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Religāre ☥



YRWŠLM

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Ashkenazi styled Hebrew script

Torah

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Falco
Rock Me Amadeus

(Original Single Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMuDtfxAIKk



Amadeus

fm. Latin: amare + Deus
(to love + God)



Extracts:  circa 35 A.D. - Latin Verse

Precatio Terrae
DEA sancta Tellus, rerum naturae parens
caeli ac maris diua arbitra rerumque omnium
tu Ditis umbras tegis et inmensum chaos
Magna tu Mater deum
tu es Magna tuque diuum regina es, dea

Precatio TerraeLand Prayer

Holy Goddess, Earth, Nature, the parent
overseeing all things of heaven and the goddess of the sea,
You dispel the shadows of the vast extent of the disorder of chaos
Great Mother of God
You are the queen of the gods, the Great Goddess, You, Goddess
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38503/38503-h/38503-h.htm#INDEX_AUTHORS



Requiem Aeternam ('Eternal Rest')
Composed in Vienna 1791
Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
only this opening movement by Mozart
work left unfinised at composer's death on Dec. 5th
{1792 remainder completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVnpVqokp5I




Malak - 'angel'
Semitic - Malaki (pl. Malaki in Ana'kh)
'Beings of Light' created genetically by Anunnaki

'Malak' derived from Anunnaki's word 'Malka'
{ kingdom or higher level of knowledge }

Malakim
referred to as:  'Malaa'ikah' - children of heaven
(by some theologians, incl. early Hebraic scholars & Kabalists)

[The Essential Maximillien de La Fayette:  The Official Anunnaki Ulema Textbook]

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Anunnaki
(incl. variations)
group of deities in ancient Mesopotamian cultures

(ie  Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, & Babylonian)

'Anunnaki'
-- derived from 'princely offspring' or 'offspring of Anu'
  • deities of fertility
  • associated eventually with underworld
  • where they became judges
  • name from old sky god An (Anu)

Comment / Note

Sukkot

"ritual items used in:  waving ceremony (na'anu'im)"

---
Sounds like Sukkot harvest holiday is related to the old Mesopotamian sky god An (Anu) ...  as in 'anu'in' above.

I don't speak Hebrew, so I don't know for sure without looking it up somewhere (later).

But it looks like it, and it sounds like it would be if the associated deities were associated with fertility.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anunnaki

References to Angels appear throughout:

  • Mikra ('that which is read')
aka  Tanakh (acronym, see below)
    • Talmud
    • Rabbinical literature
    traditional Jewish liturgy
    (Jewish:  prayer recitations)

      Tanakh (TaNaKh)
      acronym first Hebrew letter of each Masoretic text

      Masoretic Text
      authoritative Hebrew & Aramaic text
      of the Tanakh for Rabbinic Judaism

      Masoretes
      groups of Jewish scribe-scholars
      6th to 10th centuries CE
      based primarily in (present-day) Israel, cities of:
      • Tiberias
      • Jerusalem
      also in Babylonia (Iraq)

      Tanakh (Mikra) (Hebrew bible) comprised of:

      • Torah ('teaching') - 5 books
      • Nevi'im ('prophets')
      • Ketuvim ('writing's)

      Books of Tanakh = originally oral Torah
      passed down by each generation

      Siddur (pl. siddurim)
      Prayer book(s)

      Malakkim (angels) found in the siddur

      prayers & instructions in the siddur
      siddur - Jewish prayer book
      contains set order of daily prayers
      'siddur' - means 'order'
      Shema Yisrael
      contained in early parts - Devarim (words) | (Deuteronomy)

      Priestly Blessing (Torah)

      Shemoneh Esreh (or, Amidah)
      Tefilat HaAmidah - Hebrew. 'standing [prayer]'
      Amidah - Hebrew 'standing'
      Shmoneh Esreh - Hebrew. 'The Eighteen'
      anachronism: 19 blessings

      After destruction of Temple in Jerusalem
      formal version of Amidah adopted at rabbinical council Yavne
      (Yavne (Jamnia) - central Israel, 20 km south of Jaffa)
      * but precise wording was left open
      by Middle Ages texts of prayers nearly fixed
      & in form in which used today

      Soncino (Italy)
      siddur printed as early as: 1486

      First mass distribution only in 1865

      Earliest existing codification of the prayerbook
      by Rav Amram Gaon of Sura, Babylon
      est. 850 CE

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddur
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Deuteronomy


      Temple
      Beit HaElohim  'House of God'

      957 BCE - First Temple Sacked
      built by King Solomon
      sacked decades later
      by Sheshonk I Pharoah of Egypt
      700 BCE - Rebuilt Temple Sacked - Assyrians
      Jehoash, King of Judah
      reconstructed Temple in second year of reign 835 BCE
      sacked for: Sennacherib
      King of Assyria c. 700 BCE

      586 BCE - First Temple Destroyed - Babylonians
      2-year siege
      Temple destroyed, Jerusalem sacked
      Babylonians led by Nebuchadnezzar
      Judaeans exiled in Babylonia 


