@civilwarbore ...saw more fairy spirits? Or something. But at the same time, many of the "evil" spirits are faeries, like banshee.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip Yeah & it's all made more difficult because the damn druids wouldn't wrote anything down.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@civilwarbore although the implications of stuff from the hostile sources is SO interesting. One thing I like is kingship rituals2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@civilwarbore ...and the meat and bones were boiled while the king sat in the water, and then everyone at the sacrifice would eat the meat1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip the marriage of the king to the land! Pretty potent symbolism.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore yes exactly, I thought that was so interesting. The gendered landscape, in the words of Lisa Bitel1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@AdmiralHip to be fair the land brings forth crops from her body, which would easily correlate to the feminine back then.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@civilwarbore while civilization and Roman religion/Christianity was masculine2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip also both very urban, interestingly. There's a lot of fascinating threads to follow there.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore yeah it is interesting. It's changed nowadays, because the wild is seen as masculine and the city is seen as feminine
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