#briton

[skylessknights]

KING ARTHUR (2004) set design appreciation: ― Hadrian's Wall: Arthur's quarters [2/?] inspired by @lady-arryn wonderful set design series [x]

KA20TH CELEBRATION | Day 4 - Home

AN: Here's part II of the Hadrian's Wall series for today's @ka20th prompt. This one was interesting because we never truly got to see Arthur in his own quarters. I know we had the scene where he slept with Guinevere but that was it. Wish we got to see more!

Also to anyone who's writing fics for this film, feel free to use this has visual inspiration if you're struggling with imagery or what-not💖 (P.S. This was probably one of the hardest things to gif, the colouring/lighting in those scenes are horrible 😭)

[royalghostsofhistory]

Boudicca

Queen Boudicca is considered to be a British heroine and a symbol of the struggle for justice and independence. She was a queen of the ancient Iceni tribe, and she led a failed uprising in 60 or 61 CE. Her name literally translates to "Victorious Woman", and it is sometimes spelled Boudica, Boudicca, Boadicea, and Boudicea, and sometimes as Buddug in Welsh.

Not much of Boudicca's early life is known, but it is believed she was not of the Iceni tribe and rather of royal descent. We don't even know when she was born, though it is estimated she was born between 25 and 30 CE. The historian, Cassius Dio, wrote "In stature, she was very tall, in appearance most terrifying, in the glance of her eye most fierce, and her voice was harsh; a great mass of the tawniest hair fell to her hips; around her neck was a large golden necklace; and she wore a tunic of fivers colours over which a thick mantle was fastened with a brooch. This was her invariable attire." However, this was written more than a century after her death and wasn't translated into English until 1925, so it may not be accurate.

She may have married King Prasutagus of the Iceni tribe somewhere between the years of 43-45 CE. The Iceni was a Celtic tribe that inhabited what is now Norfolk in England, a parts of the neighbouring counties of Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Lincolnshire. Her husband may have been one of the eleven kings who surrended to Claudius following the Roman conquest in 43. He was considered an ally of Rome and his tribe was allowed to remain independent to some degree, though disarmed.

Upon Pasutagus' death in 60 or 61 CE, he made his two daughters and the Roman Emperor, Nero, his heirs. The Romans ignored this will and absorbed the kingdom into the province of Brittania. It was Tacitus who detailed the Romans and their pillaging and ransacking, as well as the cruel treatment of Boudicca and her daughters. According to Tacitus, Boudicca was flogged and her daughters, possibly twelve years old, were raped.

Shortly after, Boudicca seemed to become the leading figure in a rebellion against the Romans, possibly because she wanted revenge for the humiliation she and her daughters had suffered. The first move was at Camulodunum (modern Colchester) where the queen captured the Roman forces. As the Roman governor, Seutonius, who was leading a military capaign in Wales, heard about the revolt, he left a garrison on the island of Mona and made his way to deal with Boudicca. He made it to Londinium (Roman London) before Boudicca but he was outnumbered and decided to abandon the town, which was burned down by the rebels after torturing and killing everyone who had remained. The Queen and her army proceeded onto Verulamium (modern St. Albans) and won another victory.

Suetonius regrouped his forces, amassing an army of 10,000 men at an unidentified location. They stood in a defile (a narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills) and used this terrain to their advantage, apparently throwing javelins at the Britons. Though the Roman army was heavily outnumbered, Boudicca's army was defeated.

While Boudicca survived the battle initially, it is said she poisoned herself or that she fell ill. With Boudicca's defeat, the Roman's secured control over Britain.

In film a TV, Boudicca has been portrayed four times.

Boadicea (1927), a British silent film starring Phyllis Neilson-Terry.

Warrior Queen (1978), a British television series starring Sian Phillips.

Boudica (2003), a British television film starring Alex Kingston.

Boudica (2023), a British drama film starring Olga Kurylenko.

[englishcarssince1946]

1988 FES Briton

My tumblr-blogs:

www.tumblr.com/germancarssince1946 & www.tumblr.com/frenchcarssince1946 & www.tumblr.com/englishcarssince1946 & www.tumblr.com/italiancarssince1946 & www.tumblr.com/japanesecarssince1947 & www.tumblr.com/uscarssince1935

[child-of-frigg]

Druidism and Asatru¿: Roots Deeper than the Earth Itself.

Though at first it may be difficult to believe, Druidism/Druidry and Asatru go hand in hand. Though terminology differs, much of what we understand as Druidism can be found not only within the Norse faith along with various Caledonian/Celtic faiths, but within similar Indo-European faiths as well, dating back thousands of years.

From the Spring Equinox to the Winter Solstice, these cosmic events have held significance for tribes all across the world since long before written history, and many of their monuments to the solar bodies that inhabit the night sky can still be found to this day. The stars, grass underfoot, all the mysteries of the cosmos and existence itself brought forth the Druidic faith, the first scientists; whose influence spanned nations. Though the common image of a Druid is that of a bearded man clad in long white robes, this portrayal comes to us from the Romans in their observation of the Celtic people, and only shows a portion of what Druidism once was.

Celtic Druidism as it is understood today is the coalescence of various Druidic faiths, including those of Anglo-Saxon tribes. Many Celtic, and Vikine tribes share their ancestry with that of the Anglo-Saxons, a cultural identity born from interactions with Germanic tribes. These Pagan Anglo-Saxon tribes worshipped Gods still referenced in modern Paganism, such as Ēostre and Wotan, who are closely related theologically to much earlier Proto-Indo-European Gods. Likewise, the Gods and Goddesses of Druidic faith, such as Brigid and Badb, were found to have been worshipped among these tribes, likely stemming from the same Proto-Indo-European faiths which had inspired people to build monuments to the stars.

