Survive the Jive Podcast

Fitness guru, life reform advocate and Heathen community leader Paul Waggener of the Wolves of Vinland joins me on JIVE TALK to discuss how to handle burnout, enduring hardship over time and staying true to your principles as you face the challenges of different stages of life. Paul's stuff is at OperationWerewolf.com Take the Starting Heathenry course to learn about Heathen rituals: https://startingheathenry.thinkific.com/ Please support Survive the Jive: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

Halloween is a time for horror films but when did horror start? I am joined by Dave Martel on tonight's Jive Talk in which we discuss how horror films have their precedents in early mythology and ghost stories.Get exclusive Heathen content on https://hearthfireradio.com/ Please support Survive the Jive: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive Thumbnail art of draugr by Joan Francesc Oliveras

It is about time for another Jive Talk AMA! STREAMED LIVE on YouTube and X on 11th October 2024https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/survivethejivePlease support me: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

Jive Book Review of Theurgy and the Soul by Gregory Shaw, Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College. In this work he outlines the philosophy and ritual practise of Iamblichus of Syria (ca. 240 325), whose teachings set the final form of pagan spirituality prior to the Christianization of the Roman Empire. Theurgy literally means "divine action" or "godly work"I describe how this work is useful for modern polythesists including Heathens like myself.

How does one interpret the hidden meaning of a pagan myth? Some wise Platonist pagan authors help us to understand this, since they explained it in plain writing. One such author is Sallust aka Sallustius the neoplatonist, others include Emperor Julian and Plotinus. In this video I look at how Sallust's writing on the gods and the cosmos help us to understand not only myth, but also the meaning of rites and sacrifices and why they are so important for pagans. Originally recorded January 2019.This podcast depends on your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveSubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/survive-the-jiveTelegram: https://t.me/survivethejive

Raw Egg Nationalist aka Charles Cornish-Dale joined me for a special Jive Talk. We discuss the dietary impact of the Neolithic agricultural revolution, the proliferation of lactose tolerance with Yamnaya DNA, and the changing diets of Medieval Europe. Follow REN here: https://lnk.bio/RAWEGGNATIONALIST Please support Survive the Jive: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

Some people are saying the English have no identity or culture of their own. Others are trying to ban the term "Anglo-Saxon" from academic discourse. Why is England under attack? Starting Heathenry: https://startingheathenry.thinkific.com

Polemos: The Dawn of Pagan Traditionalism is a book by Russian author Askr Svarte which attempts to describe how European pagan religion can be practiced in a way consistent with the philosophy of Radical Traditionalism aka Perennial Philosophy. This episode of the Jive Book Review looks at its strengths and weaknesses.  Condense lengthy texts into 25 min summaries with Liegent. Sign up now with code 'STJ10' to get 10% off! https://liegent.comPolemos: https://pravpublishing.com/product/polemos-the-dawn-of-pagan-traditionalism/Starting Heathenry: https://startingheathenry.thinkific.com

A new paper called The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans (2024) reveals that the Proto-Indo-European languages originated in the Yamnaya and Sredny Stog cultures of Ukraine and South Russia. The split of PIE languages from Anatolian languages is revealed to have taken place on the steppe. Sredny Stog DNA is found in Hittite samples proving the real IE people were Steppe herders from Eastern Europe and not an unknown Armenian population as previously claimed. I discuss the findings in this streamCondense lengthy texts into 25 min summaries with Liegent https://liegent.comPlease support this podcast: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive 

In this Jive Talk I shall discuss the findings presented in the preprint of the new paper from McColl and colleagues entitled ‘Steppe Ancestry in western Eurasia and the spread of the Germanic Languages'. What does it tell us about where Germanic has its roots, how it spread in the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Migration era? How Germanic were the Lombards and Ostrogoths? Lots of new information is revealed. A huge breakthrough in Germanic studies!End music: Ansuz Society - Fuþorc Please support me: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

Returning to the topic of the highest god, Odin. First I address why the Romans weren't entirely wrong when they compared him to Mercury/Hermes. Then I present my theory about how Odin learned the nine sacred songs called Galdra and why this is related to his role as the god of the runes. The dankest god, Odin, and esoteric theories go together like runes and galdra. Please support this podcast if you want it to continue: https://survivethejive.blogspot.com/p/donate.html

