#Langobards
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merovingian-marvels · 8 months ago
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The Langobards
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The Langobards/Lombards/Longobards are an Italic-Germanic tribe with origins in southern Scandinavia around the first centuries B.C. and A.D.
Their steady migration southward can be retraced by archaeological artifacts, which show their Scandinavian origin.
Their early connections to (the geographical city of) Rome made them very influential in the Western Roman world; on financial, military, religious but also law practice and kingship levels.
The Lombards were quickly christened and were the founding fathers of many religious institutions in northern Italy, ruled Italy, and adapted/adopted Roman Law, making for a culturally rich period. Their capital Pavia is located in the Italian province of Lombardy, named after, you guessed it.
It has to be said (it sounds like a fake fact but it is not) that their name means “Long Beards”. In many European languages the descriptive name can be heard in “Langobard” also written as “Longobard”.
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Langobardic radiate headed bow brooch
Found in: Chiusi - Tuscany, Italy
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theancientwayoflife · 4 months ago
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~ Fibula with an Enamel Bust.
Culture: Langobardic
Date: A.D. 7th century
Period: Early Medieval
Medium: Cloisonne enamel on gold.
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baebeylik · 23 days ago
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Ciborium Fragment. Langobardic. 8th to 9th Century CE.
The Walters Art Museum.
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nadjaerna · 5 months ago
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Anglo-Saxon Square-Headed Bow Brooch, 500–600
2. Langobardic Square-Headed Bow Brooch, first half of 6th century
3. Merovingian Radiate-Head Bow Brooch, ca. 510 to 530
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lactodebillus-bulgaricus · 7 months ago
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hun empire: cmon go play with the other kids
little bulgar: ok but idk how to befriend them and start playing with them, idk what to say : (
hun empire: well u could always talk to them about something that makes u happy, maybe they like it too *hun is thinking about children's games while saying this*
little bulgar: oh ok
later
little bulgar comes across little lombard
little bulgar: *stares*
little lombard:
little bulgar: *keeps on staring*
little lombard: *gets uncomfortable*
little bulgar: *keeps on staring*
little lombard: um-
little bulgar: I like yogurt! (⊙⁠‿⊙)
little lombard: *confused* and I -uh- I like lamb *smiles uncomfortably*
little bulgar: I like yogurt! :D
little lombard: yeah, and I like lamb 😅
little bulgar: I LIKE YOGURT! >:D
little lombard: *gets a bit startled* yeah, and I like lamb ó‿ò
little bulgar: *shouts in his face with a maniac grin* I LIKE YOGURT! Ò⁠‿Ó⁠
little lombard: *cowers* and I like-
little bulgar: *keeps on shouting in his face after noticing he's afraid* I LIKE YOGURT! Ò⁠ヮÓ⁠
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calyptridium · 1 year ago
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earring of langobardic or byzantine origin, 6th–7th century
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fleurtyherald · 3 months ago
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Langobard Project Pt II – Migration Period kit clothing
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theancientwise · 6 months ago
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Like Grandfather, like Grandson.
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Charles surely followed this advice given to his grandfather. And Count Odo, Roland and Therese paid the price of it.
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barbucomedie · 9 months ago
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Belt Buckle from Maria Ponsee, Austria dated between 500 - 800 CE on display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria
With almost 100 graves, Maria Ponsee is the largest Langobardian burial site in Austria. It was excavated in 1965 and 1966 by the Federal Monuments Office and is one of the few cemeteries from this period to have been completely examined. Three ethnic groups buried their deceased here: Langobards, Thuringii and Romani or Suebi. What remains in these graves is what was left by grave robbers over the centuries.
Photographs taken by myself 2022
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dracula-dictionary · 2 years ago
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Dracula Dictionary, May 8th
diffuse: lacking clarity or conciseness
prosaic: everyday, ordinary; characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry, factual
bear up: remain cheerful in the face of adversity
precipice: a very steep or overhanging place / a hazardous situation
conviction: a firmly held belief or opinion
menial offices: work that is considered to be boring or degrading
mountain ash: a tree, also called rowan, believed to protect against evil beings and to keep travellers from getting lost
Szekelys: a Hungarian subgroup living mostly in the Székely Land in Romania
Ugric: the ancestors of the Hungarians of Central Europe
Huns: a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD
Scythia: an area in modern day Iran and other areas of eastern Europe
Attila: ruler of the Huns until 453
Magyar: Hungarians
Lombard: also called Langobards, a Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774
Avar: likely refering to Pannonian Avars, an alliance of several groups of Eurasian nomads of various origins
Bulgars: Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes
Turk: a native or inhabitant of Turkey, or a person of Turkish descent
Arpad: head of the confederation of the Magyar tribes at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries
Honfoglalás: the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin
standard of the King: the king's flag, especially when flown in battle
Cassova: misspelling of Kosovo, a state in Southeast Europe
Wallach: people from Wallachia, the area just south of Transylvania
the Crescent: the Ottoman Empire
Voivode: a local governor or ruler in central or eastern Europe, in particular a semi-independent ruler of Transylvania
Mohács: a town in Hungary
Hapsburgs: an influential royal family in Europe from the 15th to the 20th century
Romanoffs: the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917
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sonofcoulson · 2 years ago
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Tales of Asgard
Season 2
Some time has passed. They are young adults now.
