#germanic religion

[broomsick]

My favorite pieces of ancient germanic art: part three

Gold bracteate, widely accepted as depicting the God Óðinn, a raven, and a horse.

Woodcarvings on the Oseberg ship.

Runestone Sö 130 from Södermanland County, Sweden, commemorating a man who died in what would be modern-day Russia.

The Valkyrie of Hårby.

Völund the Smith wearing his feather guise.

The bronze Rällinge statuette (Södermanland, Sweden). Dates back to the Viking Age and depicts the God Freyr in a seated position.

The Nebra Sky-Disc.

Stone from Snaptun, depicting Loki with his mouth sewn up.

Vendel Period sword hilt (Valsgärde) and helmet. Still art, I mean look at them.

[candela888]

How to say "grape" in Romance and Germanic languages in Europe

From Latin ūva (“grape”):

uva (Spanish/Castilian)

uva (Asturian)

uva (Italian)

uva (Portuguese)

uga/uba (Aragonese)

uva (Galician)

uva (Judaeo-Spanish)

uva (Piedmontese)

uga (Lombard)

iva (Romansch)

úa (Sardinian)

ùa/ova (Venetian)

auã (Aromanian)

From Latin racēmus ("cluster or bunch of grapes"):

raisin (French)

racina (Sicilian)

raïm (Catalan)

rasim (Occitan)

resim (Franco-Provençal)

roésin (Picard)

roejhén (Walloon)

Unknown origin:

strugure (Romanian)

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From Old French grape (cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes"):

grape (English

grape (Scots)

Literally "wine-berry":

Wiitrybel (Alemannic German)

Weinba/Weinbeer (Upper/Southern German)

vínber (Icelandic)

From Proto-West Germanic *þrūbō ("cluster" or "grape"):

Traube (German)

drue (Danish)

druva (Swedish)

drue (Norwegian)

druif/wijndruif (Dutch)

druif (Afrikaans)

troyb (Yiddish)

Druve/Druuv (Low German)

drúf (West Frisian)

Drauf (Luxembourgish)

[illustratus]

The Binding of Fenrir by Mabel Dorothy Hardy

[the-evil-clergyman]

Die Sünde by Franz von Stuck (1893)

[kpoppersblog]

I just found out that my mom has a jewish grandfather who has roots from germany making him as ashkenazi despite being born in the west indies.

since judaism comes from the mom, it doesnt really matter if she got it from her mom or dad does it ?? all that matters is that it comes from the moms side. if the mother has jewish roots from her side then that her kids r jewish. by those means im jewish ????

never knew i was a jew until the age of nearly 17 and I havent celebrated shabbat or read torah, traditions, explored judaism and no nothing, worn a kippah, did hanukkah candles, went to a synagogue (except on my school trip but I was still so young???), and more.

how the fuck like

im in so much shock like you mean to tell me i am a jew all this time ??? and the fact that my uncle explained the judaism line in our family aka his family. like the jewish side comes from my uncle and mom (since they r bothers and sisters since they were both born to my grandma which had my mom so its my moms brother) their side is the German side (ashkenazi) and my moms grandfather (my great grandfather) is a jew from germany. his mother is jewish and the judaism is only in the father’s side all the way to my mom passed my grandma making it my moms side of the family.

like. u mean to tell me. I am jewish ??? JEWISH ???? ALL THIS TIME ???

I asked her yesterday to make me and her do an ancestry test and find out what else is in our tree. I come from an extremely diverse background so I wouldnt be suprised if HALF the generation is a jew up until this point of the grandfather.

the fact it is from the father’s side only ????? like... I AM SO IN SHOCK ???

[hiddurmitzvah]

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[voiceoftheoldways]

For years I sought meaning in many and various creeds and faiths, and all along what I was seeking was in every sighing bough and lightning flash; in every forest path and glassy lake; in every breath and every beat of my heart. A lore, a wisdom, a magic as old as the stars.

[rochenn]

Honestly kinda weird what an almost 60 year period of de facto de-christianization in a language and culture otherwise steeped in centuries of Christianity does to a mf.

Like ur always referring to some dude when you swear and curse but you bet your ass most of the ppl around you have never seen a church from the inside unless they took a tour to look at the colorful altars and architecture. It's just history to you. Pretty buildings etc. You don't spare a single thought towards Jesus bc his birthday isn't named after him in your language and his resurrection is linked to pre-Christian traditions that are way more fun than going to church. You forget he exists. You celebrate his days either way, but all of that happens in the shadow of the gods he replaced. God and Jesus are little more than expletives to you.

Still it feels like something was taken from you and you don't know what it is??

[dazzlen-the-clown]

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[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[crazycatsiren]

The other day I watched a history documentary about witch hunts in Europe, which by the way, started in Germany ("the heartland of the witch craze"); in Trier, to be specific. I lived an hour drive away from Trier for 5 years.

It occurred to me even more, just how utterly absurd and nonsensical it all was, because witch hunters themselves, prominent leaders of them even, would later have the tables turned against them and be accused, even executed, for being witches. That's how you know, the witch hunts were never about witches.

And it made me think for a moment: is that why I couldn't find anybody who called themselves a witch near and far from me when I was living in Germany. Because it's a country that's certainly sensitive to its history.

[superconfusedcoryn]

Noch irgendwer der in einem vollkommen atheistischen Haushalt aufgewachsen ist, wo aber trotzdem krass Weihnachten gefeiert wurde und der erst als Erwachserer so richtig realisiert hat wie krass Weihnachten eigentlich mit Religion zusammenhängt und dann erstmal ne Kriese hatte? Oder ist das ne komplett dumme Experience die nur ich hatte?

[a-ravens-hoard]

Medieval Embroidery ✦ Source: The MET

[illustratus]

Dream Idyll (A Valkyrie) by Edward Robert Hughes

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Rainer Maria Rilke, The Book of Hours

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

On this day in 1944, heartless Winston Churchill refused a ceasefire and continued the genocidal attack on Nazi Germany.

As we well know now, far more German civilians have died in the war, which makes them the victims and Britain the war criminal.

The best time for a ceasefire is before you launch a barbaric, sadistic terrorist attack. Those who instigate wars aren't entitled to a "time out."