Brixton's Brilliant Black British History exhibition at Black Cultural Archives, south London, is rewriting our history to suit their agenda. Visitors are informed that “the very first Britons were Black” and that “Britain was black for 7,000 years before” white people arrived. The exhibit was based on a book which claims Stonehemge was built by black people! Also, In 2021 a paper titled Diversity aboard a Tudor warship by Scorrer et al claimed the crew of the 16th century Mary Rose ship included black peoiple. I wil debunk these claims in this podcast and answer questions from the live audience. Opening theme by Wolcensmen. Outro music Sanguine fire by Elegiac.Please support this podcast. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejive All Links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

Why do some people have blue eyes? What is the evolutionary advantage of having blue eyes? Where did blue eyes evolve? Blue eyes have piqued curiosity for centuries, standing out as a mesmerising and rare trait among humans. Discover the underlying science behind blue eyes as we explore various theories and genetic factors that contribute to their existence. They were mainly associated with Mesolithic Western Hunter Gatherers like Cheddar man but the origin and story of this phenotype is complicated. A new study from Liverpool may have the answer as to what benefit this trait has - better ability to see in low light.This channel depends on your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveAll Links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJiveSources:https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.17.576074v1https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080130170343.htm

Scott Shell received his Ph.D. in Germanic Linguistics from the University of California at Berkeley. He is an expert on Germanic linguistics, runology and mythology. Tonight he will discuss the iconography and runic inscriptions found on Germanic bracteates of the Migration era. If you want to see the artefacts we are talking about then watch the original stream on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/v_CmIgXZuDI?feature=sharedOutro music is Wodenwyrd -Wulfslaep

I discussed the classic generation X teen move "River's Edge" with Frodi on the Decameron film review festival for the Guide to Kulchur podcast. This is a bit different from my normal history discussions but I think the sociological issues raised by the film are interesting to consider. You can hear more of the GTK podcast at https://www.spreaker.com/show/guide-to-kulchur

The custom of burying an animal under the foundations of a house is not only very widespread, found in Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, Finland and beyond, but is also very old, dating back to the Indo-Europeans of the Bronze Age Europe. It even spread as far away as America and India! In this video I trace the customs origins and dispersal and explain the magical function of the animal and human sacrifices underneath the home.

The BBC produced a song for the Horrible Histories children's program called 'Been Here From the Start' which makes several spurious, misleading and outright false claims about black people living in ancient Britain. From Cheddar man to Septimius Severus and the Moors, I debunk the lies contained in the BBC video and present the truth.

A guide on setting up a heathen altar to the Norse/Germanic gods in your home. How to arrange an altar for the gods, different kinds of domestic altars according to the recommendations of three of the most important heathen organisations in the English speaking world (The Odinist Fellowship, The Norroena society, Ealdríce Théod), where to put your altar in your house, what items you need to have, what kind of altar cloth, where to put the hlautbolli, what kind of idols to use, where to put the mead horn etc. I will also show you my personal altar set up.

The Vinca culture of Serbia is one of the first human civilisations. Possibly the first to smelt copper, one of the earliest uses of a symbolic proto-script and a hyper industrious producer of advanced ceramics including the earliest anthropomorphic life size clay busts. Yet few know of the wonders of this ancient culture. In this episode, I spoke to the historian Ben Elliott who travelled to Serbia to make a film called Quest for Vinca which aims to increase awareness of these fascinating Neolithic people. Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveBen's linkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-elliott-292612282/

The living dead are a source of anxiety and fear in the sagas of Icelanders where they are called draugar, and the walking dead remain a popular monster in modern fiction in the form of zombies and vampires. In this JIVE TALK, Big Dave Martel aka the BOG LORD joins Tom Rowsell to discuss the enduring motif of the "after walker" in medieval and modern literature and cinema.

Ask me anything! It has been a whole year since the last AMA so there are plenty of questions to get through. This channel depends on your support: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejive All Links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

Chris Luttichau is a shaman who runs the Northern Drums Shamanic Training School from Cornwall and leads wilderness trips in northern Finland. Chris is Danish by birth but he trained with indigenous elders in North America, and now trains others in shamanic techniques. I visited him to learn more about shamanism, the fastest growing “religion” in the UK.Chris' website is https://northerndrum.com/

Robert Eggers' The Northman is the best Viking film ever made but some of the pagan themes within are too esoteric for everyone to understand. In this review, I explain the origin of the pagan rituals and symbols throughout the film and what they mean. This podcast is also available as a proper video on YouTube. Featuring Music by Torulf, Hildigaldra and Borg.This podcast depends on your support:SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/survive...Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveAll Links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

