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European races

So, the main source I'm refering to in the following, is the book "Rassenkunde des deutschen Volkes“ written by Hans Günther in 1925. I own it as a book, the PDF you can find here: 

https://archive.org/details/Guenther-Hans-Kleine-Rassenkunde-des-deutschen-Volkes-2/mode/2up 

 I've read a few other books, but these don't go as much into detail as Günter's work. Said book is mostly about races in Germany at that time, but he wrote other books as well. I did not read those yet. So the information given in the book might not be „up-to-date“, but still interesting and maybe useful to compare to genetic research we know from today (haplogroups)

Günther used a specific way of classification. He took different traits into consideration, such as skull shape, length, body shape and height, hair/eye/skin/lip color, facial structure and also personality. He classified 5 different European races (other authors sometimes used different names, he mentioned them as well). In the introduction he briefly describes the 5 different European races and their names. 

 1) Nordic race: tall, long skull, slim face, pronounced chin, soft and light hair, light eyes (in deep eye holes), nose with long nose bridge, rosy-pale skin. Other names used by other authors: „race nordique“ (author: Deniker), „teutonic race“ (Ripley), „homo europaeus“ (Linné) 

 2) „Westische Rasse“ (Western race): smaller grown, long skulled, slim face, less pronounced chin, soft brown/black hair, dark eyes in deep eye holes, tanned skin. Other names: „ibero = insulaire“ and „littorale ou atlonto = méditerranéene“ (Deniker), „eurafrican“ (Sergi), „mediteranean race“, „homo mediterraneus“. Günther used the name Western race, instead of Mediterranean race to better distingush them of different prehistoric distribution areas. (In western Norway, Scotland, Southern England and Ireland were people of this race proven).

3) Dinaric race: tall, short skulled, slim faced, steep back of the head, big/long nose, brown/black hair, browneyes, brown skin. Other names: „race adriatique ou dinarique“ (Deniker) (Other authors classified them as a special type of the Eastern race, or didn't mention them at all.) 

 4) „Ostische Rasse“ (Eastern race): smaller grown, short skulled, wide faced, small chin, short nose, flat nose bridge, brown eyes, yellowish-brown skintone. Other names: „race occidentale ou cévénole“(author Deniker), „alpine type“ (Ripley), „type celtique“(Broca), „avernian“ (Beddoe), „Eurasian“ (Sergi), „homo alpinus“. The name Eastern race implies an Asian connection, however it should not be seen as the same as mongoloid. „Alpine“ is misleading, because you won't only find them in Alpine regions, but also in in areas where both Eastern race and Dinaric race live. In the Alps different races live close to each other. This race shall not be mistaken with the „race orientale“.

5) Eastbaltic race: smaller grown, short skulled, wide faced, small chin, bulky lower jaw, wide nose, flat nose bridge, hard, light hair, slightly inclined, light eyes, pale skin. Other names: „Finnic race“ (authors: Gorotschenko, Silinitsch), „race orientale“ (Deniker). 

Günther completely refuses to use the race names: Teutonic, Frankish, Germanic (synonymous for Nordic), Slavic, Finnic, Celtic, Sarmatic, Turanic, etc. – because he said they are misleading. As well as the term „Aryan“ for „Nordic“ seemed misleading to Günther. 

We also have to distiguish language groups and race. In Europe, there are e.g. Germanic, Romanic, Slavic,... language groups and you would make a terrible mistake calling a blonde, blue eyed looking French man living in the Normandy a „Romanic“ guy. The same applies to Russians (Slavic) or Finns (Finnic Uiguric language group). Ordinary Germans would expect a 'Slavic' man to be medium tall, wide faced, with noticable cheekbones, however they would be very surprised, if he doesn't look like what they have expected, but instead men with 'Slavic' features are quite common in Germany, not only in Eastern Germany, where Slavic and Germanic languages are close to each other. The same with 'Romanic' people, who are stereotyped as dark haired and dark eyed, „passionate“ people, they are also common among Germans.Italians, Spaniards, French, Romanians, etc. ('Romanic')  could as well look like the „Old Germans“, tall, blonde and blue eyed, as well as some Finns. The confusion between linguistic membership and race is misleading.