      70 CE Romans Destroy Second Temple
      Jerusalem sacked, Second Temple Destroyed, Judeans exiled

      Roman army led by future Emperor Titus
      with Tiberius Julius Alexander as second-in-command
      besieged & conquered city of Jerusalem
      • sacked Jerusalem city
      • destroyed of Second Temple
      Arch of Titus erected & still stands, Rome
      celebrating Roman sack of Jerusalem & Temple

      First Jewish–Roman War (66-70)
      aka Great Jewish Revolt

      Zealot (Hebrew:  kanai)
      pl. Kana'im
      zealot or fanatic

      Zealots / Kanai - fourth sect
      founded by Judas of Galillee (aka Judas of Gamala)
      after Romans declare Judea a Roman province
      of what had been tetrarchy of Herod Archelaus

      Tetrachy - power is divided among four individuals

      Other sects:
      • Pharisees
      • Sadducees
      • Essenes
      Zealots originally a political movement
      1st century Second Temple Judaism
      sought to incite Judaea Province to rebel
      against the Roman Empire & expel Romans

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealots_%28Judea%29


      c.132-136 CE - Bar Kokhba revolt
      Judea Province vs. Roman Empire
      rebellion of the Jews of Judea Province
      led by Simon bar Kokhba
      'Simon, son of the star'
      versus Roman Empire

      aka The Third Jewish–Roman War
      aka The Third Jewish Revolt

      {otherwise:  Second Revolt of Judea, not counting Kitos War (115–117 CE)}

      erupted over political & religious tensions in Judea province
      Simon Bar Kokhba regarded as Messiah by many Jews
      • commander of revolt
      • sought to restore national independence
      • initial victories
      • established independent state
      • took title Nasi ('prince')
      Roman Emperor Hadrian 
      assembled large scale Roman force from across Empire
      invaded Judea in 134 CE
      under Roman General Julius Severus
      x6 full Roman legions with auxiliaries
       & elements from additional 6 legions

      • Romans crushed Bar Kokhba's revolt
      • Romans destroyed the city of Betar
      • killing over 500,000 Jewish civilians

      Resulted in an extensive depopulation of Judean communities
      (more than First Jewish-Roman War, 70CE)
      *some scholars describe events as genocide

      Cassius Dio:  580,000 Jews killed in war
      & many others of hunger & disease
      Survivors sold into slavery

      • Roman casualties heavy
      • XXII Deiotariana disbanded after serious losses
      • IX Hispania arguably also disbanded mid-2nd Century as result

      Emperor Hadrian sought to erase Judea (ancient Israel)
      Wiped the name off the map
      & incorporated territory into 'Syria Palaestina'


      Syria Palaestina
      merger of Roman Syria & Roman Judaea
      after defeat of Bar Kokhba Revolt in 135 CE

      Jews barred from Jerusalem
      (except for attendance on Tisha B'Av)

      Bar Kokhba revolt
      -- great influence on course  of Jewish history & philopsophy of Jewish religion

      Bar Kokhba referred to as 'Ben-Kusiba' (false Messiah) - in Talmud

      Bar Kokhba revolt
      -- among the key events to differentiate Christianity as a religion distinct from Judaism
      -- Jewish Christians (who did not support Bar Kokhba)
      -- were barred from Jerusalem along with Jews

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Kokhba_revolt


      front / obverse
      Facade of the temple; Paleo-Hebrew: ŠM’WN (Shimeon)
      Reverse
      Bunch of Lulav; left: Etrog-fruit; Paleo-Hebrew: LHRWT YRWŠLM
      (for the freedom of Jerusalem)

      Silver Coin
      Second Jewish War
      134-135

      Mint
      Moving mint of Bar Kokhba


      Lulav -  closed frond of the date palm tree
      הדר hadar  'beautiful'
      etrog (citron)
      etrog (Aramaic)
      known as the most beautiful of all fruits
      hadar: ancient Hebrew name for the etrog
      [chabad.org]
      Sukkot holiday
      Feast of Booths (huts)
      Anglicised:  Feast of Tabernacles
      tabernacle, fm. Middle English 14th C.
      fm. Old French
      fm. Latin, tabernaculum (tent, booth, shed)
      sukkah, pl. sukkot
      'booth' or 'tabernacle'

      walled structure covered with plant material
      temporary dwelling / farmers during harvest
      reminiscent of dwellings during 40 years of desert travel
      after Egypt slavery Exodus
      late Sept / Oct
      during existence of Jerusalem Temple
      one of three pilgrimage festivals (shlosha regalim)
      1. marks end of harvest time (year's end)
      2. commemorating Exodus & dependence of Israelites on will of god

      Ritual Objects

      Lulav
      1. closed frond of date palm - spine
      2. hadass (myrtle) - eyes
      3. aravah (willow) - lips, mouth
      4. hadar (etrog) - heart

      Kabbalistic representation of body

      (LEV. 23:40)

      during Temple in Jerusalem
      ritual items used in:  waving ceremony (na'anu'im)

      blessing recited
      lulav in one hand, etrog in other
      held together touching
      • 4 species pointed & gently shaken
      • in 4 directions
      • & up and down
      • attesting god's mastery over all creation
      • binding together symbolises desire consecrate entire being to service of god
      • symbolic prayer for abundant rainfall

      Tisha B'Av
      destruction of First & Second Temples
      mourned annually as the Jewish fast Tisha B'Av

