Comunità Odinista - A worldwide Cisalpine-Odinist community; "Identity" music"

Comunità Odinista ritual featuring the old flag of Langbard

https://www.comunitaodinista.org/

https://www.facebook.com/comunitaodinista/

Comunità Odinista was started in 1994 as an Odinist/Asatru association for Cisalpine people worldwide. The above flag is the flag of the Langbard Kingdom, and yes... it really did have a flaming red odal rune in the center; however, the inner shield was greyish brown instead of white with more of an shadowed outline of a black eagle. I exchanged emails a few years ago with a woman who was a member of the CO in Rosario, Argentina. I recall that there was a small CO group in Florida I believe. I recall some years ago briefly exchanging some messages with a Spanish Asutrar group called something like "Teutonica Alianza." I'm personally not an Asutrar, but there has been an upsurge of Euro-folk-related groups in recent years, based on the pre-Christian traditions. As far as those either related or intrinsically Cisalpine in origin, would include Asatru, the Roman and Etruscan pantheons, Gaulish polytheism, Druidism, Proto-European witchcraft, Stregheria and other magickal traditions.

There has also been a spike in recent years of "identity" music--often heavy metal or hard rock, but other forms as well--from all over the world, such as Celtic or Viking metal. In one of the recent posts, I put an example of an Etruscan-themed band. "Neoclassical darkwave" is one example of one of the many other sub-genres. There's even Catholic-themed darkwave--as I recall one such impressive band from Sardinia--and more than I can remember without committing myself to making a long list. The point is that it's not just loud "Viking metal" or "Wiccan chants"; there could be something for a lot of people to look into.

Sometimes there can be inaccurate perceptions, such as perhaps "Celtic metal" must be from Ireland; the greater Celtic cultures were from Ireland to Poland, and from Portugal to the south Balkans. One of the best Celtic metal bands that I've heard is a band from Spain called the Crystalmoors. Many of these bands--from Germany, Russia, Italy, Argentina, etc--the names escape me off-hand. I have seen where they have toured all over the U.S. It's not really "traditional music" as such, but more like any popular type of music with a particular "identity theme."


************


'Rex Gloriae' by Atrium Animae, a Catholic-themed darkwave band from Sardinia....





************

Atrium Animae songlist at YouTube
 
Atrium Animae YouTube

.

Etruscan women, mythology, and the god Veltha

Etruscan Women
 
Tanguy de Thuret
 
Twenty-five hundred years ago, Etruscan women living in the Italian region of what is now called Tuscany were afforded a remarkably equal status with men.
 
An American Art Historian & journalist explains her passion about them & why they are still relevant in contemporary Italian society.

**************************************************

Etruscan mythology

The Etruscan pantheon and its mythology appears to be as mysterious and alluring as any others of the ancient world, yet little is known of it. Part of the reason is that the Romans defeated the Etruscan civilization, destroyed their structures and culture, stole their technology, wiped out any memory of them, and fully replaced them. Only later did they resurrect some of the Etruscan deities under different names. Although apparently goddess-orientated, the supreme god of the Etruscans was a male deity called Voltumna (or Veltha).

The 'Etrusca Disciplina', as they were later referred to by the Romans, were spiritual scriptures made up of three "books of fate." There does seem to be a book of this name in Italian, published in 2006, but it's already out of print... and no English translation. Apparently the original was translated into Latin, yet there is little about it online. I can't even find any evidence that these texts still exist in any form.



Re-imagining and re-imaging the Etruscan pantheon

It's just like anything else, the Etruscan pantheon could be brought back into our imagination if there was the imagery available. For example, the imagery of Odin or Thor, Isis or Thoth, and Zeus or Poseidon, are known the world over. They're probably more known by their images--their dress and props, and the distinct cultural architecture amid the landscap in the background--than they are for even their legends. The Etruscans don't have this in today's world, partly because the Romans stole their thunder.

This would be an interesting challenge for an artist, to do proper research and attempt to recreate this pantheon in art... for example, the god Veltha or the goddess Alpanu. Voltumna, or Veltha as I prefer, is easily the equal of Zeus, Isis, or Odin.

.

The Raven witch and the Autumnal equinox

I missed this seasonally, but this video just sort've came together for me. However, we are still in the Fall. To change the subject, I suppose that I'm not the only one who has fallen in love with certain software programs which slowly become obsolete... and the newer versions of Windows force them out.... aaaand, the newer versions are awful. I loved Corel Photo Paint 8, but it's just no longer compatible, and the newer versions are really, really bad. They're ridiculously confusing and positively limited. There's a big difference between that, and merely getting used to the newer versions of Word, which really just take some time getting used to. I used to really love the older WordPerfect office, more than Word, but I guess it's just a matter of going with what it pragmatic and available.


The Raven witch and the Autumnal equinox


Equinox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumnal_equinox

An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the center of the Sun being in the same plane as the Earth's equator. The term equinox can also be used in a broader sense, meaning the date when such a passage happens. The name "equinox" is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night), because around the equinox, night and day are about equal length.


Wheel of the Year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_of_the_Year

Autumnal equinox
The holiday of the autumnal equinox, Harvest Home, Mabon, the Feast of the Ingathering, Meán Fómhair or Alban Elfed (in Neo-Druidic traditions), is a Pagan ritual of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth and a recognition of the need to share them to secure the blessings of the Goddess and the God during the coming winter months. The name Mabon was coined by Aidan Kelly around 1970 as a reference to Mabon ap Modron, a character from Welsh mythology.[27] Among the sabbats, it is the second of the three Pagan harvest festivals, preceded by Lammas / Lughnasadh and followed by Samhain.


[Music: 'Dream Weaver by Michelle Mays; 'Celtic Requiem Chant' by Elliot Simons]

.