted to her, and fighting for those who have had their rights stolen is sacred to her.

[Deep Dive Masterpost]

#deity #pagan #paganism #mine #baduhenna #goddess #dutch goddess #frisian #mythology #dutch #heathen #heathenry #valkyrie #the morrigan #folklore

[fac-romam-iterum-magna]

I still dont know what to do about nation made of differents peoples who played a huge part of their history and as which one they started.

For exemple france

Roman gaul is what you could consider as france: latinized celts

Except there is a important part of our history: the franks, a germanic people from northern europe. They are considered the foundator of the nation and basically for all of the middle age we were called franks (thats why the country is named like that btw). French people consider themselves as latin and heir of the gaulics

BUT the franks are the one who created the state. All of our dynasty originate from them and our most important rulers were germanic (ex: carolus magnus). Despite assimilating themselves to locals, it was said nobility was frank unlike the peasantry.

Or a another exemple: north african/levantine nations

The pre-islamic history is there. Rome had a role in the determination of their border, like ifriqia for tunisia. There is also the contribution of indigenous population, in algeria a berber queen fought the arab, egypt was copt majority until the 10/11th century, syria was a craddle of early christianism...etc

BUT arab identity and islam is a huge part of the peoples identities too. Big enough so almost everyone speak arabic, is muslim (more or less practicant) and identify as arab. These countries, without arabs conquest would not exist as we know them.

So does they start as the formative one or the one who shaped their history ?

#Hetalia #it's 2am and im overthinking

[oldgoddetective]

What happened to the Old Gods?

For thousands of years, humans of various cultures, nations, and peoples across the world worshiped an equally amount of varied gods. And then suddenly, at least in Western Europe and the Americas, the influence of these gods waned. In this post and over the next few posts I will propose that a plurality of gods coexisted and worked with nature and humanity to maintain balance and that the community of the Western gods suffered a period of collapse in which the Western God achieved his current hegemony. In a future post I plan to talk about how there is a current movement of rebellion or upheaval in the heavens, as well as about the relationship between the gods, nature, spirits, and humans.

I am approaching this with a careful but honest belief that the divine is real and that God, Jesus, the Western God, and the so called "pagan" gods are (or at least were) real. I will also be focusing on God, Western Europe, and the Americas (here and throughout the blog), as these are the areas I am most familiar with. Lastly, I stand by the truism that history is written by the victors, so while I may use the Bible as a source, I will approach it with academic skepticism. With all that out of the way, let's begin.

Before the rise of Christianity, once could find a diversity of gods across the world. These were seen as tribal or local gods. That is, their worshipers largely recognized the existence of other gods that ruled over the same aspects of nature, but that were distinct from their own gods and belonged to other regions and people. Examples of this are Hades and Hel, from Greek and Norse religion respectively. These two gods ruled over similar realms (the realm of the dead), but were limited in their jurisdiction by geography and by who their followers were. We also see examples of gods spreading across regions, sometimes adopting different aspects as they do. One way in which this happened was when people colonized an area and brought their gods with them, as was the case with Ancient Carthage being ruled by Phoenician gods. If a god and their people had enough influence, they could also expand to new regions, although this usually caused them to undergo changes as they were adapted to and by the new environments they encountered. Such was the case when Ares took over the aspect of war in Rome and became Mars, and similarly when Gaulic people adopted Mars under the name of Albiorix. These were likely all the same entity, but rather than be worshiped as one god, it chose to, or was forced to, adopt different aspects that better suited the cultures it encountered. Thus we see a world where various gods existed within a changing landscape of realms and personalities.

There is one more way in which gods expand and replace others: warfare. A famous example of this is found in the books of Exodus and Joshua, where the followers of God conquered the people of Canaan and slowly tore down their gods. The relationship between humans and the gods is not the focus here, but it is well known to be symbiotic to some degree. With believers gone or dwindled, the gods are weakened and easier to depose by another god.

The various gods were, according to the Bible, organized into an assembly of gods or a divine council (Psalm 82 NSRV). It is unknown what God's position in this council was or how many gods belonged to it. But it does reveal that the gods were in some sort of community with each other and that some sort of order existed. This same psalm claims that God has the authority to hold judgement, but as this is an account written by God - even if indirectly - we can not take for granted that this claim of a position of leadership is accurate and that it wasn’t made to legitimize his rule. I will take a detour into the realm of speculation and say that this council likely did not include all the gods on earth or in existence, but may have been limited to those over which God already had authority. That is, the gods God had defeated through conquest and the lesser gods many call angels. If this is the case, this divine council was a prototype for how the Western God would achieve his current hegemony.

Now we turn to how the old gods “went away.” I’m not talking about how their cults were persecuted or their beliefs syncretized into Christianity, although this did play an important role in the Old God’s demise. Instead I am talking about the deities themselves. Here we can only make informed guesses, so here is what I believe happened. A new god, Jesus, arrived on the scene deriving his legitimacy from his claim to be the son of God. Whether this claim is true or not does not matter for our purposes, although it has interesting implications. What matters is that it allowed him to have a head start in the follower gaining game. Whoever Jesus was before the incarnation, he was already a relatively powerful god. He was likely a member of the aforementioned divine council. Following his death and resurrection, his following grew, which in turn gave him more power. Through some clever maneuvering he came to gain influence over the Roman Empire and become its dominant god. Eventually the gods of the Roman pantheon would be weakened, exiled, or incorporated into Jesus’s divine council. The behavior of Christianity from this point forwards indicates a change to the previously egalitarian and regional workings of the divine council into one that was increasingly centralized. With the power of the divine council and a great number of followers, he was able to create the infrastructure that would give rise to the various organized Christian churches.

