We discussed the Apam Napat type god (Heimdallr, Neptune, Nechtan) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a0y7JjrxgyE

Discussing the Varuna (Terrible Sovereign) type god live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv6Mq8tBlzM

Discussing *Dyews/Zeus and Mitra now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLkxR26VHG0

Discussing the “Absolute” in the Rig Veda and Atharvaveda and how this connects to the identity of the Cailleach https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eSM6m2o1Pq8

The Mitra (*Dyews) Type God: Part 2

If you believe that Zeus is equivalent of Dyaus or Indra, you are forgetting to factor in the Sovereign: Mitra-Varuna.

To do so, you must first reconstruct him.
From this, much of Comparative Mythology falls into place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_KrSkcZC2U

Special Samhain episode.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-gYtYAUbcYI

Who is Aillen, the Burner, defeated by Fionn on Samhain?

What myth does this battle parallel?

And is Diwali from a shared root with Samhain?

Thank you to Boban Saor for pointing out several of the details in this video and aiding me with the Gaelic.

Happy Samhain to everyone.

- O’Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Join "The Battle for the Celtic Creation Myth"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztejax6iNlg

Are the Celts ALLOWED to have a Creation Myth?


Or must externally imposed strawman requirements eternally bar them from claiming the ones they already have?

Arno and I discussed the great god of Thunder INDRA and his European parallels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhSa35nh0mU

The Rebirth of the Celtic Creation Myth

A follow up to my last video, in this one I go through a set of the most fascinating points in the Celtic Creation Myth.

Watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_WLaCJevJI

Excited to announce the release of a new book I’ve been working on for quite some time! Although it is not part of the two-volume series "Slavic Traditions & Mythology", it serves as a natural continuation, focusing on a more specific topic—epic poetry—and thus complements the series perfectly.

The book spans 363 pages, featuring a rich collection of songs accompanied by in-depth mythological and symbolic analyses. It is now available on Amazon in both paperback and hardcover editions at the following link.

Amazon denoscription:
"Slavic Myths & Epic Poetry: Gods, Symbols, and Indo-European Roots of the Heroic Tradition by Stefan Cvetković takes readers deep into the ancient soul of the Slavic world. It features South Slavic epic songs—traditionally performed by local bards—alongside legends and beliefs that, beneath their masks of kings, knights, and saints, conceal traces of ancient gods, cosmic battles, and sacred symbols echoing across the Indo-European world, revealing how the ancient myths of the Slavic gods, their adversaries, mythical heroes, and their divine helpers survived through centuries of change.

By drawing parallels between Slavic folklore and the wider Indo-European mythic tradition, this work uncovers forgotten and hidden motifs that shed new light on the deeper roots and meanings of Slavic mythology. As such, it is suitable for anyone who wants to expand their knowledge of Slavic mythology, whether they are already acquainted with the subject or are newcomers who wish to discover something new."

Discussing the Mediterranean Thunderers and beyond with Josephus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JKA1_rtJzI

Just received this in the mail and looking forward to diving into it.
I think there is a lot learn from Slavic lore tradition and it’s a big blind spot for me. Thanks Stefan https://news.1rj.ru/str/stefcvetkovic

- O’Gravy

Abbas knows his stuff

The Gaulish Mercury of Caesar: His Identity Revealed

This is a culmination of much of my work and is the realization of harmony between Insular and Continental Celtic and Germanic religion,

That they share their leading god and always did:

the One-Eyed Wise God of Ravens, the Wild Poet God.

Watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqCc0a1YLdY

- O'Gravy, The Sun Riders
@solarcult

Great to see

Passing Thoughts on Santa

We are talking about archetypes on the Celtic and Indo-European level, within the folk soul, not necessarily simple historical blueprints.

Sure the Dagda is chubby and comic and eats and gives food, but isn’t he a bit of a red herring?

Who is the god who is the smith of smiths, with a famous magical bag in which he holds treasure gifts that he actually gives to various heroes?
Who is the god who tests whether a person is true or false and rewards them accordingly?
Who even has a story where he acts like the Dickensian ghost(s) of Christmas as he tests and teaches a man by taking away and then giving back his family?
Who is the god who (if we look at parallels) actually rivals the Dagda in eating ability?
Who is the god who is at home in a fireplace?
Who brings the most needed cheer in winter?

Manannan, the Fire God.

Give him a consideration this Yule. He loves a good trick yet is a great friend and gift-giver to humans and gods. He is as comic and playful as the Dagda and will eat any doubter out of house and home if he please.

If you don’t like the idea of a high god being the model of Santa, then any sort of smith or dwarf figure might provide what you seek, for instance Goibniu (equivalent of the dwarves) or Goban Saor.

But the Fire god is the leader of the smiths, who work under him (see Hephaestus), and that reminds of Santa a bit.
Manawydan is the first god in the Mabinogi to demonstrate craft and smith work when he exemplifies shield, saddle and shoe making. He has the belt and hook of Goibniu and the magical crane bag out of which he gifts crafted treasures.

My favorite argument for the Dagda being Santa-like, on the other hand, is that wind (the Dagda) is what rushes down a chimney and INTO a house, as Santa does, and the god of giving life breath surely gives a vital gift to rival that of Manannan.

On the Finn side, he is not quite a warm, crafting Santa type. But as I showed in my recent video, he is the essence of that crafting fire: Finn and Manannan are not esoterically separable. As his legendary form Partholon, Finn brings all the gifts of culture and society, including brewing and mercantile trade, the inextricable core of the Holiday experience!

Merry Christmas and happy Yule-Season

- O’Gravy, The Sun Riders

The Celtic Vishnu is a War God: Neit/Nwython, aka Cuchulainn, Cichol/Cicolluis, the Boar of Formael

Néit/Neto is a shadowed yet potent power among the gods of the Celts, a dread lord of war whose presence is felt wherever battle rages and blood is given to the earth. He stands among the ancient divine ones, bound to the Morrígan and the terrible company of war goddesses, and is remembered as a primordial father and progenitor, begetter of the Fomorians and source of ruinous strength. In Néit is embodied the raw and untamed force of conflict—the storm of slaughter, the breaking of hosts, and the sacred terror of war itself. Though his name and deeds at times flow into those of other war gods, he endures in the genealogies as an ancient king and divine ancestor, woven into the mythic accounts of conquest and destruction, a masculine counterpart to the battle-queens who circle the slain. His avatars include the legendary warrior Cu-Chulain and the Boar of Fromael amongst others His counterparts are Vishnu/Fenrir in the Veidc and Norse pantheons.