Pretani Chieftain

A stone hlautbolli found in Goðdalur, Iceland in 1960. It was found to have traces of animal blood on the bottom and the edges of the bowl. It now resides in the Museum of Witchcraft and Sorcery in Hólmavik.

Other examples have been found in Iceland, such as the one found in Borgarfjörður, and another in Úthlíð.

Southern Arc believers on suicide watch. Sredny Stog (Serednii stih) theory vindicated - they are the ancestors of Yamnaya.

In this excerpt from his forthcoming presentation in Hungary David Reich walks back the PIE from South-of-the-Caucasus stuff he pushed in 2022, now working with David Anthony and nearly 300 new samples to arrive at a very different conclusion.

There IS steppe ancestry in Anatolia and this is how Indo-European languages got there. They are claiming a Caucasian migration route, but I think Balkans is more plausible.

They say PIE came from no further south than the North Caucasus, but likely further north on the steppe itself! Of course I support the steppe itself.

This is a game changer and puts the discourse back on the right track.

🇬🇧 Hans Topper - «Wotan salutes Valhalla».

🇩🇪 Hans Topper - «Wotan begrüßt Walhalla».

🇷🇺 Ганс Топпер - «Вотан приветствует Вальгаллу».

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Holda by Iwobrand

The struggle is real.

An instance of note that gets overlooked in the history of Snorri Sturluson, is that during his childhood his father Sturla Þórðarson was actually accused of worshipping Odin during a lawsuit (which would have been rare in Iceland, even in the heathen period).

Þorbjörg, the wife of Páll Sölvason who was involved in this lawsuit, came at Sturla with a knife and attempted to stab his eye out while exclaiming:

“Why don’t I make you like the one you most want to be — that is, Odin!”

After this, a settlement occurred and Sturla’s young son Snorri was to be educated by Jón Loftsson, who was said to be descended from Sæmundr fróði Sigfússon, and had blood ties to the Norwegian royal family through King Magnús berfættur.

This connection to Odin and the Norwegian royal family colored much of Snorri Sturluson’s life, as he was the one to document the lineages and histories of the Norwegian kings in Heimskringla, and the later Eddic literature, and collected praise poetry of the Norwegian kingship.

He made ties to the Norwegian royal family at the time of Hákon gamli, and attempted to dissolve the Icelandic commonwealth and was tasked by the king to bring Iceland under the Norwegian crown, which he failed to do and it eventually caused his death as it displeased Hákon, who had Snorri killed.

Photo is a depiction of the encounter between Þorbjörg and Sturla from an Icelandic newspaper.

Northern Beasts by Daniel Jacobs

'The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.' - Treebeard from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

The runic Forsaringen (Forsa Ring), made in the 9th Century, is the oldest surviving record of Old Norse Law. It appears to have been used to record a charge and/or order to restore a ritual site (vé). 

The inscription reads;
“One ox and two aura (in fine) (to?) staf (or) aura staf (in fine) for the restoration of a cult site (vé) in a valid state for the first time; two oxen and four aura for the second time; but for the third time four oxen and eight aura; and all property in suspension, if he doesn’t make right. That, the people are entitled to demand, according to the law of the people that was decreed and ratified before. But they made (the ring/statement), Anund from Tåsta, and Ofeg from Hjorsta. But Vibjörn carved.” Translated by Stefan Brink.

The projection in the middle resembles Thor’s hammer; likely a reference to Thor’s role of upholding justice and law, as attested in the Gylfaginning.