Mastodawn

Just discovered this, and after watching the video, I'm really thrilled (I fear I'll need a second life the sort through all the material). This projects brings together so many strands of knowledge I've been interested in for almost all my life:

https://uhgi.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuWhVyhu6oQ

#ukraine #globalhistory #ukrainianhistory #UkrainianHistoryGlobalInitiative #timothysnyder #SerhiiPlokhii
#MayaJasanof
#ThulaSimpson
#trypillya #oldeurope #indoeuropeanhomeland #KyivskaRus'

Ukrainian History Global Initiative

Ukrainian history is central to global history, to an extent that can be hard to bear and hard to acknowledge

UGHI

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cohan Feb 17, 2025

@vlrny here's my blog link with some other drawings and blabber about it...
#BirdGoddess #pagan #OldEurope #Gimbutas #NatureSpirits #animism #art
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/05/blog-post.html

Bird Goddess and Friends: Drawings and Thoughts on Ancient European Goddess Culture

Note: Some of these images will suggest 'devils' or 'demons' to some viewers, coming from a Christian perspective. That is not what they ar...

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cohan Dec 20, 2024

See the alt text for more explanation. Also, ran out of room for # so
#pagan #Latvian #animist #GoddessCulture #OldEurope

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cohan Oct 9, 2024

The #Spectra #peertube links
The Equinox #SlowWalk wide
https://spectra.video/w/heDrwziateGH55pDYMhVax
and short
https://spectra.video/w/oqZLiKEHdjYweASW2RoNfd
#pagan #Latvian #OldEurope #nature #autumn #SeasonalRhythms

Slow Walk in Light Rain: Autumn Equinox Alberta Nature Sounds and Mellow Music

PeerTube

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cohan Jun 27, 2024

I'll give a nod to #Perkuns #Latvian God of Thunder, but really I feel the pre-Indo-European #LietusMāte #RainMother doesn't need help from later interlopers 😉 [edit] Typical male gods feel the need to bluster and boast, the old rain goddesses just get on with it 😉 😆 Meanwhile the puddles are growing... #PuddleOfTheDay #pagan #water #rain #life #OldEurope #GoddessCulture

Photo Nutter from Melbourne Feb 23, 2024

Good evening #mastoart #mastophoto

This is #fensterfreitag #windowfriday #fotografie #photography

#oldtown #lyon #france #europe #oldeurope has #classic #street #scenes

#roentare
#photographyisart
#photographysoul
#photooftheday
#pictureoftheday
#picoftheday
#potd
#window
#travel
#foundart
#urban
#streetphotography
#city
#ayearforart

Photo Nutter from Melbourne Nov 30, 2023

Good morning, #mastoart #mastophoto

This is #Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday

#spain #urban #fotografie #photography #city

#roentare
#window
#photographyisart
#photographysoul
#potd
#photooftheday
#pictureoftheday
#picoftheday
#ThePhotoHour
#foundart
#ayearforart
#europe
#oldeurope

cohan Oct 26, 2023

Watched a few documentaries on YouTube lately about Marija Gimbutas, 20th century folklorist, archaeologist and beyond. Her special interest was the culture of #OldEurope prior to the Indo-European conquest/transformation, in particular the #GoddessCulture some of her work has been vindicated (Kurgan hypothesis) details of the goddess worship harder to prove/disprove, but still very interesting and aspirational for many. So, the #swans and #geese I saw the other day are signs of #BirdGoddess

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cohan Aug 16, 2023

I don't think of this (or any) primordial Goddess as a literal character, but rather the embodiment of life essence, of the reality of this Earth--life, death, mineral and hydrological cycles, weather, seasons etc.
The symbolism is meant to reinforce *our* connection to -everything! We are not separate from nature, we are part of it.
Here's another version of the altar, less legible text..lol
#animist #GoddessCulture #OldEurope #AncientWays