There are Germanic, Romanic, Slavic languages – but not a Germanic, Romanic, Slavic race. Language borders are never the same as racial borders. The same applies for nationalities, religion, etc. There is no Italian, Spanish, Greek, or English race. When we differentiate between language, folk, state, religion, how do we define „race“ and why? When we look at white, black, red-skinned people, it seems logical, but why do we differentiate between 5 different Europen races? Someone, who is not from Europe would start classifying people by their hair color (blonde, brown, etc.) because it is simply noticeable. The problem here is, where is the line between blonde and brown hair? Next thing is, there are tall and small blonde people, long skulled and short skulled blondes, blondes with blue eyes – and as a rare type blondes with brown eyes, blondes with soft hair, and blondes with hard hair. It would cause many sub-races and confusion when short skulled, dark haired parents get one long skulled, blonde child and one short skulled, dark-haired child. As a race, we can only sum up people who always create the same type of offspring. 

Now, before I go into detail showing pictures of the different races, we will look at the distribution of light eyes, hair in Europe, average phenotypes and haplogroups. We can later compare Günther's descriptions with the phenotypes we see nowadays.

1) „Nordic“ or „Nordoid“

Nordic body shape of a man.

Nordic skull shape.

(Some people are descriped as pure nordic, some as mostly nordic.)

2) „Westisch“ or "Mediterranid"

1./2 show westisch & nordic, 3. westisch and black/ 4. westisch 5. westisch and black

Westisch/Dinaric woman

3) Dinaric/ Dinarid

4) Ostisch, alpine, alpinoid

5) Baltic/ Baltid / East Europid

*6) addionaly, Günther mentions the „Fälisch“, faelid, „dalisch“ people

*7) Some people have Asian influence, their eyes often show an epicanthal fold

This woman has East Baltic/Asiatic/Nordic influences

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“The Giants at Dovrefjell” is a Norwegian folk song written down in the 16th century. There are also similar versions in Denmark and the Faroe Islands. It can be seen as an echo of the Nordic pagan culture or a lament at the loss of the priestly caste who knew how to interpret the runes.

The verses of the song present 12 brothers who have magical abilities, one that can control weather and another can see what is happening in far away lands. The chorus asks “who will move the runes when we ourselves cannot”.

All Indo-European religions were hierarchical. Authority in spiritual matters was not determined by doctrine but by the ruling of the priestly caste (druids, godis etc). The loss of this caste meant the loss of the old ways and the associated wisdom.

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Mokosh, Slavic Mother Earth Goddess

Mokosh is one of seven primordial deities in the Slavic cult religions and the only one who is female; she is the Slavic Mother Earth.

There are seven primordial gods in Slavic mythology, and only one of them is female: Mokosh. In the pantheon in the Kievan Rus' state, she is the only goddess at all, and so her specific role in Slavic mythology is vast and varied, and, more aptly perhaps, foggy and damp. Mother earth and house spirit, tender of sheep and spinner of fate, Mokosh is the supreme Slavic goddess. 

Key Takeaways: Mokosh

Associated Deities: Tellus, Ziva (Siva), Rusalki (water nixies), Lada 

Equivalents: St. Paraskeva Pianitsa (Christian Orthodox); loosely comparable to the Greek Titan Gaia, Hera (Greek), Juno (Roman), Astarte (Semitic)

Epithets: Goddess Who Spins Wool, Mother Moist Earth, Flax Woman

Culture/Country: Slavonic Culture, Eastern and Central Europe

Primary Sources: Nestor Chronicle (a.k.a. Primary Chronicle), Christian-recorded Slavic tales

Realms and Powers: Power over the earth, water, and death. Protector of spinning, fertility, grain, cattle, sheep, and wool; fisherman and merchants. 

Family: Wife to Perun, lover to Veles and Jarilo

Mokosh in Slavic Mythology

In Slavic mythology, Mokosh, sometimes transliterated as Mokoš and meaning "Friday," is Moist Mother Earth and thus the most important (or sometimes only) goddess in the religion. As a creator, she is said to have been discovered sleeping in a cave by a flowering spring by the spring god Jarilo, with whom she created the fruits of the earth. She is also the protector of spinning, tending sheep, and wool, patron of merchants and fishermen, who protects cattle from plague and people from drought, disease, drowning, and unclean spirits. 

The origins of Mokosh as mother earth may date to pre-Indo-European times (Cuceteni or Tripolye culture, 6th–5th millennia BCE) when a near-global woman-centered religion is thought to have been in place. Some scholars suggest she may be a version of Finno-Ugric sun goddess Jumala.