The birth of Asatru (Modern) was brought about in the early days of the Pagan revival, and deals specifically with Forn Sidr (Traditional) which is the first name given to the Norse faiths by Normani tribes. These tribes, along with the Galli (Early Gaulish Nomadic peoples) would make their name as fierce warriors during the Roman Eras, fighting as mercenaries in countless battles across Britannia, and eventually settling in Caledonia, a Tribal Confederacy located in what is now North Britain, equating to Scotland. Here alongside a number of Brittonic, Milesian Scot, and Anglo-Saxon tribes, (as well as later being joined by some Scandinavian tribes from the far North) they would be observed feasting, drinking, and hailing the deities of their faiths by Saint Bede during the eighth century, giving the world its very first written account of the Druidic faiths that had existed for so many centuries prior.

During its revival, the Norse faith would go through a sort of coalescence of its own, combining the beliefs of various Normani tribes in order to give rise to what we know today as Asatru. A reflection of the Northern tribes, the Sagas and Edda's that have helped form the faith are part of a much greater story, a story that continues to unfold even now as our understanding of history grows.

End of Part 1.

[eyesmadeofpearls]

feeling so drained lately. i try to find anything to do with britonic neolithic culture because culture has always been extremely important to me, having something that connects me and others while also making me feel special would be wonderful. humans are a social species, we also love self expression and creativity.

but unfortunately , no matter how long i spend scavenging the internet to its deepest nooks and crannies, i can only find so little about my people and existence. as it turns out years of colonization by the romans, the barbarians, the angles and saxons, the danes, the norwegians, the jutes, and frisians plus the more modern flemings, “egyptians”/roma, huguenots, indians, irish, africans, germans, russian jewish peoples, poles, west Indians, etc., etc. (while these were not colonization's in the larger sense, they still represented significant cultural as well as genetic influxes - some 2.5 million immigrants over 150 years up until WW2) has caused a significant loss of information about us. all which were buried, ruined, bombed, destroyed, you name it.

this has killed me every waking moment, it just kills me knowing there is literally nothing left besides a couple pieces of jewelry, some pottery, ruined houses, and tools made of precious green mixed stone. the only information on us have been left by the invaders and i refuse to indulge in their stereotypes and ignorance. hell, even the tribe names we didn’t choose. nobody knows what we actually called ourselves.

its even crueler knowing my descendants culture was taken up by the germanics, more specifically the frankish people. parts of “france” were once theirs until the colonization. now they mock them and speak the dying britonic language and wear their clothes. they dress like them and they talk like them knowing they couldn’t dress in their own clothes and they couldn’t speak their own language.

this mix, this cesspool of mutt that has become me, is eating me inside and out. i want to belong, i want to know; what did they eat? what songs did they sing? how did they dress? were they happy and can i be apart of that? everyday i see the natives of north america, the native polynesians, the natives of south america, the africans, all enjoying themselves and i feel nauseatingly jealous. im tired of wanting.

i wonder if the monster that the colonizers created wasn’t violent on purpose and just wanted to be apart of that joy like me? i like to imagine it looked like the messed up gem fusions from Steven universe. or maybe a stuffed animal sewn together from others. something that makes you uncomfortable to look at and a little sad. maybe it wanted to experience that community, so it stole to fill the hole made in a body too big for even itself? i think deep down we know that we crave attention, we are a lot like the meerkat - a social group of critters. we also like to feel special, we want something to have just for us. culture is like an inside joke; not everyone understands or gets it and thats what it means to be special. there are words others don’t understand, practices only you and a tight knit group of people know how to do, a uniqueness you feel in your heart, and customs only you can know.

i want to be special too, we were to be special. if i dont know what we did or who we were, i lose that connection, that special thing. and since its so hard to find anything, im literally going insane. i doubt if i brought it back anyone would even care enough to join in. its not like i can just create one without accidentally copying an entire pre existing thing. i also cant create something and have the only person who knows it be me. and i cant create it alone because it doesn’t happen that way. i cant just obtain it like an object as it needs to happen gradually and have an importance to me. i need to earn it in a way i guess.

[head-post]

Three Britons killed in Gaza named, IDF says strike was “unintentional”

Three British aid workers killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday have been hailed as “heroes” amid growing international condemnation of the attack, The Scotsman reports.

World Central Kitchen (WCK) confirmed that Britons John Chapman, 57, James “Jim” Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, who worked on the charity’s security team, were among the seven staff killed.

The team leader, Australian Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom, 43, also died, as well as an American-Canadian with dual citizenship Jacob Flickinger, 33, a Polish national Damian Sobol, 35, and a Palestinian Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, 25.

According to The Times, Mr. Chapman was a former Royal Marine from Cornwall who was due to leave Gaza on Monday, while The Sun reported that he had previously served in the Special Boat Service, the Royal Navy’s special forces unit. According to The Daily Telegraph, Mr. Henderson was also a former Royal Marine and Mr. Kirby is also believed to be a military veteran.

Read more HERE

[aqua-regia009]

Strayed from the Flock, 1867 - oil on canvas — Briton Riviere (British, 1840-1920)

[eirene]

A Cavatina, 1888

Briton Riviere

[polyglutton01]

[lux-vitae]

Phoebus Apollo by Briton Rivière (1895)

[diioonysus]

loyal in life, loyal in death

[triviallytrue]

President Joe Biden please send F-16 fighter jets to liberate the beautiful country of Albion from the tyrannical Sunak regime

[illustratus]

St George and the Dragon by Briton Rivière

[constanzarte]

Briton Rivière, Compulsory Education

[movingg-picture]

- What would you have me do, Mother? - Do simply what is expected of you. Nothing.

Art by Fleury François Richard (1802) and Briton Rivière (c. 1908)

[flat-neines]

Did these a while back with a couple of notes on their appearance