卍 Truth 卐
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There are many falsehoods spread about by the ignorant, foolish, misinformed, & disinformed.
It is easy to challenge, & discredit these falsehoods, but many do not bother to do so.
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Here we will set right the many wrongs of the ignorant.
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For phonies, the truth hurts.
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There are many falsehoods spread about by the ignorant, foolish, misinformed, & disinformed.
It is easy to challenge, & discredit these falsehoods, but many do not bother to do so.
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Here we will set right the many wrongs of the ignorant.
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For phonies, the truth hurts.
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Elseus Sophus Bugge
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Elseus Sophus Bugge was the Norwegian philologist that deciphered the Futhark runes. His work was published after his death under his name, & the name of his successor Magnus Olsen from 1891CE to 1924CE.
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A lot of "Viking" style products from China feature Elder Futhark, which is laughable as no actual Viking could read Elder Futhark, the Vikings used Younger Futhark be it Danish Long-Branch, or Norwegian Short-Twig.
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Today, many neo-pagan companies that mass-produce rubbish in China use Elder Futhark on their wares.
These items are often sold under bogus, erroneous, misnomatic "Viking" branding.
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Due to this, the Elder Futhark runes are considered the obsolete runes of posers.
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Elseus Sophus Bugge was the Norwegian philologist that deciphered the Futhark runes. His work was published after his death under his name, & the name of his successor Magnus Olsen from 1891CE to 1924CE.
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A lot of "Viking" style products from China feature Elder Futhark, which is laughable as no actual Viking could read Elder Futhark, the Vikings used Younger Futhark be it Danish Long-Branch, or Norwegian Short-Twig.
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Today, many neo-pagan companies that mass-produce rubbish in China use Elder Futhark on their wares.
These items are often sold under bogus, erroneous, misnomatic "Viking" branding.
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Due to this, the Elder Futhark runes are considered the obsolete runes of posers.
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The Huld Manuscript 1860
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The Huld (secrets) manuscript of galdrastafir (charm-staves) witchcraft magical symbols & runes is a record of 17th century Abrahamic Christian occult Icelandic magical staves, it contains 329 sets of runes, & 30 magical staves.
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One stave description reads:
"Guð gefi mér til lukku og blessunar í Iesu Nafni Amen."
Which translates to English as:
"May God give me luck, & blessings in Jesus' name, Amen."
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Mentions of angels, David, Joshua, Solomon, Alpha, & Omega litter the text, showing it was influenced by the Goetia, the lesser key of Solomon the king.
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Strangely these Abrahamic Christian magical staves, most commonly Vegvisir (Pathfinder), Salomons Insigli (Solomons Seal), & Þjófastafur (Thieves Stave) are used mistakenly by those that follow Germanic Polytheism.
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These symbols are Abrahamic, they are worked by monotheistic Christian sorcerers, they have nothing to do with our faith.
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The Huld (secrets) manuscript of galdrastafir (charm-staves) witchcraft magical symbols & runes is a record of 17th century Abrahamic Christian occult Icelandic magical staves, it contains 329 sets of runes, & 30 magical staves.
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One stave description reads:
"Guð gefi mér til lukku og blessunar í Iesu Nafni Amen."
Which translates to English as:
"May God give me luck, & blessings in Jesus' name, Amen."
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Mentions of angels, David, Joshua, Solomon, Alpha, & Omega litter the text, showing it was influenced by the Goetia, the lesser key of Solomon the king.
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Strangely these Abrahamic Christian magical staves, most commonly Vegvisir (Pathfinder), Salomons Insigli (Solomons Seal), & Þjófastafur (Thieves Stave) are used mistakenly by those that follow Germanic Polytheism.
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These symbols are Abrahamic, they are worked by monotheistic Christian sorcerers, they have nothing to do with our faith.
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Christian iconography adorns much garbage from Asia.
Anachronisms of Popular-Culture
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The complete misuse of 17th century Christian symbols on supposed "Viking" style products is rampant. This has been fuelled by ignorant people that believe what they see in series, films, music, & video-games is historically accurate. It is not.
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These symbols have nothing to do with Germanic Polytheism, nor Wodenism in any way.
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These are symbols of Christian Monotheism.