In 980 CE, Kievan Rus emperor Vladimir I (died 1015) erected six idols to Slavic gods and included Mokosh in 980 CE, although he took them down when he converted to Christianity. Nestor the Chronicler (11th century CE), a monk at the Monastery of the Caves in Kyiv, mentions her as the only female in his list of seven gods of the Slavs. Versions of her are included in the tales of many different Slavic countries. 

Appearance and Reputation 

Surviving images of Mokosh are rare—although there were stone monuments to her beginning at least as long ago as the 7th century. A wooden cult figure in a wooded area in the Czech Republic is said to be a figure of her. Historical references say she had a large head and long arms, a reference to her connection with spiders and spinning. Symbols associated with her include spindles and cloth, the rhombus (a nearly global reference to women's genitals for at least 20,000 years), and the Sacred Tree or Pillar.

There are many goddesses in the various Indo-European pantheons who reference spiders and spinning. Historian Mary Kilbourne Matossian has pointed out that the Latin word for tissue "textere" means "to weave," and in several derivative languages such as Old French, "tissue" means "something woven." 

The act of spinning, suggests Matossian, is to create body tissue. The umbilical cord is the thread of life, transmitting moisture from the mother to the infant, twisted and coiled like the thread around a spindle. The final cloth of life is represented by the shroud or "winding sheet," wrapped around a corpse in a spiral, as thread loops around a spindle.

Role in Mythology

Although the Great Goddess has a variety of consorts, both human and animal, in her role as a primary Slavic goddess, Mokosh is the moist earth goddess and is set against (and married to) Perun as the dry sky god. She is also linked to Veles, in an adulterous manner; and Jarilo, the spring god. 

Some Slavic peasants felt it was wrong to spit on the earth or beat it. During the Spring, practitioners considered the earth pregnant: before March 25 ("Lady Day"), they would neither construct a building or a fence, drive a stake into the ground or sow seed. When peasant women gathered herbs they first lay prone and prayed to Mother Earth to bless any medicinal herbs. 

Mokosh in Modern Usage

With the coming of Christianity into the Slavic countries in the 11th century CE, Mokosh was converted to a saint, St. Paraskeva Pyanitsa (or possibly the Virgin Mary), who is sometimes defined as the personification of the day of Christ's crucifixion, and others a Christian martyr. Described as tall and thin with loose hair, St. Paraskeva Pyanitsa is known as "l'nianisa" (flax woman), connecting her to spinning. She is the patroness of merchants and traders and marriage, and she defends her followers from a range of diseases.

In common with many Indo-European religions (Paraskevi is Friday in modern Greek; Freya = Friday; Venus=Vendredi), Friday is associated with Mokosh and St. Paraskeva Pyanitsa, especially Fridays before important holidays. Her feast day is October 28; and no one may spin, weave, or mend on that day. 

Sources

Detelic, Mirjana. "St. Paraskeve in the Balkan Context." Folklore 121.1 (2010): 94–105. 

Dragnea, Mihai. "Slavic and Greek-Roman Mythology, Comparative Mythology." Brukenthalia: Romanian Cultural History Review 3 (2007): 20–27. 

Marjanic, Suzana. "The Dyadic Goddess and Duotheism in Nodilo’s the Ancient Faith of the Serbs and the Croats." Studia Mythologica Slavica 6 (2003): 181–204. 

Matossian, Mary Kilbourne. "In the Beginning, God Was a Woman." Journal of Social History 6.3 (1973): 325–43. 

Monaghan, Patricia. "Encyclopedia of Goddesses & Heroines." Novato CA: New World Library, 2014. 

Zaroff, Roman. "Organized Pagan Cult in Kievan Rus’. The Invention of Foreign Elite or Evolution of Local Tradition?" Studia Mythologica Slavica (1999). 

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Dance of the Wild Men (Wilde-Mändle-Tanz), folk ritual in southern Bavaria involving thirteen men in costumes made from moss found only in the Allgäu Alps

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Die germanischen Jahreskreisfeste

Lichtmeß (Disting) Mondfest zum 2. zunehmenden Mond um den 1. Februar

Frühlings-Tagundnachtgleiche (Ostern) Sonnenfest Frühjahrsäquinoktium um den 21. März

Feuerfest (Freinacht, Walpurgisnacht) Mondfest um den 5. Vollmond um den 1. Mai

Sommersonnenwende (Mittsommer) Sonnenfest Sommersonnenwende um den 21. Juni

Schnitterfest Mondfest zum 8. abnehmenden Mond um den 1. August

Herbst-Tagundnachtgleiche Sonnenfest Herbstäquinoktium um den 21. September

Ahnenfest (Samhain, Halloween) Mondfest um den 11. Schwarzmond um den 1. November