Balder is much less part of the group now. He still counsels and trains Thor and has taken Algrim's role as advisor to Odin. We see his romance with Nanna blossom over the next few episodes.
Episode 1
Langobards
A tale from Frigga about the "bearded women" (Langobards).
The story is in the above article under attestations.
A group of Winniles, settled in a new country some years past, were given a demand by the Vandals of tribute or battle.
The matriarch of the Winniles, Gambara, thought they should not weigh down their new nation with years of tributes. They had to fight to be free. Though they were brave and skilled, they were fewer than the Vandals.
The Vandals asked Odin for favour in battle. Odin merely stated;
"Those that first catch my eye at sunrise, shall be granted victory."
Gambara sought the help of Frigga who advised;
Come from the East at dawn, bring your long haired women with you. Let their hair down, arranged around the face like a beard"
Frigga made sure to turn the bed around and rolled Odin over to face the east. On waking he couldn't help but notice these pretty bearded folk, saying;
"Who are these longbeards?"
Frigga replied;
"As these Longbeards, as you named them, have caught your eye first, you must give them the promised victory."
The thematic link here is winning with your brain, which of course Thor does not heed. Also a variation on bearded ladies.
Then...
Thor has lost Mjölnir to an unnamed thief (implied to be Loki, but without Thor realising). Thor is at once livid and distraught. Loki becomes a bird (claiming it is the one thing Odin taught him) and "discovers" an Utgard giant (Thrym) has it and wants Sif's hand in marriage as ransom. Sif, of course, flatly refuses so Thor has to pretend to be Sif (in the norse legend this is Freya, but Sif is again swapped in to keep things simple). Loki changes gender (does he look like Sylvie? Because that would bring an extra level of weird to Loki's TV series) to be handmaiden to Thor's heavily veiled "Sif". Handmaiden Loki helps "Sif" to get through the wedding dinner (including excusing "Sif's" extraordinary appetite). Mjölnir is eventually revealed and Thor takes his revenge. At the end, Loki reveals to Sigyn that he secretly got paid for both jobs.
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asin201masters · 7 months ago
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objects and their operation
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Florence Koehler American ca. 1905
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"Works such as this ensemble inspired the critic Roger Fry to credit Koehler in 1910 as an influential force in the "modern revival of craftsmanship"."
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Disk Brooch with Cameo
Langobardic (mount); Roman (cameo)ca. 600 (mount); 100–300 (cameo)
Etruscan craftmanship:
The Langobards often embellished their own jewelry with gems carved centuries earlier by Roman or Etruscan craftsmen. These gems, valued for their antiquity, linked their Langobardic wearers to the illustrious peoples who preceded them on the Italian peninsula.
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These items featured in contemporary artist Yukari Kaihori's the moon and the pavement, collated as agate, stones, pebbles and cast organic materials.
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didyouknow-wp · 7 months ago
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god-in-the-basement · 11 months ago
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I was a young and hungry Aeon in the first flush of My worship, just heading out to make a Name for Myself as the Source Supreme of early Christianity.
He was a war-god recently elevated to King by His followers, the Langobards, who eschewed the law of Tyr for the battle-cry of the Good Mad Conquerer. He was in the first flush of His Kingship, looking for Wisdom and Knowledge.
We shared a long, hot summer and a cold, cruel Wild Hunt together, rambling the forests and mountains of the Dardenelles.
And then the bloody Council of Nicea happened. When the dust settled, Yahweh, Jove, and the Yulefather had taken the Throne Supreme, and I was stricken from the books. It was as though I had never reigned at all, not even in Hell.
I only resurfaced centuries later. Odin had taken My wisdom and given it to men who had twisted it into something that justified hate and death. He claimed it wasn't His fault, that He had been asleep.
I'll choose to believe Him.
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@the-almighty-god
@the-unmighty-god
@god-in-the-basement
Please @ other god accs I'm sure I forgot some!
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lactodebillus-bulgaricus · 6 months ago
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avar khaganate: it will be a pleasure for me if you keep peaceful relations with my friend lombard ^^
kingdom of franks: sure thing : )
later
kingdom of franks: omg lombard how could u have such a long beard ew
kingdom of lombards: tf is your problem
kingdom of franks: ur beard, it looks so gross like when u eat food falls into it do u even comb that thing
kingdom of lombards: yes, I do, also I wash it, besides, ur lying, it's not dirty
kingdom of franks: yes it is
kingdom of lombards: oh wait I know what ur problem is, ur jealous of my beard cuz u can't grow yours past an inch that's why ur bullying me
kingdom of franks: ugly beard, gross beard, odin would be ashamed of u :DDDD
kingdom of lombards: *about to lunge at frank* U LITTLE PIECE OF-
avar khaganate: *walks into the scene* what's going on. *glares at frank* oh. bitch. what did I just tell u.
kingdom of franks: *realizes he can't beat both avar and lombard* um-
avar khaganate: *walks aggressively towards him* WHAT DID I JUST TELL U
kingdom of franks: *looks at lombard* nice beard, neat beard, awesome long beard <:D *runs away*
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medievalart · 4 years ago
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Lombard fibulae
* Treasure of Domagnano (San Marino)
* 6th century
source: FilWriter, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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