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The complete misuse of 17th century Christian symbols on supposed "Viking" style products is rampant. This has been fuelled by ignorant people that believe what they see in series, films, music, & video-games is historically accurate. It is not.
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These symbols have nothing to do with Germanic Polytheism, nor Wodenism in any way.
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These are symbols of Christian Monotheism.
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Ignorant fools dishonour themselves, their ancestors, & the gods.
Play-Acting Pagans: Play-Gans
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It is because of popular-culture that we have play-acting pagans, or indeed "play-gans" as they are known.
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Play-gans do not even understand that the terms pagan, & heathen are derogatory.
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These people are of low-intelligence, easily-led, are uninquisitive, & ignorant.
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Play-gans, & new-agers are both undesirables, they are the fakes, posers, charlatans, live-action role-players, fancy-dressing costume-players, & idiots that call themselves "pagan", "heathen", or "witches".
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Play-gans are delusional, they have an interest, such as live-action role-play, cinema, television, or video-games, which forms a hobby, but then they act as if their fantasy hobbies are reality. This is an insult to Woden, Wodenism, & Wodenists.
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Play-gans enjoy popular-culture, & have such empty lives that they opt to live in a fantasy, rather than to actually do something to improve their reality, such as diet, exercise, abstain from drugs, & create works of art.
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Play-gans often enjoy:
Television series such as:
Game of Thrones, Vikings, Vikings: Valhalla, The Last Kingdom, & Charmed.
Films such as:
Conan, Pathfinder, The Craft, The Northman, & Valhalla Rising.
Video-Games such as:
God of War: Ragnarok, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Assassins Creed: Valhalla, & Valheim.
Bands such as:
Man-O-War, Viking, Thor, Tyr, Amon Amarth, Heilung, & Wardruna.
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Now there is nothing wrong with enjoying popular-culture, but it is the inability to separate historically inaccurate entertainment from reality, which is the common link between play-gans.
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It should be noted that most of the new-age, live-action role-play, re-enactment, & jewellery products lapped-up by play-gans are made in Asia, normally India, & China.
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It is because of popular-culture that we have play-acting pagans, or indeed "play-gans" as they are known.
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Play-gans do not even understand that the terms pagan, & heathen are derogatory.
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These people are of low-intelligence, easily-led, are uninquisitive, & ignorant.
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Play-gans, & new-agers are both undesirables, they are the fakes, posers, charlatans, live-action role-players, fancy-dressing costume-players, & idiots that call themselves "pagan", "heathen", or "witches".
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Play-gans are delusional, they have an interest, such as live-action role-play, cinema, television, or video-games, which forms a hobby, but then they act as if their fantasy hobbies are reality. This is an insult to Woden, Wodenism, & Wodenists.
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Play-gans enjoy popular-culture, & have such empty lives that they opt to live in a fantasy, rather than to actually do something to improve their reality, such as diet, exercise, abstain from drugs, & create works of art.
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Play-gans often enjoy:
Television series such as:
Game of Thrones, Vikings, Vikings: Valhalla, The Last Kingdom, & Charmed.
Films such as:
Conan, Pathfinder, The Craft, The Northman, & Valhalla Rising.
Video-Games such as:
God of War: Ragnarok, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Assassins Creed: Valhalla, & Valheim.
Bands such as:
Man-O-War, Viking, Thor, Tyr, Amon Amarth, Heilung, & Wardruna.
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Now there is nothing wrong with enjoying popular-culture, but it is the inability to separate historically inaccurate entertainment from reality, which is the common link between play-gans.
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It should be noted that most of the new-age, live-action role-play, re-enactment, & jewellery products lapped-up by play-gans are made in Asia, normally India, & China.
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Art is honour.
Wodenic Honour
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Wodenists strive to improve themselves. Woden is the god of wisdom, & to be wise is the greatest way to honour yourself, your family, your friends, your people, & your gods.
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Where the play-gan is focussed on pretending to be a 5th century, dark-age warrior by dressing in a costume made in China, holding a sword made in India which is engraved with a symbol from 17th century Christian Iceland, because they enjoyed playing a Japanese video-game that featured a Greek hero (in the case of the God of War video-game series), the Wodenist is focussed on studying, learning, arts, & crafts.
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It is through creation that we honour the gods, we show our faith through our creations, be they our websites, computer-programmes, paintings, digital art, computer-codes, sculptures, songs, mechanics, or musical-arrangements.