Wintersonnenwende (Mittwinter) Sonnenfest Wintersonnenwende um den 21. Dezember

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Coltsfoot

Tussilago farfara (cough wort, coltsfoot), has traditionally been used by Native Americans. It is the ideal cough suppressant, it has a calming effect on the mucous membranes and helps removing excess mucus from the bronchi. It can help with: flu infections, irritable cough, bronchitis, stomach problems, diarrhea, wound healing, pimples, eczema Harvesting months: February - April (flowers), May - June (leaves) Usable parts: leaves,flowers, roots Flower color: yellow Locations: paths, gardens, gravel areas Culinary use: in salads (moderately) Warnings: partly poisonous (contains small amounts of pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are suspected of being harmful to the liver), do not use during pregnancy, not for children

Tea: 1 tsp coltsfoot, add boiling water, let rest for 10 minutes, then drink the tea. It’s not reccomended to use it long-term.

Another coltsfoot recipe with elderflower and mullein flowers:  30g elderflower,  30g coltsfoot leaves,  20g mullein flowers  Mix the herbs, add boiling water, let rest for 10 minutes, drink 5 cups a day, the last time before going to sleep. 

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Lungwort

Pulmonaria officinalis  (lungwort) is known since medival times (was used by Hildegard von Bingen, Paracelsus). 

It can help with: cystitis, diarrhea, colds, sore throat, hoarseness, cough, pneumonia, wounds, asthma, common cold Properties: astringent, diuretic, soothing   Harvesting months: February-July  Usable parts: leaves, blossoms, roots  Flower color: blue, pink, violet  Locations: light forests, brooksides, wet meadows, gardens Culinary use: (edible, nontoxic) as wild vegetable, can be used in salads, soups, smoothies, flowers as decoration in desserts (Not reccomended during pregnancy. Not reccomended using long-term.)   

Usage: as tea, 2tsp lungwort, add 250ml hot water, let rest for 8-10 min, drink 3 cups a day 

Lung herb has an abirritant effect, you can use also it with ribwort and honey. For a tea you need 30 g lungwort, 20 g ribwort leaves and 1 tsp honey. The herbs are mixed and you add boiling water (½ l for 4 tsp of the mixture). After 10 minutes, stir in the honey. Drink hot throughout the day.

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European races

So, the main source I’m refering to in the following, is the book “Rassenkunde des deutschen Volkes“ written by Hans Günther in 1925. I own it as a book, the PDF you can find here: 

https://archive.org/details/Guenther-Hans-Kleine-Rassenkunde-des-deutschen-Volkes-2/mode/2up 

 I’ve read a few other books, but these don’t go as much into detail as Günter’s work. Said book is mostly about races in Germany at that time, but he wrote other books as well. I did not read those yet. So the information given in the book might not be „up-to-date“, but still interesting and maybe useful to compare to genetic research we know from today (haplogroups)

Günther used a specific way of classification. He took different traits into consideration, such as skull shape, length, body shape and height, hair/eye/skin/lip color, facial structure and also personality. He classified 5 different European races (other authors sometimes used different names, he mentioned them as well). In the introduction he briefly describes the 5 different European races and their names. 

 1) Nordic race: tall, long skull, slim face, pronounced chin, soft and light hair, light eyes (in deep eye holes), nose with long nose bridge, rosy-pale skin. Other names used by other authors: „race nordique“ (author: Deniker), „teutonic race“ (Ripley), „homo europaeus“ (Linné) 

 2) „Westische Rasse“ (Western race): smaller grown, long skulled, slim face, less pronounced chin, soft brown/black hair, dark eyes in deep eye holes, tanned skin. Other names: „ibero = insulaire“ and „littorale ou atlonto = méditerranéene“ (Deniker), „eurafrican“ (Sergi), „mediteranean race“, „homo mediterraneus“. Günther used the name Western race, instead of Mediterranean race to better distingush them of different prehistoric distribution areas. (In western Norway, Scotland, Southern England and Ireland were people of this race proven).

3) Dinaric race: tall, short skulled, slim faced, steep back of the head, big/long nose, brown/black hair, browneyes, brown skin. Other names: „race adriatique ou dinarique“ (Deniker) (Other authors classified them as a special type of the Eastern race, or didn’t mention them at all.) 

