#gaul

[illustratus]

The Sacred Grove of the Druids, set design from Vincenzo Bellini's Opera ''Norma''

[worldhistoryfacts]

One of the most famous Greek depictions of a "barbarian" is the “Dying Gaul,” carved during the Hellenistic period in the 200s BCE.

This wounded soldier can be identified as a Gaul because of his metal neck ring and facial hair.

By the way, this man isn’t just naked because the Greeks often sculpted people in the buff. Gauls were famous for fighting naked — a sign of “barbarian boastfulness,” according to Dionysius of Halicarnassus.

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[thesilicontribesman]

Iron Age Netherurd Gold Torc Terminal, 1st Century BCE, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh

This terminal for a gold neck ring and two gold coins are all that remain of a large hoard of gold coins and neck rings found at Netherurd in Peeblesshire. The coins were minted in Gaul in the 1st century BCE, while the terminal fragment is an East Anglian type.

[okaydrawboy]

The Gaul - Gallic Warrior

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Hellenistic sculptor: Epigonus (Greek: Ἐπίγονος), born in Pergamon, Türkiye Ludovisi Gaul (The Galatian Suicide), 2nd century AD National Roman Museum – Palazzo Altemps, Rome

This dramatic statue epitomizes the mixing of cultures in the Hellenistic Age. The statue is a Roman copy in marble of a now lost Greek bronze original made at Pergamum in Anatolia by a Greek sculptor. The artist tells the tragic story of a defeated Celt (Gaul). Rather than be captured alive, he has just killed his wife and is at the precise moment of taking his own life. In typically Hellenistic style, the artist combines anatomical accuracy with psychological agony.

[lesansnom]

Atepomaros et le sang-mort

Un one-shot sur un de mes personnages que j'aime le plus (c'est un peu aussi ma pp).

J'ai l'intention de le développer dans de prochaines pages ;)

[whencyclopedia]

This map illustrates the administrative and geopolitical situation in Roman Gaul two centuries after the Roman conquest, which began with Julius Caesar's campaigns (58–51 BCE), bringing the region under Roman control. By 200 CE, Gaul was fully integrated into the Roman Empire and divided into provinces such as Gallia Narbonensis, Gallia Lugdunensis, Gallia Belgica, and Germania Inferior and Germania...

[didoofcarthage]

Aureus with female head wearing oak wreath (obverse) and trophy with Gallic shield and carnyx (reverse), minted under Julius Caesar

Roman, Republican Period, after July 13, 48 B.C.

gold

British Museum

[moreespressoformydepresso]

Came up with another fix-it that might just prove how utterly insane I’ve become for just how far fetched this is but it would be cool so screw it I’ll post while slowly writing out the answers to the many asks in my inbox.

Basically, I was thinking about the Arachne and Ring Twin funerals, and then I was thinking about Lucy Gray and Treech as songwriting buddies, and due to some cosmic calamity thousands of miles away the two collided with truly devastating results.

Basically, the bombing still happened and Ginnee, Otto, and the twins still die, but Brandy is stopped from killing Arachne and Marcus, Facet, Velvereen, and Sabyn all stay in the arena. What if Gaul felt her control over the population slipping? They were already uninterested in the games, and while the mentorship seemed to have some results it wasn’t anywhere near as much as it had to be. Of course, it was entirely possible things would pick up later, but so far results were severely underwhelming. People still saw the games and remembered the dark days, and they didn’t like it. She had to remind them that these vicious animals deserved it! But so far, no show of the tributes’ disdain for the Capitol had been enough. The best solution? Show the tributes disrespecting dead Capitol children.

Pitching it as “forcing the rebels to see the horrors they cause”, Gaul convinces the president to have Lucy Gray and Treech sing at the Ring Twin funeral. She fully expects them to make it about Ginnee and Otto, as the tributes so far have generally seemed invested in focusing on the districts’ suffering as they ‘dismiss’ the Capitol’s suffering (by having the normal opinion that all suffering is bad, but that 2 years does not in any way compare to the generations of oppression and certainly don’t justify a decade of annual slaughter). And she’s right, but also horribly wrong.

Lucy Gray and Treech decide to rewrite the song they were given to honor the Ring Twins because it only talks about their family and not the twins as people, which they don’t like. They weasel information about the two from Sejanus and rewrite the song to highlight the best qualities of all 4 deceased. When it’s their time to perform, the Capitol is enraged at the changed lyrics at first, but then they listen. The heartfelt lyrics captures the pain of loss so well that the people can’t help but shed tears for not just the twins, but their tributes as well. At the end, Diana and Apollo’s parents walk up to the stage and ask the two tributes if they wrote those lyrics. After a moment, Treech hesitantly answers they worked on it together, since they felt the original didn’t do any of the four justice. He expects to be yelled at, hit, shot, anything.

He does not expect a sobbing mother crushing him in a hug and stumbling over her words trying to express her gratitude for so beautifully capturing her children. Mr Ring, meanwhile, is trying to wipe his tears away while thanking Lucy Gray. Treech tensely pats Mrs Ring on the back and awkwardly tries to comfort her, completely dumbfounded by this reaction. He and Lucy Gray share a look, both completely lost on what to do or what to say. Their act of kindness towards complete strangers is the nail in Gaul’s coffin as the people refuse to let the two be sent into the arena, and soon decide the games as a whole should be cancelled. Especially when someone leaks the original version of the song and the people see just how heartfelt and compassionate Lucy Gray and Treech’s version is compared to the original.

Needless to say Gaul’s theory does not survive much longer outside of her deranged mind.