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Read, talk, study, learn, construct, create, & honour.
This is Wodenism.
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Wodenists strive to improve themselves. Woden is the god of wisdom, & to be wise is the greatest way to honour yourself, your family, your friends, your people, & your gods.
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Where the play-gan is focussed on pretending to be a 5th century, dark-age warrior by dressing in a costume made in China, holding a sword made in India which is engraved with a symbol from 17th century Christian Iceland, because they enjoyed playing a Japanese video-game that featured a Greek hero (in the case of the God of War video-game series), the Wodenist is focussed on studying, learning, arts, & crafts.
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It is through creation that we honour the gods, we show our faith through our creations, be they our websites, computer-programmes, paintings, digital art, computer-codes, sculptures, songs, mechanics, or musical-arrangements.
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Read, talk, study, learn, construct, create, & honour.
This is Wodenism.
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History is a record of the past. Wodenists live in the present.
Entirely Modern
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Wodenism is a modern faith, & indeed Woden's Kin was formed in 1996CE. We identified as Wodenists to separate ourselves from the play-gans.
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We honour our gods as Englishmen; as Anglo-Saxons of today. We do not pretend our faith is ancient, though our gods, myths, & legends are, we ourselves are entirely modern, we are the product of the day, we live in an age of high-technology, & to deny this would be madness.
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We accept only historically attested facts as part of Wodenism. We have records of our gods, festivals, charms, oaths, poems, & mythology, but nothing more, so we honour that which we know, & do so in a modern manner.
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Wodenists celebrate the changing of the seasons, as they actually affect our lives, the seasons are real, as are the months, cycles of the sun, & cycles of the moon.
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We are only concerned with reality, not imagined, out-dated, superstitious, matters: such as the historic Anglo-Saxon animal sacrifices known as geblots, as these were consigned to history, & serve no purpose today.
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Wodenists do not believe in charms, magic, spells, divination, prayer, nor any other superstitious wishful-thinking.
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Germanic mythology is part of our folk history, & our culture, but it is not part of Wodenism.
Our cultural history, & our faith are entirely separate.
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To reiterate: Wodenism is the faith of those that honour Woden, the Ese, & the Wen. It is the faith of those that celebrate the changing of seasons. It is the faith of knowledge, art, craft, construction, creation, & self-improvement.
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Wodenism is a modern faith, & indeed Woden's Kin was formed in 1996CE. We identified as Wodenists to separate ourselves from the play-gans.
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We honour our gods as Englishmen; as Anglo-Saxons of today. We do not pretend our faith is ancient, though our gods, myths, & legends are, we ourselves are entirely modern, we are the product of the day, we live in an age of high-technology, & to deny this would be madness.
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We accept only historically attested facts as part of Wodenism. We have records of our gods, festivals, charms, oaths, poems, & mythology, but nothing more, so we honour that which we know, & do so in a modern manner.
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Wodenists celebrate the changing of the seasons, as they actually affect our lives, the seasons are real, as are the months, cycles of the sun, & cycles of the moon.
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We are only concerned with reality, not imagined, out-dated, superstitious, matters: such as the historic Anglo-Saxon animal sacrifices known as geblots, as these were consigned to history, & serve no purpose today.
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Wodenists do not believe in charms, magic, spells, divination, prayer, nor any other superstitious wishful-thinking.
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Germanic mythology is part of our folk history, & our culture, but it is not part of Wodenism.
Our cultural history, & our faith are entirely separate.
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To reiterate: Wodenism is the faith of those that honour Woden, the Ese, & the Wen. It is the faith of those that celebrate the changing of seasons. It is the faith of knowledge, art, craft, construction, creation, & self-improvement.
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When science disproves a belief, it becomes obsolete, & should be dropped.
卍 Belief Comparison 卐
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In the 21st century it shouldn't need to be stated, but to be clear, Wodenism is a faith of the 20th century, is a faith that honours the Germanic gods, accepts that science has disproven much of what was accepted historically, & is concerned with facts.
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In the 21st century it shouldn't need to be stated, but to be clear, Wodenism is a faith of the 20th century, is a faith that honours the Germanic gods, accepts that science has disproven much of what was accepted historically, & is concerned with facts.