 4) „Ostische Rasse“ (Eastern race): smaller grown, short skulled, wide faced, small chin, short nose, flat nose bridge, brown eyes, yellowish-brown skintone. Other names: „race occidentale ou cévénole“(author Deniker), „alpine type“ (Ripley), „type celtique“(Broca), „avernian“ (Beddoe), „Eurasian“ (Sergi), „homo alpinus“. The name Eastern race implies an Asian connection, however it should not be seen as the same as mongoloid. „Alpine“ is misleading, because you won’t only find them in Alpine regions, but also in in areas where both Eastern race and Dinaric race live. In the Alps different races live close to each other. This race shall not be mistaken with the „race orientale“.

5) Eastbaltic race: smaller grown, short skulled, wide faced, small chin, bulky lower jaw, wide nose, flat nose bridge, hard, light hair, slightly inclined, light eyes, pale skin. Other names: „Finnic race“ (authors: Gorotschenko, Silinitsch), „race orientale“ (Deniker). 

Günther completely refuses to use the race names: Teutonic, Frankish, Germanic (synonymous for Nordic), Slavic, Finnic, Celtic, Sarmatic, Turanic, etc. – because he said they are misleading. As well as the term „Aryan“ for „Nordic“ seemed misleading to Günther. 

We also have to distiguish language groups and race. In Europe, there are e.g. Germanic, Romanic, Slavic,… language groups and you would make a terrible mistake calling a blonde, blue eyed looking French man living in the Normandy a „Romanic“ guy. The same applies to Russians (Slavic) or Finns (Finnic Uiguric language group). Ordinary Germans would expect a ‘Slavic’ man to be medium tall, wide faced, with noticable cheekbones, however they would be very surprised, if he doesn’t look like what they have expected, but instead men with 'Slavic’ features are quite common in Germany, not only in Eastern Germany, where Slavic and Germanic languages are close to each other. The same with 'Romanic’ people, who are stereotyped as dark haired and dark eyed, „passionate“ people, they are also common among Germans.Italians, Spaniards, French, Romanians, etc. ('Romanic’)  could as well look like the „Old Germans“, tall, blonde and blue eyed, as well as some Finns. The confusion between linguistic membership and race is misleading.

There are Germanic, Romanic, Slavic languages – but not a Germanic, Romanic, Slavic race. Language borders are never the same as racial borders. The same applies for nationalities, religion, etc. There is no Italian, Spanish, Greek, or English race. When we differentiate between language, folk, state, religion, how do we define „race“ and why? When we look at white, black, red-skinned people, it seems logical, but why do we differentiate between 5 different Europen races? Someone, who is not from Europe would start classifying people by their hair color (blonde, brown, etc.) because it is simply noticeable. The problem here is, where is the line between blonde and brown hair? Next thing is, there are tall and small blonde people, long skulled and short skulled blondes, blondes with blue eyes – and as a rare type blondes with brown eyes, blondes with soft hair, and blondes with hard hair. It would cause many sub-races and confusion when short skulled, dark haired parents get one long skulled, blonde child and one short skulled, dark-haired child. As a race, we can only sum up people who always create the same type of offspring. 

Now, before I go into detail showing pictures of the different races, we will look at the distribution of light eyes, hair in Europe, average phenotypes and haplogroups. We can later compare Günther’s descriptions with the phenotypes we see nowadays.

1) „Nordic“ or „Nordoid“

Nordic body shape of a man.

Nordic skull shape.

(Some people are descriped as pure nordic, some as mostly nordic.)

2) „Westisch“ or "Mediterranid”

1./2 show westisch & nordic, 3. westisch and black/ 4. westisch 5. westisch and black

Westisch/Dinaric woman

3) Dinaric/ Dinarid

4) Ostisch, alpine, alpinoid

5) Baltic/ Baltid / East Europid

*6) addionaly, Günther mentions the „Fälisch“, faelid, „dalisch“ people

*7) Some people have Asian influence, their eyes often show an epicanthal fold

This woman has East Baltic/Asiatic/Nordic influences

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INFJ Personality Type

Which is your personality type? Find out here: https://www.16personalities.com/ Apparently, I am an INFJ-T, one of the 16  Myers-Briggs personality types  “making up less than 2 percent of the world’s entire population. They are nicknamed “the Advocate” and have been described as “mysterious,” “intuitive,” and “emotionally intelligent” — yet the INFJ type as a whole is often misunderstood.” (https://introvertdear.com/news/infj-signs/)

SINGS YOU’RE AN INFJ.

https://youtu.be/Stg7XGgkq94

It’s super interesting to read and learn about the Jungian archetypes and maybe it’s so fascitating for me, because I am an INFJ, just like Carl Gustav Jung himself (and many others, such as Jesus, Plato, Adolf Hitler).  