      Tisha B'Av
      ('the ninth of Av')
      July/August Western calendars
      commemorates anniversary
      of a number of disasters in Jewish history


      Judaism - 4 Holy Cities
      • Jerusalem
      • Hebron
      • Safed
      • Kinneret (later) (Tiberias, Tverya), Galilee

      =   4 main centres of Jewish life 
      after Ottoman conquest of Palestine
      Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17)
      -- 2nd major conflict b/w:
      Mamluk Sultanate (Egypt-based)
      & Ottoman Empire
      - led to fall of Malmluk Sultanate
      - led to incorporation of Levant, Egypt & Arabian Peninsula as provinces of Ottoman Empire

      Ottoman Empire
      -- transformed from at margins of Islamic world
      -- in Anatolia & Balkans
      -- to vast empire incl. traditional lands of Islam, incl. Mecca
      -- due to WAR:  war transformation
      -- Ottomans & Malmluks adversarial since
      -- Fall of Constantinople to Ottomans 1453
      -- vied for control of spice trace
      -- Ottomans wanted holy cities of Islam
      -- Malmluks ruled Syria & Egypt
      -- Ottomans defeated Safavid Persians
      -- 1514 Battle of Chaldiran
      -- then onto Malmluks

      Holiness (esp. for burial) in 4 holy Jewish cities
       

      JERUSALEM
      -- Jerusalem holiest in Judaism & spiritual centre since 10th Century Before Christ

      -- site chosen in lifetime of King David as location of Holy Temple

      -- Jerusalem associated with element of fire

      -- reference to continuous sacrificial fires kept burning at Holy Temple

      HEBRON
      -- burial place of Jewish patriarchs
      -- Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, Leah
      -- second holiest cities
      -- biblical figures bought land from Hittites & others

      SAFED (Tz'fat)
      -- post 1492 expulsion from Spain, influx of Jews
      -- became regarded as holy
      -- centre of kabbalistic scholarship
      -- Safed associated w/ element of air
      -- air:  mystical/spiritual branch of judaism that flourishes there


      KINNERET (Tiberias, Tverya), Galilee
      -- site where Jerusalem Talmud was composed
      -- home of Masoretes
      -- status as holy city = influx of rabbis
      -- established city as centre for Jewish learning 1700s & 1800s
      -- redemption will begin in KINNERET
      -- Sanhedrin will be reconstituted at KINNERET
      -- Messiah will arise from the lake of KINNERET & enter city
      -- Messiah will be enthroned at Safed, on summit of high hill

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Holy_Cities

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Mamluk_War_%281516%E2%80%9317%29



      JUDAISM - PRAYERS


      Amidah - Hebrew 'standing' (prayer)
      Tefilat HaAmidah 'standing' (prayer)
      Shmoneh Esreh 'The Eighteen' (19 blessings)

      NO. 1

      before reciting Amidah
      • take 3 steps backwards
      • take 3 steps forwards
      symbolic of entering into god's presence

      No. 2

      • begin (and end) with formal bow at knees & hips
      symbolic of demonstrating subservience to god


      First (3) Three Blessings


      1.  Avot ('ancestors')

      mentions:

      Patriarchs:  Abraham, Isaac, Jacob

      (in liberal congregations, also matriarchs:  Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, Rachel)

      asking god to hear prayer favourably because of merit of patriarchs

      2. Gevurah (might)
      blessing, reminder of god's absolute power of life and death

      3.  Kedushah (holiness)

      *two versions of this

      a) recited by individuals; &

      b) series of prayers & responses by leader & congregation.

      Emphasis on holiness & sacred nature of god -

      'Holy are You and holy is Your name.  Holy are those who praise you daily.'


      Communal repeat blessing 
      derived from prophet Isaiah's vision of god:

      in heavenly temple surrounded by angels singing praises (Isaiah ch.6)

      Isaiah, described angels echoing:

      “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts, the whole world is filled with His glory.”

      human chorus of voices imitates the heavenly chorus

      choreography designed to reflect angels

      • individuals rock on the balls of their feet 3 times
      • for each word 'holy' that is said

      symbolising fluttering of the angels who recite this line of praise

      more biblical verses recited, ending in blessing:

      'Praise are You, Adonai, the holy God.'

      Middle Section

      13 blessings (varies, day of week / holiday etc)


      Final Section

      Thanksgiving

      Three-fold priestly blessing

      Congregation response: 'So may it be God’s will'

      Shalom (peace)

      Final prayer of thanksgiving
      a final petition to bestow justice, mercy, & peace on the world

      Amidah ends with:

      'May God who brings peace to the universe, bring peace to us and all of the people, Israel. Amen.'

      -->  recited while taking 3 steps backwards & bowing to both sides
      -- > taking 3 steps forward & formally retreating from god's symbolic presence

      http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-amidah/#



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      Wow, I really enjoyed this ... and I found fluttering angels, as well.  

      There's everything here:  angels, rituals, religion, knowledge, language, war, empires, huge figures of history, symbolism, spirituality and much more. 

      Wish I could keep looking, but I've got to get some sleep.