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Belief |
Historic Germanic Polytheism |
Modern Wodenism |
Gods / Goddesses |
Yes ✔️ |
Yes ✔️ |
Geblots / Animal Sacrifices |
Yes ✔️ |
No ❌ |
Seasonal Celebrations |
Yes ✔️ |
Yes ✔️ |
Magic / Charms / Divination |
Yes ✔️ |
No ❌ |
Science |
No ❌ |
Yes ✔️ |
Myths |
Yes ✔️ |
No ❌ |
Smeath / Meditation |
Yes ✔️ |
Yes ✔️ |
Damaging, & embarrassing fancy-dress costume-play from play-gans.
卍 Fake Oldness 卐
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Amongst the idiots that obliviously refer to themselves in a derogatory manner as pagan, heathen, or Wiccan, there is a common thread in their fantastic, fictitious, inauthentic, phony, fakeness, which is that they all try to legitimise their behaviour by pretending the behaviour is old.
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Charlatans such as Gerald Gardner, Charles Cardell, Doreen Valiente, & Raymond Buckland, all pretended that their made-up Wiccan rituals, & trinkets were of ancient origin, in an attempt to validate them.
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This same behaviour is exhibited by play-gans as they attempt to reconstruct Historic Germanic Polytheism, complete with stupid, historically inaccurate, period fantasy fancy-dress costumes, & animal sacrifices (or non-animal sacrifices using the name of historic animal sacrifices: geblot).
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To Wodenists oldness is equated with ignorance, it is not something aspire to.
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Wodenists embrace high-technology, science, proof, logic, & facts, & they live in the now.
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Fake oldness is the behaviour of posers.
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Amongst the idiots that obliviously refer to themselves in a derogatory manner as pagan, heathen, or Wiccan, there is a common thread in their fantastic, fictitious, inauthentic, phony, fakeness, which is that they all try to legitimise their behaviour by pretending the behaviour is old.
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Charlatans such as Gerald Gardner, Charles Cardell, Doreen Valiente, & Raymond Buckland, all pretended that their made-up Wiccan rituals, & trinkets were of ancient origin, in an attempt to validate them.
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This same behaviour is exhibited by play-gans as they attempt to reconstruct Historic Germanic Polytheism, complete with stupid, historically inaccurate, period fantasy fancy-dress costumes, & animal sacrifices (or non-animal sacrifices using the name of historic animal sacrifices: geblot).
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To Wodenists oldness is equated with ignorance, it is not something aspire to.
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Wodenists embrace high-technology, science, proof, logic, & facts, & they live in the now.
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Fake oldness is the behaviour of posers.
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Examples of Indian foliate faces.
卍 Fake Beliefs 卐
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There have been many false claims of things being related to Historic English Polytheism by neo-pagans, & neo-heathens.
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It is a fact there there is no evidence for Historic English Polytheism in England after 1030CE.
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False Claim: Churches were built on Anglo-Saxon temples
There is no evidence of any Historic English Polytheistic rituals under any churches in England.
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False Claim: Jack-in-the-Green is a historic English polytheistic ritual
Jack-in-the-Green was started in the 18th century by Chimney-Sweeps as a method of fundraising for themselves, as during Spring, & Summer, the use of fires, & chimneys was reduced, which financially impacted them.
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False Claim: The Green Man is a historic English god
The Green Man is a foliate faced man, carved into English churches.
The foliate face was copied from Christian marginalia (art in the margins of hand written, & hand illustrated books).
The Green Man was imported to Europe from India, where The Green Man was honoured as a Hindu god.
From India the foliate head of The Green Man spread to the medieval Arab empire as a decoration, & then into Christendom.
The foliate head of The Green Man features in the 2nd century ruins of Hatra in modern Iraq, & the 6th century Byzantine mosaic in the Great Palace Mosaic Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
The foliate head of The Green Man was simply copied in England as it was an interesting image, that was fun to draw in book margins, & fun to carve in stone.
English Pubs named "The Green Man" are named after the medieval motif of The Wild Man of the Woods, who is an entirely different "green man" to that of the foliate head.
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False Claim: Witches were historic English polytheists persecuted by the church during the witch trials
The English Witch Trials of the 15th to 18th century focussed on supposed anti-Christian, Satanic witches.