INFJ’s are old souls, we see right through you and know by our intuition how someone is feeling and we can sense if someone is true to themselves or not.

INFJ’s spend a lot of time alone with their hobbies, we are creative and always have some projects to work on. (But we also enjoy doing absolutely nothing and procrastinating).

INFJ’s care a lot about other people’s feelings and avoid conflict as much as possible. We care about others, sometimes a little too much.

A very interesting website is: https://introvertdear.com/

It describes a lot about introverts in general and gives a lot of information about INFJ, as one of those misunderstood personalities. It gave me more insight into understanding myself. I am OVERTHINKING everything A LOT, a typical INFJ behaviour...

We hate liars and two-faced, selfish people, thus we are observing people from afar.

Like with relationships, the INFJ prefer a few, but valuable items, therefore INFJs are minimalists. They prefer quality over quanitiy.

The INFJ is someone who enjoys the silence and being alone, but also has secrets and hardly opens up to others.

Sometimes we prefer staying alone, even if we feel lonely...

INFJs hate small talk, but love meaningful conversations with people they trust. Often we just feel misunderstood, so we often keep our thoughts to ourselves, especially around strangers. “One of our major pain points as INFJs is because we have been misunderstood by people so often in our lives, we assume that will never change. We presume that our lives are going to continue in the same vein, where people misunderstand us, judge us, and shun us. We may be so used to this idea that we into every social situation with that presumption in our back pocket.“Of course, no one is going to understand me if I speak, so why bother?” Thus, we may end up staying way too quiet for way too often.“ (https://introvertdear.com/news/why-infjs-go-quiet-even-though-theres-a-lot-on-their-minds/)

INFJ’s have a very helpful nature, but sometimes it drains our energy and we will need alone time to recharge. If someone hurts us repeatetly, we will close ourselves to keep us safe from emotional damage and suffering. 

INFJ’s are literally “emos” with a dark soul, who just want to be accepted for who they are. We care too much about others and are perfectionists. We keep things organized, but also want everything to be absoluetely perfect, even our relationships. We always think about the future and long-term possibilities.

But INFJs also need help sometimes and and tend to suffer from depression, anxiety, trust-issues and even burn-out. What we feel in our psyche can even hurt physically.

INFJ’s will shutdown their emotions when they are hurt and appear cold and emotionless. 

INFJs are sometimes tired of helping others and will shut down and move away from other people.

But actually they also want to keep a long-lasting relationship, just like everyone else. It’s worth taking your time getting to know an INFJ, because we are usually very nice people who just want to find someone special who takes the time for us. We take friendships and romantic relationships very seriously. “INFJs, like many introverts, are often accused of overthinking and being too “in our heads.” And yes, it’s true, sometimes this tendency of ours creates a problem for us. We lie awake thinking about something embarrassing we did five years ago. Or we pour over the conversation we had earlier in the day with you, wondering if something we said hurt or disappointed you.In truth, if we love you, we’ll spend time analyzing and reflecting on our time together. We also daydream, and yes, our fantasies will be about you.” (https://introvertdear.com/news/why-infjs-go-quiet-even-though-theres-a-lot-on-their-minds/)

INFJs sometimes just want to stay in the dark and enjoy melancholic music, arts and books.

INFJ’s are not good with verbal communication, but prefer writing. Thus they are good authors and artists.

We care extremely subborn and mostly think we are right in a discussion and we can’t stand crisisism!

INFJ’s are sometimes stubborn and honest, we say what we think straightforward.

“INFJs can be extremely stubborn when they believe that something is right. INFJs are perfectly capable of bending on things that they feel receptive to, but in some cases they can be rather firm. When the INFJ has made the choice to follow through with something, they dislike other people attempting to force their hand. They can sometimes be rather stubborn, since they have likely taken plenty of time to come to their current conclusion. They have a hard time in situations where they feel like someone is attempting to take away their independence. More than anything else, INFJs can be stubborn when it comes to asking for help. They struggle to depend on others, and do not want to be a burden.“

(https://personalitygrowth.com/heres-how-stubborn-each-personality-type-actually-is/)

There is something INFJ’s are known for, it’s the so called the INFJ Door Slam.