      [unless otherwise stated, information from Wikipedia]





      Karbala
      Ashura


      Ali Fadhil (English Noha)



      "Our new year starts with mourning
      Muharram is our beginning
      The season’s tears are flowing
      Our Imam we are condoling"


      'Muharram' ('forbidden')
      second holiest month

      Muharram & Ashura
      sighting of new moon ushers
      in Islamic New Year
      first month:  Muharram

      Ashura ('Tenth')
      tenth day of Muharram
      mourning for martyrdom
      of Hussein ibn Ali

      Muharram 2016
      begins in evening of
      Saturday, October 1

      Karbala
      100km south-west of Baghdad

      holiest city for Shia Muslims
      Karbala is considered sacred by Shias
      rivals Mecca as a place of pilgrimage

      Karbala
      martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali
      (Imam Husayn)

      Battle of Karbala 680 AD

      Imam Hussein ibn Ali
      refusal to accept
      Umayyad Yazid ibn Mu'awiya as caliph

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karbala


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      Silver Chain

      Rowland S. Howard


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      Rowland Stuart Howard
      b. 24 Oct. 1959
      d. 30 Dec. 2009

      Hero to the Australian Underground
      Jan 7, 2010
      Link | here
       



      This is so beautiful.
      Almost religious.  


      Middle English religioun, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō, religiōn-, perhaps from religāre, to tie fast; see rely. (here)

      Latin religāre, to bind fast




      Da Pacem

      Domine


      Give peace, Lord



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      Latin religāre, to bind fast








      Shema Yisrael

      Sh'ma Yisrael
      Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל‎
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      This song is beautiful.

      First two words of Torah prayer (known as Shema), recited twice daily. 

      Also the last words of deceased.



      Shema | here

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      דָת
        religion, faith, denomination, edict

      דת

        religion, faith, belief, gospel; law, rule; decree 

      אֱמוּנָה
       
      faith, trust, belief, confidence, religion, devotion


      [I can't hear it ... Google translate doesn't provide audio & other site wants e-mail messing around, just to hear audio  ... lol ]

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      Bindings
      Arm, Head, Hand


      Tefillin
      two leather boxes
      with parchment bearing biblical passages

      arm binding
      lower bicep (as first blessing recited)
      Sephardic & Hasidic custom, wrap tefillin away from torso
      Ashkenazic custom, wrap tefillin towards torso

      head binding
      positioned at front hairline
      centred between eyes
      before tightening, blessing recited
      knot in soft spot, back head
      straps, shiny side out

      hand binding
      letters of one of god's names
      {Shaddai-sin, dalet, yod}
      'written' across the hand
      using tefillin straps
      strap of arm tefillin is wrapped around upper knuckle
      of middle finger (once)
      & twice over lower knuckle (second wrapping to extent over three fingers)
      -->  the actions make the letters:  dalet & yod.

      As middle finger is wrapped

      verse recited:
      "I betroth you to me forever.  I betroth you to me in righteousness, justice, loving kindness, and mercy.  I betroth you to me in faithfulness–and you shall know God."
      Book of Hosea

      Strap then wrapped diagonally across entire hand (except thumb), forming letter 'shin'

      Removal is conducted in reverse: hand, head, arm.

      Tefillin | here


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      Prophet Hosea  -  8th Century BC


      first of 12 minor prophets

      Israel's dark period
      North Kingdom decline & fall

      apostasy in favour of Canaanite gods

      North Kingdom
      -- kings
      -- aristocrats
      -- priests
      led community away from Jewish law

      they worshipped Canaanite gods:
      • Baal (storm god)
      • Asherah (fertility god)
      sins followed

      Hosea warns:  repent
      -- or will be destroyed
      -- will be taken into captive by Assyria (ruling empire)

      Hosea conveyed:
      * one god
      * no other god
      * no other saviour

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      {Hosea preoccupied with sex & sinners}


      Hosea directed by God to marry a promiscuous woman of ill-repute
      -- Israel is symbolized by a harlot (Gomer)
      -- a harlot who violates obligations of marriage to her husband

      Son of union:  Jezreel
      --  Jezreel = 'God Sows'
      -- name of valley associated with bloodshed, esp. for Northern Kingdom

      Fourth child of union:
      -- god commands name be:  Lo-ammi
      -- ie 'Not Mine'
      -- name of shame borne by child
      -- will be reflected in shame Northern Kingdom to bear
      -- no longer god's people
      -- god says: "I am not your I am"
      -- god changes is own name (in relation to relationship w/ Israel)

      Hosea
      -- first prophet to use marriage as a metaphor
      -- of the covenant between God &  Israel
      -- Jeremiah later influenced by Hosea

      Hosea
      -- first to emphasise moral side of god's nature

      Hosea
      -- chief sin in his view:  infidelity
      -- Israel was the adulterous wife
      -- despite Israel's infidelity, god does not cast Israel away forever
      -- god to take his people again after the judgement

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Hosea


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      War & Religion Ancient Greece


      "Waging war ... religious rituals were formed that would brace the aspiring warrior for the obscenities he would face as well as fill him with a sense of obligatory duty through ritual ordination."

      http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~croft/archives/academic/hist.html

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      [Will follow up ... when I've had some sleep.  Looks really cool.]