500 people where murdered by the Puritan Witch-Hunters, with 90% being female.
Most of the innocent accused were executed by hanging.
All of the innocent accused were accused of pacts with Satan.
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False Claim: The Vagina Opener carving was a of fertility goddess
The Vagina Opener (Irish Name: Sheela na Gig) was claimed to be a goddess (Such as Freo).
The Vagina Opener is actually a grotesque designed to warn against lust, & she is always depicted as ugly.
The Vagina Opener is a Romanesque decoration which originated in France, & was not only popular in France, but also in Spain.
The motif of The Vagina Opener was spread by pilgrimage churches.
In Ireland the "Sheela na Gig" is used on secular buildings, hidden out of sight, as a lucky charm, as there is an Irish belief that a woman can deflect bad luck by exposing her vagina.
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False Claim: Morris Dancing is a historic English polytheist tradition
"Morris Dancing" is a corruption of Moorish Dancing.
Moorish Dancers wore bells on their knees, as is popular in Africa.
Moorish Dancers that visited England started a craze that persists to this day.
Moorish Dancing was popular at social events.
As such Morris Dancers black their skin to appear Moorish.
Morris Dancers black their skin not to mock the Moors, but to show respect for them.
Morris Dancing is a form of entertainment, that has no connection to faith.
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There have been many false claims of things being related to Historic English Polytheism by neo-pagans, & neo-heathens.
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It is a fact there there is no evidence for Historic English Polytheism in England after 1030CE.
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False Claim: Churches were built on Anglo-Saxon temples
There is no evidence of any Historic English Polytheistic rituals under any churches in England.
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False Claim: Jack-in-the-Green is a historic English polytheistic ritual
Jack-in-the-Green was started in the 18th century by Chimney-Sweeps as a method of fundraising for themselves, as during Spring, & Summer, the use of fires, & chimneys was reduced, which financially impacted them.
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False Claim: The Green Man is a historic English god
The Green Man is a foliate faced man, carved into English churches.
The foliate face was copied from Christian marginalia (art in the margins of hand written, & hand illustrated books).
The Green Man was imported to Europe from India, where The Green Man was honoured as a Hindu god.
From India the foliate head of The Green Man spread to the medieval Arab empire as a decoration, & then into Christendom.
The foliate head of The Green Man features in the 2nd century ruins of Hatra in modern Iraq, & the 6th century Byzantine mosaic in the Great Palace Mosaic Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
The foliate head of The Green Man was simply copied in England as it was an interesting image, that was fun to draw in book margins, & fun to carve in stone.
English Pubs named "The Green Man" are named after the medieval motif of The Wild Man of the Woods, who is an entirely different "green man" to that of the foliate head.
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False Claim: Witches were historic English polytheists persecuted by the church during the witch trials
The English Witch Trials of the 15th to 18th century focussed on supposed anti-Christian, Satanic witches.
500 people where murdered by the Puritan Witch-Hunters, with 90% being female.
Most of the innocent accused were executed by hanging.
All of the innocent accused were accused of pacts with Satan.
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False Claim: The Vagina Opener carving was a of fertility goddess
The Vagina Opener (Irish Name: Sheela na Gig) was claimed to be a goddess (Such as Freo).
The Vagina Opener is actually a grotesque designed to warn against lust, & she is always depicted as ugly.
The Vagina Opener is a Romanesque decoration which originated in France, & was not only popular in France, but also in Spain.
The motif of The Vagina Opener was spread by pilgrimage churches.
In Ireland the "Sheela na Gig" is used on secular buildings, hidden out of sight, as a lucky charm, as there is an Irish belief that a woman can deflect bad luck by exposing her vagina.
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False Claim: Morris Dancing is a historic English polytheist tradition
"Morris Dancing" is a corruption of Moorish Dancing.
Moorish Dancers wore bells on their knees, as is popular in Africa.
Moorish Dancers that visited England started a craze that persists to this day.
Moorish Dancing was popular at social events.
As such Morris Dancers black their skin to appear Moorish.
Morris Dancers black their skin not to mock the Moors, but to show respect for them.
Morris Dancing is a form of entertainment, that has no connection to faith.
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An example of The Vagina Opener, a Christian warning against lust.
A statue of an African Moorish Dancer, with their black skin, & bells.