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The Norse Mythology Blog | norsemyth.org: Thor at Midsummer

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Thor no Solstício de Verão O solstício de verão é um dos meus feriados favoritos do calendário Ásatrú. O outro é o Solstício do inverno. Pelo menos em nossas próprias celebrações aqui em Chicago, os dois pontos de equilíbrio do ano se concentram na família, amigos, comunidade, gratidão e esperança. No meio do inverno, nos voltamos para Odin, o andarilho que desliza entre os mundos e que nos inspira com criatividade. Ele é a figura mais apropriada para presidir a época sombria do ano, quando os ventos do meio-oeste uivam para fora e celebramos a vida banqueteando-nos em ambientes fechados e trocando histórias ao redor da mesa. No verão, nos voltamos para Thor, o trovão que vive alto e orgulhoso ao desafiar monstros, leva crianças em aventuras e desfruta de tanta comida e bebida quanto possível. Quando celebramos ao ar livre ao sol e calor, quando bebemos chifres de cerveja sob as folhas verdes do carvalho em toda a sua glória, nos voltamos para o filho glorioso da Terra que ...

VOYAGER 1 JOURNEY | SHUT DOWN IN 2030

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The Secrets of Avalon: An Adventure in Arthurian Legend: Badbury Rather than Bath: My Final Decision on the...

The Secrets of Avalon: An Adventure in Arthurian Legend: Badbury Rather than Bath: My Final Decision on the... : Map Showing Barbury and Liddington Castles Connected by the Ancient Ridgeway In past blog articles, I've gone back and forth on...

A Cena Medieval - Brasil: Taberna Folk

A Cena Medieval - Brasil: Taberna Folk

Life in a Saxon hall

The re-enactment society Regia Anglorum is reconstructing an early medieval Saxon hall in Kent using materials and construction methods of the time.Regia Anglorum is a re-enactment society that aims to recreate as accurately as possible life in Anglo-Saxon and Viking Britain. Over the past 10 years, we have been building the Wychurst project – a fortified manor hall, using materials and construction methods of the time – on three acres of land in Kent. We have a rotation of 60-odd people who work on the project in the middle weekend of each month.The hall is 30ft high, 60ft long and 30ft wide, and is based on the West Hall at Cheddar, built around 850. No buildings of this type from the period have survived, so we did an enormous amount of research from archaeological dig reports and written accounts. It is built entirely in English oak, mostly sourced from within a mile of the site, which makes it a very accurate reconstruction. It is a great hall, where the local lord would have live...

Amateur treasure-hunter's haul

We take a look at what amateur treasure-hunter David Booth found... An ANGLO-SAXON STRAP-END and three ANGLO-SAXON COINS, found near Dumfries, have been allocated to Dumfries Museum. The fragmentary strap-end, above, dates from the ninth century. Such items are not uncommon finds in southern Scotland, but this example is all the more significant in being recovered alongside three Anglo-Saxon coins, which also date from the ninth century. Medieval experts say this small group of finds is a substantial reminder of the cultural ebb and flow which constituted the Scotland of the Early Historic period. Read the rest of this article...

Sapphire ring 'belonged to Anglo-Saxon or Viking royalty'

A unique gold and sapphire finger ring, found by a metal detectorist and just purchased by the Yorkshire Museum, almost certainly belonged to Anglo-Saxon or Viking royalty, very senior clergy or a leading member of the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy, say historians. Of very great historical importance, it is the only Anglo-Saxon era sapphire ever found in the ground in Britain. The only other sapphire from the period is the one that the Queen wears in her Imperial State Crown, used at the opening of Parliament. Known as St. Edward’s sapphire, this latter gem was once part of King Edward the Confessor’s finger ring and is now the oldest gem in the British crown jewels. Read the rest of this article...