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      God With Us

      Nobiscum deus
      Gott mit uns
      С Hами Бог
      S Nami Bog

      'God' - fm proto-Germanic
        ǥuđán
      fm libation, or fm invoke

      Battle Cry

      L. Nobiscum deus
      'God with us'
      -- battle cry
      -- late Roman Empire + Byzantine Empire
      С Hами Бог
      'S Nami Bog'
      God With Us
      Church Slavonic
      --> Battle cry of late Roman Empire & of Byzantine Empire

      Church Slavonic
      = liturgical tradition introduced by:
      Thessalonian bro's
      Cyril & Methodius
      in late 9thC. in Nitra (Moravia / Slovkia)
      Church Slavonic
      = holy text / holy language
      -->Russia
      -->Ukraine
      -->Poland
      -->Bulgaria
      -->Serbia
      -->Montenegro
      -->Macedonia
      Gott mit uns
      (God with us)
      fm: German Empire 1871–1918
      to: end Third Reich
      motto + iron cross (black, white)
      = symbol Germany army from 1871 

      Islamic equivalent
      =   Allahu Akbar
      meaning 'God is Greater'

      [source:  wikipedia]


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      Different positions / mindsets:

      European - god With


      Asian - god Greater
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      God of War

      Camulus

      Celtic God of War
      God who Romans equated with Mars
      god of early Britain and Gaul
      esp. among  Belgae and the Remi
      {Gaulish tribe, lived (now) northern France, around Reims}

      In Rindern, Germany
      Camulos appears on a stone with a corona (wreath) of oak
      elsewhere -  ram-horned head depiction


      Camulodunum (now Colchester) in Essex
      likely named after Camulos
      {poss. basis for legendary city Camelot}

      Camulodunum
      -- Latinised form of Celtic:  Camulodunon, being:
          -- Camulos (War God)
          -- dunum:  fortification (see extensive Iron Age earthwork defences)

      Wearing oak leaves
      -- sign of special status among:  Celts, Romans, Greeks
      -- associated with:  The Dagda (the good god) - god of Irish mythology
      -- Dagda, derived fm proto-Indo-European
      -- fm.  Dhagho-deiwos 'shining divinity'
      -- association with sun, earth, kingship & excellence
      -- Dagda, father figure protector of tribe
      -- all-father, horned man, many-skilled
      -- Dagda:  magic club, cauldron
      -- magic number 9:  club kills 9 at a stroke

      see:

      Thor
      - Norse | Germanic - thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength

      Odin
      - Norse | Germanic - healing, death, loyalty, gallows, battle, sorcery, runes


      Óðinn  (old Norse)
      Anclicised: Odin
      Old English:  Wōden
      Old Saxon:  Wōden
      Old High German:  Wuotan
      Proto-Germanic adjective:  wōđaz
      Latin vātēs & Old Irish fáith
      -- both meaning:  'seer, prophet'

      Old High German: wuotī 'madness'
      -- derive from feminine noun *wōđīn, from *wōđaz

      adjectives stemming from:  *wōđaz
      -- Old Norse æða 'to rage
      -- Old Norse óðr, 'mad, frantic, furious'
      -- Old Saxon wōdian 'to rage'
      -- Old English wōd 'mad'
      -- Old High German wuoten 'to be insane, to rage'


      [source:  wikipedia]


      Father of Magical Songs
      Gore/Spear Master
      Swift in Deceit, Swift Tricker, Maddener, Wise in magical spells
      Goði of the Raven-offering
      Hooded, Masked One
      Battle blinder
      Lord of the hanged
      Warrior, Harrier, Lord
      Battle Wolf
      God of battle
      Raven God
      God of Victory, War God
      Slaughter-Great, Great of the Slain
      Chooser of the Slain
      Slain Tame, The Warrior
      Stormer

      Over 170 names are recorded for the god Odin


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      Звезда_Руси
      Star of Russia

      Svarog
      god of celestial fire & blacksmithing
      Svarog's Square or Star of Rus'
      {Roman equivalent:  Vulcan}
      Kolovrat, Sun wheel
      a symbol of Svarog (Swastika)

      aka:  gammadion cross, cross cramponnée, or wanzi

      -- ancient religious symbol
      -- pre-dates 2nd Century BC
      -- sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism (Sanskrit)
      -- decorative element in various cultures since at least the Neolithic
      -- later adopted by National Socialists (NSDAP) Germany
      -- swastika comes from the Sanskrit word swastika ('lucky' object)
      -- term 'swastika' used since 1870s - replacing gammadion (fm Gk)

      -- earliest known object with swastika-motifs
      -- a bird made of tusk of a mammoth
      -- from palaeolithic settlement of Mezine, Ukraine
      -- dated to 10,000 BCE

      -- hypothesis:  4 arms represent elements or seasons
      -- Swastika primitive astrological symbol: geometric pattern in sky
      -- Reza Assasi says:  four-horse chariot of Mithra in ancient Iran
      -- cosmos pulled by 4 heavenly horses revolving around a fixed centre on clockwise direction
      -- see:   Iranian mythology
      -- transmitted to the west and flourished in Roman mithraism

      -- Mirror-image swastikas (clockwise and anti-clockwise)
      -- found on ceramic pottery in the Devetashka cave, Bulgaria, dated 6,000 BCE

      Iron Age swastika
      -- Indo-European cultures such as Indo-Iranians, Celts, Greeks, Germanic peoples and Slavs