INFJ’s don’t door slam without reasoning. Often they are really hurt when it happens, it happens after a long time of consideration.

It’s worth the time getting to know an INFJ, because they make great friends. INFJs are good listeners and extremely empathetic, they like to motivate and inspire others and will be your greatest fan.  “INFJs have a tendency to “absorb” the emotions of the people around them. When you’re in pain, they feel your pain. When you’re happy, they’re overjoyed for you. If you want to talk to someone who will really try to see your perspective, get in your shoes, and understand where you’re coming from, the INFJ is an excellent choice.“ (https://www.psychologyjunkie.com/2018/07/23/7-reasons-why-you-need-an-infj-friend-in-your-life/)

INFJs don’t have many friends, they usually only have a few close friends and one so called “soul friend”, who we want to keep forever. “This is the inner circle, the people we trust and who we have let get close. It’s the type of friendship we’re searching for; the place where INFJs find the intimate emotional and intuitive connection we crave. Many INFJs only have one person in this category and some have yet to find this connection. It’s always a very small number of people.” (https://www.jennifersoldner.com/2016/02/infj-friendship-levels.html)

If you want to find an INFJ as friend, you should keep a few things in mind, read here:

Things an INFJ needs in a friendship:

https://introvertdear.com/news/things-to-know-about-being-friends-with-an-infj/

Are you an INFJ?

Hopefully this guide has helped you understanding this rare personality type. ❤    

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Coltsfoot

Tussilago farfara (cough wort, coltsfoot), has traditionally been used by Native Americans. It is the ideal cough suppressant, it has a calming effect on the mucous membranes and helps removing excess mucus from the bronchi. It can help with: flu infections, irritable cough, bronchitis, stomach problems, diarrhea, wound healing, pimples, eczema Harvesting months: February - April (flowers), May - June (leaves) Usable parts: leaves,flowers, roots Flower color: yellow Locations: paths, gardens, gravel areas Culinary use: in salads (moderately) Warnings: partly poisonous (contains small amounts of pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are suspected of being harmful to the liver), do not use during pregnancy, not for children

Tea: 1 tsp coltsfoot, add boiling water, let rest for 10 minutes, then drink the tea. It’s not reccomended to use it long-term.

Another coltsfoot recipe with elderflower and mullein flowers:  30g elderflower,  30g coltsfoot leaves,  20g mullein flowers  Mix the herbs, add boiling water, let rest for 10 minutes, drink 5 cups a day, the last time before going to sleep. 

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Lungwort

Pulmonaria officinalis  (lungwort) is known since medival times (was used by Hildegard von Bingen, Paracelsus). 

It can help with: cystitis, diarrhea, colds, sore throat, hoarseness, cough, pneumonia, wounds, asthma, common cold Properties: astringent, diuretic, soothing   Harvesting months: February-July  Usable parts: leaves, blossoms, roots  Flower color: blue, pink, violet  Locations: light forests, brooksides, wet meadows, gardens Culinary use: (edible, nontoxic) as wild vegetable, can be used in salads, soups, smoothies, flowers as decoration in desserts (Not reccomended during pregnancy. Not reccomended using long-term.)   

Usage: as tea, 2tsp lungwort, add 250ml hot water, let rest for 8-10 min, drink 3 cups a day 

Lung herb has an abirritant effect, you can use also it with ribwort and honey. For a tea you need 30 g lungwort, 20 g ribwort leaves and 1 tsp honey. The herbs are mixed and you add boiling water (1/2 l for 4 tsp of the mixture). After 10 minutes, stir in the honey. Drink hot throughout the day.

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The three prehistoric immigration waves into Europe ending with the invasion of the proto-indo Europeans, Yamnaya culture, which eventually led to the first proto-Germanic culture. They gave us our languages, religion and horse riding technology. But with it also came the first genocide and violent conflicts.

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Hamburg Culture       (Germanicseidr is a blog also created by me)

Today I want to go a lot further back in time than usual, back to the paleolithic era. I have written a post about the Ahrensburg culture several weeks ago, these were reindeer hunters who lived in North Western Europe. Now I want to give you some information about the Hamburg Culture, this culture is older than the Ahrensburg people, the Hamburg culture dates back to 15,500BC-13,100BC.

