An Ancient Trail

opens before you. Will you follow it? magical whimsy and nature things main is @easternwoods

[ancient-trail]

artposting @easternwoods

garbposting @justgarb

mainposting @nerdintheforest

this is an aesthetic blog where I store things that put me in the right headspace for arts/crafts/sewing/ren faires/reenactment

[thatemeraldkid-deactivated20180]

Reminder

NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHERE THE GIANT PRIMORDIAL NORSE COW WENT

STILL

WHERE THE HELL DID SHE GO?

[godswalkwithher]

looking for other things to lick, obvs

[tyrsbeast-blog]

She went into the universe. Why do you think we call our patch the Milky Way. Follow the Milky way and you find: her.

[godswalkwithher]

Licking things

[ek-vitki]

Auðhumla presumably still exists in Ginnungagap, licking things and spontaneously generating life from her primordial tastings.

[thatemeraldkid-deactivated20180]

so like lemme bring this back ok

there is a giant cow out there

licking shit, possibly bringing other giant beings into creation

and like no one ever thought to mention it?

Odin’s just chillin in Asgard thinking “Yeah…look at her go. Doin’ what she does best. Thanks, grandma.”

[redsixwing]

My name is Cow

And in the gap

My busy tung

Dus lick and lap

My huf is strong

My horn is curld

I wandr round

I lik the world

[thatemeraldkid-deactivated20180]

#StraightOuttaTheProseEdda

[sinni-ok-sessi]

ek heiti kýr falla frá mér allar árnar sem eru hér. en þó at tungan mín nú frýss, nú stend ek hér.

ek sleiki ís.

_______

Rough translation:

My name is cow from me ther flow all the rivers down belo. and tho my tung  do pay the price, now i stand here.

I lik the ice.

[dduane]

:)

[dionysianfrenzy3]

Medieval Prison, Domenico Ferri

[memories-of-ancients]

Viking silver brooch uncovered at Ortan Scar near Westmoreland, England, dated 9th-10th century

from The Society of Antiquaries of London

[bogkeep]

the viking market is so good!!!! i'm so glad i went!!!! we got a tour of a grave field and i found a four leaf clover. my mom made delicious stew. it's been raining but it hasn't been cold!

[rosieandthemoon]

Gwrych Castle in Wales

[house-of-neptune]

Late 15th century French chest via Met Museum

[blueiscoool]

1,500-Year-Old Gold Sword Fitting Found in Norway

A 1,500-year-old gold sword-scabbard fitting found by a local walker beneath a storm-felled tree in Sandnes, Norway, is offering archaeologists a rare glimpse into a powerful warrior elite that ruled the region during the Migration Period.

The discovery was made in Austrått, a district of Sandnes in Rogaland county, near the hill known as Riaren. The finder, a father of two who lives nearby, had been exploring the local walking area when he noticed an old tree that had been torn from the ground by a storm years earlier. Curious about the soil exposed beneath its roots, he used a stick to prod a small rise in the earth. Something flashed.

At first, he did not know what he had uncovered. Archaeologists at the Archaeological Museum, University of Stavanger, soon realized the object was extraordinary: a richly decorated piece of gold, most likely once mounted on the scabbard of a high-status sword.

Only 17 comparable pieces are known from Northern Europe, and this is the first discovery of its kind in Rogaland. That rarity alone would make the object important. But its location, wear and decoration make it even more valuable for understanding the political landscape of western Norway around 1,500 years ago.

The gold fitting measures about six centimeters wide, a couple of centimeters high and only a few millimeters thick. It weighs 33 grams. Though small, it belonged to a world of power. Such fittings were associated with prestigious swords carried by men at the very top of society.

By Oguz Buyukyildirim.

[memories-of-ancients]

Drinking horn with gilded copper mounts, Europe, 15th century

from The Hunt Museum, Limerick

[goth-queen]

[thecollectibles]

Historical Mermay by Chloe’s arts

Tumblr: @chloezarts

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold decorated kris from northeast Java, Indonesia, late 18th century.

from The Livrustkammaren

[venustapolis]

Walkers on an Avenue (Hubert Robert, 1733 - 1808)

[letmeinimafairy]

A recent commission, back to the cave. Slowly started creating some kind of a story in cave paintings in my head, a continuation of the ammonite cave.

[proartspb]

[bisthefairy]

Stealing prev tags uwu

[sourcreammachine]

^mental gymnastics of the forcefield denier

[westeastsouthnorth]

Orhei National Park, Moldova

[rosieandthemoon]

hedge labyrinth at the Château de la Ballue in France