      Tierwirbel
      Germ. 'animal whorl'
      -- motif in Bronze Age Central Asia, Eurasian Steppe,
      -- Iron Age Scythian & European (Baltic & Germanic) culture
      -- rotational symmetric arrangement of an animal motif, often four birds' heads

      Sun Cross
      -- Bronze Age Europe
      -- 'Sun cross" (3-4-armed hooked cross in circle)
      -- interpreted as a solar symbol

      Greco-Roman antiquity
      -- Ancient Greek architectural, clothing & coin designs
      -- single or interlinking swastika motifs
      -- gold plate fibulae (brooches or pins), 8th century BC decorated with an engraved swastika
      -- related symbols in classical Western architecture:
      -- cross, three-legged triskele or triskelion (Celtic 3 spirals), rounded lauburu (Basque swastika)

      Illyrians
      -- swastika widespread, symbolising sun
      -- sun cult was main Illyrian cult
      -- sun represented by swastika in clockwise motion

      Slavic
      -- 'little sun' - Early Slavic pagan symbol of sun god
      -- engraved on wood monuments near resting places of fallen slavs
      -- represents eternal life
      -- found on architectural features, embroidery & poetry

      Russia
      -- Kolovrat symbol (spinning wheel)
      -- native swastika / solar symbol
      -- adopted by neo-pagans
      -- Kolovrat appropriated by nationalist organisations in Russia
      -- claiming it as ancient symbol exclusive to East Slavs
      -- Russian National Unity group's branch in Estonia
      -- officially registered under the name "Kolovrat"
      -- Estonia:  1 year prison for distribution of Kolovrat
      -- reportedly used by Rusich Battalion, "Russian neo-Nazi militant group
      -- known for operation - War in Donbass"
      -- Kolovrat looks like a circular plough / wheel
      -- similar to magical symbols on the drums of Sami shamans

      Russia
      -- 19th century (ie 1800s)
      -- swastika one of the Russian empire's symbols
      -- was also placed on coins as background to Russian eagle

      1800s
      -- Heinrich Schliemann
      -- discovered swastika at site of ancient Troy
      -- associated with the ancient migrations of Proto-Indo-Europeans
      -- hence Proto-Indo-Germanisch, German language historians
      -- Schliemann linked:   linking Germanic, Greek & Indo-Iranian cultures
      -- Schliemann work - later associated w/  völkisch movements

      [source:  wikipedia]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#Slavic
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauburu
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      libation
      fm L. libatio, an act of pouring
      fm verb libare, to taste, sip; pour out, make a libation

      Roman Religion
      libation was an act of worship in the form of a liquid offering
      unmixed wine & perfumed oil


      ara (pl. arae) - altar
      simple open-air structures
      within a sacred precinct - templum

      templum
      sacred space defined by augur
      for ritual purposes
      cut off as sacred

      augur (pl. augures)
      -- official and priest
      -- interpreted the will of gods
      -- in relation to proposed action
      -- ritually defined templum (sacred space)
      -- augur aligned his zone of observation
      -- with cardinal points of heaven & earth
      -- sacrificial offering
      -- observed signs
      -- (esp. actions & flight of birds)
      -- important re all major official business
      -- incl. war
      -- ancient prerogative of Regal & patrician magistrates
      -- {under Republic extended to magistrates)
      -- {after 300 BC, plebeians could become augurs)

      auspicia
      -- the observation of birds as signs of divine will
      -- est. by  Romulus, first king of Rome

      augurium
      -- same as auspicia impetrativa
      -- a body of signs sought through prescribed ritual means

      x3 augaria

      1. fas - ask gods annual if fas (right) to ask for safety of Romans
      2. augurium canarium, a dog sacrifice (for grain crops)
         (held in the presence of the pontiffs as well as the augurs)
      3. vernisera auguria - springtime rite


      [source:  wikipedia]


      [photograph:  Horsch, Willy]

      Castle Koblenz Niederberg
      altar stone with the figure of offerings
      The stone was of Cnaeus Calpurnius Verus
      Dedicated to the goddess Fortuna - the prefect of the cohort.  
      Limestone, 1st half of the 3rd century.


      [source:  wikipedia]



      [that was all good ... until it got to the dog sacrifice]
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      Other  - Slavic


      Svarog
      -- Slavic god of celestial fire & blacksmithing
      -- personification of daylight sky itself
      -- Svarožič worshipped by a tribe of Ratars
      -- in city of Ridegost (Rethra)
      -- word Svarog is cognate (common origin) with
      -- Indo-Aryan Sanskrit 'Svarga' (Heaven or Sky)
      -- ratars -- Lutici federation of West Slavic Polabian tribes
      -- 10th - 12th Century, lived (now) north-eastern Germany
      -- in part, continuation of Veleti
      -- federation comprised of:
      Slavic
      • four major Lutician tribes
      • Redarians (Redari, Redarii)
      • Circipanians (Circipani)
      • Kessinians (Kessini, Kycini, Chizzini)
      • Tollensians (Tholenzi)
      -- power was asserted via consensus
      -- formed in central assemblies of the social elites
      -- worshipped nature & several deities
      -- political & religious centre: Radgosc
      -- most likely site:  present day settlement of Gross Raden
      -- based on discovery of old pagan temple ruins
      -- (Groß Raden Archaeological Open Air Museum)
      -- w/in kms near Sternberg, German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