The Hamburg culture existed during the last part of the Weichsel Glaciation. The Weichsel Glaciation was a moment between 117,000BC and 11,650BC in which the ice sheets were at their maximum, reaching from the North Pole until modern day Hamburg, Germany.

Scandinavia was still one huge ice sheet and thus uninhabitable land but the people belonging to the Hamburg culture lived close to the ice sheets in modern day The Netherlands, Northern Germany and Poland. The name of the culture itself is named after the German city of Hamburg where the first discoveries were made in the 1920’s by Alfred Rust. He discovered several camps which belonged to these Hamburgian hunters.

To put it simply, it was cold in Northern Europe, really freezing cold during this time period. Yet still early humans migrated North, to the later birthplace of the Germanic culture, to hunt for reindeer. These hunters are in fact the first modern humans who settled in Northern Europe. They are our earliest Northern European ancestors.

Living in Northern Europe during the Weichsel Glaciation was hard. With an eternal winter, snow and a gigantic ice sheet nearby, it would have been hard for these people to just survive. Reindeer were the main source of food for the Hamburgian people, besides reindeer they also hunted for smaller game and fish.

Characteristic for this culture are the specific kinds of tools found in several areas, the shouldered point and the zinken. These tools were used when working with antler. Since reindeer was their primary food source, it is no wonder they developed specific tools to process killed reindeer.

What is also interesting is that traces of this culture have been found along the Norwegian coast in 2005. The Hamburgian people must have travelled North during the slightly warmer periods in summer. Ships were not necessary for this, the sea level was 50 meters lower than today.

When looking at the archeological remains of the camps, we can assume that these people lived in tipis, which you might recognize from the native Americans. Circles of stones found at Hamburgian camps, could have served as weights to keep the tent stable. From the debris found at these camps we can assume with certainty that they almost lived solely on reindeer meat.

These people led a nomadic life, they brought their tents with them while moving around, following the reindeer wherever they went. They are the oldest modern humans of Northern Europe so they definitely deserve a mention in here and respect for surviving one of the coldest periods of our current ice age. For those who wonder, yes we still live in an ice age and ours is called the Quaternary Glaciation which started 2,58 million years ago.

Here are photos of: Shouldered points found in Frisia and Denmark A depiction of a Hamburgian family A map of the ice sheets

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Ahrensburg Culture

Today I want to share some information about the Ahrensburg culture. The people from this culture are part of the very first modern humans who lived in North-Western Europe after the Magdalenian people first migrated North from Southern France to follow the reindeers back in 17,000BC.

This is a paleolithic culture similar to that of the Bromme and Hamburg culture that started with the end of the last cold period of our current ice age. The culture developed around 12,000BC and consisted of hunters and gatherers. These people lived a nomadic style of life during the extinction era of the megafauna like the woolly mammoth.

Doggerland, land which is now the north sea, was still not fully submerged when the Ahrensburg people lived in what is now modern day Germany, Netherlands, England, Belgium, Poland, Denmark and France. Fishermen have fished up axes, decorated reindeer bones and antlers from the North sea, clear evidence that these people also roamed around Doggerland in its final days.

The name of this culture, Ahrensburg, is named after a village of the same name near Hamburg in Germany. This is a place where archeologists have found three settlements belonging to this culture and the Hamburg culture. They were excellent reindeer hunters like their Hamburg and Bromme culture ancestors but they were most likely also fishers. They wore jewelry made of reindeer bones, teeth and antlers and lived in simple tents.

North Western Europe was still largely covered in ice. The settlements found linked to this culture are located near the edge of the ice sheets. landscape looked completely different compared to today. Below the border of the ice sheets, endless tundras fill the landscape. Perfect environment for grazing reindeer and mammoths. Unfortunately mammoths disappeared around 2,000 years after the Ahrensburg culture developed.

The reason why I want to mention these paleolithic people is because they lived in the exact same place where the Germanic culture eventually developed. Most aspects of the Germanic culture are linked to the proto-indo Europeans but these same people also were absorbed in already existing populations of this area.

The already existing population of farmers of the mesolithic era had settled down in areas where the hunters and gatherers still roamed around. Some of these hunters adopted an agricultural life and settled down in a permanent place.

Not all of our ancestors were proto-indo Europeans, some of them belonged to the very first hunters and gatherers of Northern Europe.

Here are photos of: Tent of the Ahrensburgers, Map of Doggerland, Reindeer teeth jewelry, Timeline of the first settlers of Scandinavia, Hunting tools and hunters.