The Bamberg Horseman (German: Der Bamberger Reiter) is an early 13th-century stone equestrian statue carved in Germany 200 years before the Renaissance started proper in Italy. It doesn’t look medieval.
The symbol of the cross is much older than Christianity and undoubtedly has Pagan origins. This cross is stylistically similar to the so-called Celtic crosses.
The Medieval Novgorod crosses, which were erected in Veliky Novgorod after the adoption of Christianity, have a virtually identical shape and, incidentally, are also compared by many to Celtic crosses. Clearly, the genealogy of these symbols extends back much further.
A striking example is the 14th-century Alexievsky cross, which was installed on the western wall of St. Sophia Cathedral in Veliky Novgorod.
A Viking on an old Scandinavian Airlines poster 🇳🇴 🇸🇪🇩🇰
Not without a horned helmet, but as we know, an image of a Viking wearing a horned helmet was discovered on the Oseberg tapestry, dating to the 9th century — it's the only one in existence and currently has no archaeological confirmation. But perhaps such finds are still waiting to be discovered. Some researchers suggest that such a helmet may have had ritual significance.
“Zeus’ law “referred to in the new Nolan film refers to Xenia. It was a ritualised system of obligations for both hosts and guests. It was not uniquely Greek but existed in many Indo-European cultures. It was enforced by a widespread belief that the gods, whether that be Jupiter or Odin etc, sometimes disguise themselves as mortals and test the hospitality of wealthy and powerful people - rewarding the hospitable and punishing the others. It was not an obligation to be peaceful, to welcome enemies in your midst, an excuse to ignore local laws or a means to get free stuff from people. The suitors in The Odyssey abuse hospitality and so they are rightly killed. In the Viking version of the custom, you had to provide basic hospitality to the guest while they were in your home, but once they had left you could follow them and kill them without violating the custom which only prevented you from killing them while they were inside your home. I made a video explaining how the custom works
Artistic reconstruction of a man from the Abashevo culture. This was a redo of a past work. There were some artistic liberties taken on his headband and neck ring. The headband was inspired by a Russian anthropological bust of this same skull. While the neck ring was based on some research I found about torc like artifacts from Abashevo. Unfortunately Ido not have phenotype data on Abashevo so I choose pigmentation that was seen in early Corded Ware groups.
At the end of the video, it's stated that modern Greeks have a lower proportion of light hair due to interbreeding with their neighbors, including Slavs. Naturally, interbreeding with pure Slavs would have increased the proportion of light hair. As for the Southern Slavs, their higher percentage of dark hair is not due to their Slavic ancestry, but to their local Balkan origins.
Today is the longest day of the year — the symbolic point of solar apogee, marked by the Slavs as Kupala, the Balts as Ligo, and the Germanics as Midsummer. I wish you to fully enjoy the coming days of this summer and be prepared for what follows.
🏴 Earlier this year, Scotland hosted its annual Viking Festival, the culmination of the Yule festivities. It was a truly majestic spectacle. Naturally, the Viking images at the festival are not historical reenactments. 📼 Video source: Ian G. Black.
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