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📖 Ancient Restoration The Instructions of King Cormac states: "everyone is a fían(na) until he becomes a property owner" - This points to a rite of passage in medieval Ireland where a young man crossed from one community to another, from a member of a fighting band, to a settled…
Cernunnos on the Gundestrup Cauldron (Jutland, 150 BC).

Seated between a deer and a wolf this horned figure is thought to be a totem god of the Celtic war-bands. The Stag god, as lord of wild animals, provided the royal hunter with prey and guaranteed his authority.
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