The Gniezno Doors doors, from Gniezno Cathedral in Poland.
1. Prussians telling St. Adalbert of Prague which way he should turn back.
2. Prussians dealing with St. Adalbert of Prague after he didn’t listen.
In Indo-European belief, fire mediates between men and gods. In the Vedas, Agni is the “mouth of the gods.” In Lithuania, sacred flame was tended by vestals. And byzantines called Algirdas:
ὁ μέγας ῥὴξ τῶν πυρσολατρῶν
“the great king of the fire-worshippers.”
"Jānis" - Ansis Cirulis, 1931.
Jānis represents the ancient Latvian pagan God of Summer, fertility, and the Summer Solstice (Jāņi/Līgo), celebrated with bonfires, songs, and rituals for abundance and protection. 🍻🔥#Latvia#Baltics
In 1939 there were ~ 10,000,000 white people in Canada.
After almost a hundred years of war where we lost so many lives of our young brave soldiers …
We are now ~ 25,000,000.
We shall overcome. ✊🏻
@Wrda175532@serbiaireland I would agree, I think it's widely accepted that he/ the Varangians were originally Norse. That's an intriguing theory though, it seems to fit nicely with what we know about their origin.