      -- Slavic Revolt 983
      -- started after a meeting at civitas Rethre
      -- likewise:  Obotrite revolt of 1066 - celebrated by
      -- ritual decapitation of captured bishop Johann of Mecklenburg
      -- sacrifice of his head, stuck on a lance, to Riedegost

      Rethra
      -- aka Radagoszcz, Radegost, Radigast, Redigast, Radgosc & other

      Great Slav Rising in 983
      uprising of the Polabian Slavs (Wends)
      mostly Lutici and Obotrite tribes
      living east of the Elbe River (modern north-east Germany)
      Revolt against:
      (1) revolting against Christianisation
      (2) subjugation to German (former East Frankish) realm of the Holy Roman Emperor

      conquer & conversion campaigns:
      Henry the Fowler (German king)
      Otto I (his son) - 962 was crowned Holy Roman Emperor

      Otto had defeated:
      -- defeated an alliance of Obotrite & Circipani tribes
      -- 955 Battle on the Raxa
      -- purpose of conversions:   to stabilize his rule

      -- internal dissension in Holy Roman Empire
      -- Slavic forces led by the Lutici revolted
      -- starting from Slavic sanctuary at Rethra
      -- drove out the political & religious representatives of Empire
      -- bishops' seat of Havelberg  occupied and plundered 983
      -- Obotrites joined the Lutici
      -- defeated:
          -- St Lawrence monastery in Kalbe
          -- bishopric of Oldenburg
          -- assaulted Hamburg (Obotrites under king, Mstivoj)
      -- Northern March & March of the Billungs were lost
      -- March of Lusatia & adjacent marches
      -- of Zeitz, Merseburg & Meissen in south
      -- did not take part in uprising
      -- 985 onwards:  Princes of Empire
      -- & Christian Polish princes attempt to subjugate
      -- unsuccessful
      -- 1003 Kign Henry II of Germany
      -- allied self to Lutici & waged war against Poland prince
      -- area ruled by Polabian Slaves - un-Christianised until 12th C.
      -- uprising stopped further German eastward expansion for 200 years
      -- it went downhill for Slavic paganism:
      -- in 12th Centyry:  Wendish Crusade of 1147


      Obotrites
      -- confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes
      -- (modern Mecklenburg & Holstein, northern Germany)
      -- allies of Charlemagne in wars versus Germanic Saxons & Slavic Veleti
      -- Battle of Bornhöved (798) - defeated Saxons
      -- ruling clan of the Obotrites kept power
      -- throughout the Germanisation & ruled their country
      -- some Obotrites migrated to the south
      -- settled in Pannonian Plain
      -- intermixed with South Slavs and became assimilated by Serbs
      -- rulers of Obotrite lands, later Dukes & Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg


      [source:  wikipedia]







      Братина | Шамиля. Ойся, ты ойся, Ты меня не бойся
      Bratina | Shamil
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OIPsfAY404

      Bratina | Oysya
      Audio  | https://clyp.it/uhhfvhbr


      Казачья лезгинка | Cossack Lezginka
      (Lezginka Male Folk Dance (often with sword))
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw1tWUNI2cA


      Perevalsk Cossack
      National Guard Great Don Army 2014
      Ойся ты ойся, ты меня не бойся  | Oysya
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKyKNhIbCvg


      Dance Song of the
      Kuban & Terek Cossacks | Oysya (yes, again ... lol)
      Плясовая песня Кубанских и Терских
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMd3tQUcbUw
       [Cossack songs are addictive]

      Vladimir Putin Tribute | Katyusha
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSZfHN-zT2w


      lol ... I love this:  Putin's Song
      Это может быть
      {he was so cute}
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlInaNps2qw

      [This is getting off theme now ;)]







      SHAWNEE SIOUX WAR DANCE

      Shawnee
      Ša˙wano˙ki | Shaawanowi lenaweeki
      Algonquian-speaking
      Sioux
      fm Nadoüessioüak (Northern Iroquoian)
      Sioux:  Santee (Knife), Yankton-Yanktonai (Village-at-the-end), & the Lakota (Teton)
      Great Sioux Nation | Očhéthi Šakówiŋ
      'Seven Council Fires'
      Sun Dance

      • traditional drum
      • sacred fire
      • ceremonial pipe prayer
      • fasting & (sometimes) ceremonial piercing of skin
      Indigenous tribes, North America
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IoSz-9JkavI

      Lakota Victory Song
      Battle of the Little Bighorn June 25-26 1876
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgcCI3mYUxY



      Altai Kai | Warriors Words
      AltaiKai (АлтайКай)
      Folk band from Altai Republic, Russian Federation
      Capital:   Gorno-Altaysk
      209 BC-93 CE, under Xiongnu Empire
      Xiongnu, confederation of Eurasian nomads
      Xiongnu dominated the Asian Steppe, 3rd C. BC to 1st C. AD
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u_3WMPQzdM


      Okna Tsahan Zam - Eejin Duun (Kalmyk Folk Song)
      Khalmg әmtnә o-tung.

