Given that today is April Fools day and I keep seeing things linking it to the worship of Loki, Let me take a moment to address that. The origins of April Fools can be traced back to worship of the Celtic deity Gwydion in honor of the time when he conjured some armies to trick … Continue reading On April Fools, Tricksters And Loki
A Brief Elucidation On The Celtic Origin Of April Fool’s Day
Posted on behalf of Will Bordsen: "Gwydion is the Welsh god of magic and wisdom, analogous to the Germanic Odin and Greek Hermes. In addition to being the leader of the House of Don, slayer of Pryderi (God of the year, mortality), father figure to Llew (God of battle, light) and creator of Blodeuwedd (Goddess … Continue reading A Brief Elucidation On The Celtic Origin Of April Fool’s Day
Tripurantaka
Today is Kartik Poornima, a religious observance marking Lord Shiva's mighty deed as Tripurantaka ("Destroyer of the Three Cities"), which brought to a decisive and victorious end one of the Gods' wars against the Asuras. It's probably the second most significant Shaivite observance after MahaShivRatri ("The Great Night of Shiva"), which occurs in February/March. The … Continue reading Tripurantaka
Akhanda Bharata – A Concept In Flux
I've previously written a bit about the occasional bouts of revanchist and irridentist tendencies which can accompany political Hinduism - the most common of which are rather justified claims that India ought to maintain or extend territorial possession to include areas such as the full extent of Jammu & Kashmir, and areas of China (or, … Continue reading Akhanda Bharata – A Concept In Flux
Indo-European Origins, Part II: The Nordic, Kurgan, and Anatolian Theories
As Alain de Benoist has noted, there are two main schools of thought on the Indo-European urheimat (homeland): one which derives the Indo-Europeans from the North, and another which brings them from South Russia (and ultimately the Near East). Suprà: Zones of Indo-European origin proposed by scholars over the 19–20th centuries, showing a trend toward … Continue reading Indo-European Origins, Part II: The Nordic, Kurgan, and Anatolian Theories
Hinduism: Universalist Or Specificist Creed
I'm doing some thinking atm about Hinduism (when am I not?) and whether the Faith constitutes a Universalist or a specifist religion. Obviously, these days, there are a number of Hindu (or Hindu-derived) religious movements and sects which are pretty decidedly convinced that they are, indeed, universally applicable - the Hare Krishnas are probably the … Continue reading Hinduism: Universalist Or Specificist Creed
The Origin of the Indo-Europeans, Part I: Early Theories
The scientific study of the Indo-European language family is generally dated to 1786, when Sir William Jones read his famous paper before the Asiatic Society of Calcutta, which includes these immortal lines: ‘The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and … Continue reading The Origin of the Indo-Europeans, Part I: Early Theories
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