lore
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Porridge was an important food. Slavs not only cooked it in water, but also in milk, or they at least added milk to it and also butter, and sweetened it with honey and fresh or dried fruit. Porridge was made from millet, but also different kinds of wheat, barley and oats. Rye was typically used…
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Slavs mysteriously emerged in the 5.-6. century. Archeology for a long time searches where they came from and what was their original homeland, but the results are contradictory. And so they aren’t known until they began to expand and take over new lands. At the end of the 5th century and in the first half…
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Deeply rooted is the respect to mother earth. Earth wasn’t just an inanimate body, but a living being that nurtures all creatures like a mother. Grass is her hair, water streams are her veins, rocks are her bones. Humans prayed to her like to their sacred provider, they gave her offerings, they saw in her…
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If you’re afraid of learning some BS about this fascinating goddess, you don’t need to be. Even Lora O’Brien recommends Daimler’s books. The Raven goddess is focused on the Morrigan herself (the first book was more about her and her sisters). The author uses primary sources, research and their own experiences to help you reach…
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Well-researched book about The Morrigan and her sisters (and related goddesses). It’s a short one but packed with information for people who don’t know where to begin. I appreciate that the author draws on different sources and lets the reader explore their own experiences with the goddesses. That being said, the author does include a…
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According to Russian tales from the end of 11th century, god washed himself in a bath, got sweaty, dried it with a bundle of straw and threw it from heaven to earth. Then satan argued with god, who should create a human from the bundle of straw. The devil created the human and god gave…
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