      Kalmyk folk song "Eezhin tung" ("Song of the mother"). 
      Artist Vladimir Kara, drawings
      Ganbat Badamkhand (Ganbat Badamhan).
      Dedicated to his son.
      Kalmyk are branch of Oirats (Mongols)
      Ancient grazing-lands: 
      parts  Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia & China
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rPtuCvbUtw

      'Morgul' by Ay-Kherel
      Ay Kherel Prayer

      Sumu chonum sür-le küzhü
      Sularavas byzhyg turzun
      Sürüg maldyŋ bazhy mendi
      Sürlüg küzhü ulam össün

      Ajmak chonum töleezi boop
      Khamagalap tejlep or men
      Taŋdymajdan örsheel dilep
      Avyraldap chalbarydym.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDWlyRABM1I 
      Tuva Groove 
      Kongar-Ol Ondar
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGArN7FVyM4


      Back TUVA Future | Ondar in Vladivostok
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uf1lEawgTE


      Preußens Gloria
      Prussia Glory March
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_6AQA4uzD0

      Erika | Marschlied
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc-DgRO1SrQ


      SAM Song
      Wolfe Tones
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTJQkhWZekI


      Wolfe Tones | Come Out Ye Black & Tans
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8s2MSVaXNqQ

      The Ballad of Mairead Farrell

      by Seanchai & The Unity Squad (vocals by Rachel)
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ELdWiYopuw

      "Scotland the Brave" (Gaelic: Alba an Aigh)
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSH0eRKq1lE 


      Rule Britannia (Royal Navy version)
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voeo0Oiox-c


      Samurai Battle March
      {Kodo Ibuki Taiko style}
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8t0KTOeMPw 


      Haka  | QAMR 150th Anniversary
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKUw7vBUHIs


      Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxzDme7tq20


      Mourning for Imam Hussian
      Tehran Iran 2011
      5th night of Muharram
      Historical Context
      Battle of Karbala - 680 AD
      in (now) Iraq
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLg5OfFTXBY


      صباح الخير سوريا
      | Good Morning Syria
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XtdsYtgtC8 


      Indian Sufi Tribute to Ali
      'Ali Maula' by Salim-Sulaiman & Salim Sadruddin Merchant
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdmPOx-DP6M&feature=youtu.be

       


      Sh'ma Yisrael
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzbnTA09jxM&list=PL8JSowGowblpCSNCsVKrItZm5lj7NiGSu&index=3


      Im Nin'Alu 
      Ofra Haza
      https://youtu.be/ZRnzTTYk7_Q 



      Jerushalaim shel zahav 
      Jerusalem of Gold
      Yerushalayim shel zahav
      Veshel nechoshet veshel or
      Halo lechol shirayich Ani kinor.
      Oh, Jerusalem of gold,
      and of light and of bronze,
      I am the lute for all your songs.
      Lyrics | here
      https://youtu.be/Gj5H_Fz1dCY

      Havah Nagila
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYO27u-rUj4


      Mustapha | Queen
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-zh0a6nDTo


      (Hey There) Big Bad Wolf
      The Sham-Ettes
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48NthNJLsAA


      Hammer Horror | Kate Bush
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=todeqpZEX8M


      And The Band Played On
      (Down Among The Dead Men)
      | Flash And The Pan  [1978]
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uiIxAUmPMA 





      Fujiyama Mama | 1957
      Wanda Jackson
      https://youtu.be/mqLBJroD_YY 


      Edelweiss
      https://youtu.be/aii5l2pRY2s



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      Kerman, Persia
      home of Zoroastrian fire temples
      founded by Sassanid Empire 3rd Century AD
      lost to Muslims
      Battle of Nahavad 642





      Video - Karbala Ashura
      Link | Post



      New Year Project
      Music by:  The Flashbulb
      Smoking Blue Midi

      Smoking Blue Midi (The Flashbulb) / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

      Benn Jordan  | more


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      Concubine Waltz | Sunday Driver
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCfbWrQkf6c

      Chasing the Dragon | The Melting Clock
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZO1Uod4eOg

      The Ballad of Black Jack Jezebel | Clockwork Dolls
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFjPXpefPjQ
      *This ballad sounds little like something Nick Cave would do.

      Doomsday Serenade | Jill Tracy
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBSREg4DKBM

      Oui Oui Oui | The Me's
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15EsZplQ_Ws

      Johnny Remember Me | The Meteors
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDtO5D1jShk


      Eloise | The damned
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fcWG1-BHsE


      She Comes | Vermillion Lies
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=890JJeRmzJE


      Delilah |  The Dresden Dolls
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnnMad3c9y4


      Alibi | Johnny Hollow
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK4DghAxZ_g




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       Battle Cries
      Mongols
      'Uukhai!' or 'Uuhai!' battle cry
      urged both man & horse to battle
      used modern Mongolia
      esp.  traditional archery
      used as signal of archer hitting target


      Crusaders
        'Deus vult!'
      (Latin:  God Wills!)







      ❤ ❤ ❤



      Imperial Russian
      Army Song
      Взвейтесь, соколы, орлами!
      Vzveytes Sokoly Orlami!



      Soar, falcons, eagles! 








      ❤ ❤ ❤

      Hellalujah

      Hanzel Und Gretyl





      Temple of Love


       Sisters Of Mercy

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