Then something went wrong. We can’t pinpoint when, how, or why, but at some point Jesus lost control of the divine council, and the Western God took over. This explains the rapid changes to Christianity, including a practical abandonment of its peaceful and loving ethos that remains unpunished to this day. Human activity was likely both a symptom and a cause to this change in heavenly leadership. Ultimately, the chaos in heaven caused or worsened the fall of the Roman empire. It was during this period of upheaval that the gods of the germanic tribes tried to stop the growing power of Jesus or fill the power vacuum the Western God’s rise to power was causing. In the end, it was the Western God who prevailed over Jesus and the other “pagan” gods. Unlike Jesus, the Western God learned from his predecessors and did not rule as one, but rather adopted various identities among the various Christian sects and allowed other gods to wield authority as angels or saints of the divine council.

Most of Christian history has been led by this Western God who usurped Jesus’s place and derives his legitimacy by using the identity of Jesus and of the son of God. I will talk in a future post about how this hegemony has been changing for centuries now and what the new cosmic order could shake up to be.

#christianity #christian theology #catholiscism #christian history #religion #spirtuality #neopaganism #pagan #paganism #paganblr #heresy #blasphemy #cosmology #greek mythology #norse paganism #norse gods #old gods #jesus

[fivenightsatcorans]

gaulic bread

#asterix

[ofunknownkadath]

Persona 1 - Emperor Arcana

1. Seimen-Kongou

Boy with Earring’s initial Persona, a Rakhasa who used to spread disease before converting to good. In both its mythology and Kaneko’s official art, is accompanied by the Three Wise Monkeys representing ‘do no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil’.

Uses Garu/Magaru and has the Delyte, Makajam and Pulinpa ailment attacks. I think its design (and Personas in general) were inspired from JoJo’s Stands. At any rate, I like ‘near-naked former evil demon’ being the representation of the first Persona protag’s inner self. 

2. Airgetlam

Nuada was king of the Tuatha Dé Danann and thought to be related to Nodens, the British/Gaulic god of fishing and hunting. Airgetlám is actually his title, referencing the silver arm he lost in a battle with the Fir Bolg’s king, Sreng. 

Fusable at Lvl 12, you’ll replace Seimen-Kongou with Airgetlam early on. He has Paralama and Dormina to inflict Paralyze and Sleep, and uses Magna and Mamagnara. Unfortunately, he has four weaknesses but he can carry you for a while. 

3. Brahma

In Hinduism, Brahma is part of the Trimurti and is called ‘The Creator’, along with Vishnu the Preserver and Shiva the Destroyer. He can be fused using any card combination that results in an Emperor and with the totem Masamune’s Eyepatch. Absorbs all Phys/Gun skills and is weak to all magic attacks. 

4. Marduk

An ancient Mesopotamian god who became the chief of gods after a civil war. He slew Tiamat, the dragon of the primordial seas and leader of the Annunaki gods, as well Kingu, her son. Marduk used Tiamat’s body to create the heavens and earth, then mixed Kingu’s blood with earth to make clay to mold the first human beings to work for the gods.

There’s an interesting lecture series on Youtube that notes how the early Bible directly references the Babylonian creation myth, and how worshipping the Christian supreme god was argubaly more appealing for people of the time. Better it be someone directly invested in the fate of His creation and humans, instead of an amoral warrior king who created humans to labour for the gods. 

Back to Marduk, his resistances are decent and he has Balzac to increase an ally’s attack and replace any other status ailments. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have any good AOE moves so slap an item on him when you fuse him.  

5. Odin

You don’t need me to explain the Allfather of the Norse pantheon. 

The opposite of Brahma, in that Odin’s weak to all physical and gun attacks and resists all magic attacks. His Dragon Whirl and Magnadyne are pretty hard-hitting attacks. 

6. Baal

“Ba’al” is an epithet meaning ‘Master/Lord’. and has been used to refer to many gods throughout the Middle East in ancient times. In mainline SMT, he is referred to as the “chief Semitic god who governs over fertility. He is the god of Canaan and brother and consort to the goddess Anat, who saved him from Mot”, which would make this Baal the Canaanite god Hadad, god of storms and rains. 

Baal resists and absorbs some magic attacks while being weak to Elec, Blast, Nuke and Gry. Uses Ice and Bless attacks. Statwise, he’s better than Odin, but I didn’t see any reason to take the time to rank him up for Bufudyne.

7. Amen Ra

Boy with Earring’s Ultimate Persona, a merger between the bigwig gods Amun and Ra. He held the position of transcendental, self-created creator deity and he was the champion of the poor or troubled, being central to personal piety.

You need this bad boy (and some grinding for max rank) if you want to have a good time against the final boss. I’m surprised how there seems to be no official art of him, if you never played the game and only read the manga, you’d be forgiven for mistaking Vishnu to be Boy with Earring’s Ultimate. 

8. Vishnu

F you and your fusion requirements. 

I like how his Marin Karin (Charm) animation is to give a big grin at the enemy. It’s the upper right sprite in this sheet. His other attacks have him whack opponents with a gada, an Indian blunt mace.

#persona #persona 1 #megami ibunroku persona #megaten #spritework #sprite dump #revelations persona #atlus #( my P1 stuff. )

[hornpoint]

gaul should have a better adjectival form than Gaulish, it should br something kinda fun like Gaulic or Guallian. just try saying guallian a few times and youll realize im right

[maggotfaceklink666]

Some self indulgent fantasy I painted out, oh how I wish I could’ve been like Caligula, the height of decadence and gluttony, or in the gaulic wars with Caesar, my atrocities only garnering me a spot among the foundations of western society.

#edgy aesthetic #painting #self insert #me as fuck #guache

[yu-gi-oh-slavia]

it is a shame that only the insular celtic languages survived to the modern day imagine if there were still speakers of galatian or gaulic