#Germanic

Pallando the Blue

KomninosM

As I told you at the end of my Potrimpo thread, I would examine the idea of the divine triad. The concept of the "divine triad" is closely associated with

True Indology

TIinExile

Rahul Gandhian Ji,Easter originally had nothing to do with Jesus.The word 'Easter' DOES NOT even occur in the Bible. It was a pagan festival named after the Goddess Eostre.The festival

Skip your brain and dip your brain / In the lotion

djezreader

The Latin review everybody is talking about is close to my heart: my public face as a medievalist* is largely as a translator, & I have lots of opinions in

Crystal Ferreira

cfthisfootnote

Ur 𒌨 in Sumerian means “dog”, but it can also mean “carnivorous animal”. Because "ur" forms the base of many other animal names, I find it enjoyable to translate it

Peter Gainsford

PeterGainsford

Easter myth #1:Easter is named after Eostre, but it isn't based on an Eostre festival. The festival originated in the 2nd century Mediterranean. The name 'Easter' is an oddity, specific

zach

zacharieslmsn

tips for learning japanese... for native english speakers... with zach... a thread (ok2rt) tip 1. go ahead and get over that stigma about "only learning jpn because you're a weeb".

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[THREAD]1/19Long, long ago there was a people that lived someplace in the steppes of Eurasia who spoke a language linguists call, quite unimaginatively, the Proto-Indo-European tongue or PIE. Here, we're

Ungerni Khooloi

Nicholastrad

*Thread on the Comitatus*The Comitatus is the ideal of a heroic lord and his band of oath bound friends, sworn to defend him to the death. 1.) For Indo-Europeans, Tibetans,

Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷

MikeStuchbery_

So, you know about Hadrian's Wall right? The defenses 'meant to keep out the Picts' across northern England? Well, what if I told you they had a much bigger, badder

GabeTwoThousand 🦇

GabeTwoThousand

I made a joke in a YouTube comment saying Scots are the Jamaicans of white people and before I could reply with a fun historical dive into the cultural parallels,

We Are Xpats - Mahua

WeAreXpats

I lived in Frankfurt for a couple years as a small child and had picked up some German. So there was a small base. Then, in Kenya, many of our

Helen Young 🏳️‍🌈

heyouonline

This is only half true, at best. In Tolkien’s Middle earth, biological race is real. It is structured into the cosmology. Tolkien was anti-Nazi but that is NOT the same

foone

Foone

'Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe. 'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!The jaws that bite, the claws

oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thread: The bronze bands from the gates of Balawat, ancient city located near Nimrud. These gates were erected by Shalmaneser III (859-824 BCE), king of Assyria, and the scene depicts

Will Hawkes

Will_Hawkes

In tough times, we must remember those things that bring us most pleasure, eg German mustard pots. Thread (1/2657) Look at this beauty from Schlenkerla in Bamberg. Absolutely stuffed with

Arthur Prydain

ArthrPrydain

Thread about Heinrich Himmler's attempt to integrate women and the feminine character into German society in the 1930's:(1) Himmler was very critical of homosexuality: "... you can imagine how the