[temniy-torya]

Галлы никогда не сдадутся!

The Gauls will never surrender!

[illustratus]

Carolingian Child King by Jean-Paul Laurens

[musingmelsuinesmelancholy]

Would you say your spiritual beliefs have changed significantly since you first began exploring spirituality? Do you feel your core beliefs have changed or remain the same?

ooooooh hell yea! how horrified my 14yr old self would be at the shit I get up to now xD

I started out as a neo wiccan, super-duper new age. I'm talkin crystals, reiki, "smudging", rede thumping, love and light and pixie farts. There was some animism, I think I've always been one to an extent. I have very distinct memories of being angry at kids for "hurting" the plants outside the church at school and being absolutely horrified to hear that only humans had an immortal soul. Firmly rebuked that idea in my lil ginger gremlin heart, much to the priest's annoyance. Once I found wicca it validated those feelings of mine and allowed me room to explore them, though not to the extent I later would. Given that I was very fluffy when I began, around 2014, I was very much into (for lack of a better word) toxic positivity and I struggled to accept/acknowledge the darker parts of myself, nature, magic, occult/pagan history and spirits. While there was some animism there it was lacking nuance. It made me uncomfortable to try and reconcile this nature-based religion with the violent colonialist history of the country. So I ignored it.

I found, or rather was led to, traditional witchcraft in late 2017. This led to me fully embracing animism as the focus of my craft/spirituality and accepting all those dark things I had shunned. I moved completely away from deity worship. Tho, tbh, I don't think I ever really did believe in The God/Goddess. (I was one of those all gods are The God/dess types) I think it was more that I liked the sound of it, and I agreed that the divine feminine was sorely underappreciated rather than having actual belief/devotion. I was able to reconnect with my Maliseet relatives which was so instrumental in my developing a more nuanced approach to and understanding of animism.

Rather than craft being a religion it was a spiritual practice. A way to connect with the spirits and make things happen. I yearned for power, for witchcraft. It was how I survived living with my father, how I survived my ex's abuse and how I escaped. I was spite, hate and venom. Cursing, binding, dominating, sweetening and twisting.

My local lore as well as the lore of my ancestors' cultures informed my craft. I balked at the idea of worship. A witch makes magic, we do not bow. Why rely on a god when ours is the weaving of fate? What God would want such a cruel and twisted witch anyways... We have our devil(s), land spirits, the dead... our "little gods". I Didn't need or want a Zeus. After all, there was none of that in the lore. Coming from a catholic background I saw people begging God to fix their problems. Issues which, for the most part, could probably be handled pretty easily. I learned to see seeking solace and strength in religion as a kind of weakness.

Once I was free a vacuum was created. I had my relationships with spirit but I felt rather aimless.. I have reverence for my witch father, after all, it was He who opened the door, yet I felt a certain emptiness. There was no need for all this malefica I had been used to.

Eventually She appeared to me; all those hidden parts of myself were brought to light. I felt like a granite pebble. Hard and unyielding, to be worn smooth ever so slowly by the ocean. Try as I may to remain jagged the waves will win; I will be softened/polished... She opened me to love, not philia but rather something rather like agape. If you'll forgive my catholic terminology haha. I still don't understand. As I'm writing this, I'm in disbelief that I actually said that... that I actually truly feel this way now... This is new and not at all where I thought I was headed. I'm embarrassed that I ignored her for SO long and all because I couldn't find mention of what I was seeing/experiencing in folklore. Yet she was there, from the start.

I'm not sure where this will lead nor how it'll shape my craft. I'm exploring (and adoring) gaulpol. I'll have to, like my animism, learn how to practice it in stolen land. I'm unsure of how syncretic my craft will remain, as a large portion of it was informed by new England lore. My ancestors faith has always played a large role in my veneration of them.. then again they sent me messages/omens when I asked for guidance in identifying Her.. so perhaps neither of them will mind haha.

My craft began very terrestrial, and it will continue to be so, but it has become much more focused on water and stars than I would've thought. I always thought of the heavens as more the purview of ceremonial magic. One thing that's stayed 100% consistent is the imposter syndrome and fears/feelings of inadequacy xD

Good lord I fuckin rambled huh? TLDR yea shits changed, always been a dirty soil lovin animist from the sticks. THank you for the ask bud! Sorry about the novel that shit is wicked long

(I hate that when I'm tired the fuckin Mainer comes out)

[luckyluckyjesse]

🐎Epona👑 Gaulish/Celtic Goddess of Horses and Sovereignty

[michael-svetbird]

AMAZONOMACHY: Silver Cup with Heracles, the scene of Amazonomachy [miniature embossed figures] H = 6.5 cm, W [Rim] = 10.5 cm Ca end of the 1st c. AD - 2 AD Probably produced in Gaul Found in the Po river near Crescentino, Italy

Musei Reali Torino, Turin | MRT [Museum of Antiquities | Museo di Antichità, -1 Floor]

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MRT | Michael Svetbird phs©msp 18|02|24 6300X4200 600 [I.-III.] The photographed object is collection item of MRT, photos are copyrighted [non commercial use | sorry for the watermarks]

📸 Part of the "Small Format Sculpture and Miniature Artefacts" MSP Online Photo-gallery:

👉 D-ART: https://www.deviantart.com/svetbird1234/gallery/69450077/small-format-sculpture-and-miniature-artifacts

👉 FB Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.859777984390780&type=3

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[paganpillar]

Creative journal entry inspired by Cernunnos!

[flowersandfigtrees]

The Celtic goddess Sequana in her duck-boat.

Bronze, Gallo-Roman era, Archaeological Museum of Dijon