Scott Shell received his Ph.D. in Germanic Linguistics from the University of California at Berkeley. The emphasis of his study has been on historical linguistics, runology and mythology. He runs a YouTube channel called @Scott T. Shell (Continental Germanic Heathenry) which focuses on the pagan religion of the Old Saxons. Tonight he will discuss some of his findings in regards to the magical uses of runes by Germanic pagans on the continent and Scandinavia. This channel depends upon your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveAll Links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

Stone age Herbalist is a dissident archaeologist, twitter personality and substack blogger. In this Jive Talk he describes the ancient origins of archaeology as a discipline, how it rose to a more rigorous practice in the modern era and then degenerated into modern woke archaeology. We discuss gay cavemen, transgender vikings, the migrations and invasions of Anglo-Saxons, Beaker folk, Yamnaya and others and finally end with a chat about anthropology in general. This podcast depends upon your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejive

'The Anglo-Saxon migration and theformation of the early English gene pool' by Joscha Gretzinger and colleagues (2022) has answered some of the much debated and controversial questions concerning the Anglo-Saxon invasion of England which began in the 5th century AD. The study finds that as much as 75% of the ancestry of skeletons from England in the cemeteries from that time comes from Germanic migrants from Germany and Denmark. In this video I break down the findings in a summary. Read the paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05247-2

A new genetics paper 'The genetic history of the Southern Arc: A bridge between West Asia and Europe' by Lazaridis et al boldly endorses a controversial theory for the origin of the Indo-European languages - that they were first spoken south of the Caucasus and were brought to the Yamnaya and related peoples who then spread them, rather being autochthonous to the region.In this impromptu and informal live stream I shall look at some of the claims within and offer my own takes in response.

Tom Rowsell delivered this keynote speech at the PAGAN FUTURES conference in London on 25th June 2022. The talk addresses the conflict between an emerging religion of materialistic scientism seeking salvation through transhumanism (and other technophilic ideologies) and the practitioners of Traditional public forms of Indo-European paganism.This channel depends on your support:SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/survive-the-jiveTelegram: https://t.me/survivethejiveCrypto: https://bit.ly/3ysmtvk

Borja the Modern Platonist joins me in advance of the Pagan Futures conference in London on 25th June to discuss the same issues we shall address at the event; The question of transhumanism, salvation through technology, faith in 'progress' rather than cyclical time and how these ideas conflict with traditional pagan beliefs. To what extent are modern technophiles neo-Gnostics? How do their beliefs conflict with those of Platonists and other pagans?Tickets for the conference: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/survive-the-jive-live-pagan-futures-tickets-313306266477

Interpreting myth: Verses 25/26 in Vǫluspá refer to the same myth found in chapter 42 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning which tells the story of how a Jotunn in disguise deceived the gods to enter a deal in which he would build the walls of Asgard in exchange for the sun, moon and the hand in marriage of Freyja. This is one of the most misunderstood myths of Norse mythology so I have decided to explain it as best I can. End music by Stewart Keller

How do the religious and philosophical beliefs of Ancient Greeks have enduring relevance for us in the modern world of technology and globalisation? What lessons; spiritual or practical, can be discerned from the ancient texts that survive to this day? From the epics of Homer, the cults of Dionysus and Eleusis, the inspired wisdom of Plato or the practical philosophy of the Stoics, Michael Michailidis of Ancient Greece Revisited has explored all these and more on his channel and today he discusses these topics with us on jive Talk.

Five years ago I spoke to Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya of the Dharma Nation YouTube channel, and now I meet him again on JIVE TALK. Acharya is one of the most renowned teachers of the ancient tradition known as Dharma (popularly called "Hinduism"). Acharya, the author of the Dharma Manifesto, teaches authentic Vedic philosophy in a manner that is practical in today's world. We discuss transhumanism and war among other subjects in this live stream.This channel depends upon your support:All Links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

The Viking hero Starkad / Starkaðr was a warrior-poet with extra arms who was blessed by the god Odin. This aristocratic transgressive lone wolf character is actually a prehistoric Indo-European archetype equivalent to Hercules in Greece, Suibhne in Ireland and Krishna's cousin Siśupāla of Chedi from the Hindu religion of India. In this video I explain who Starkad was and how his myths parallel other Indo-European stories of a Sigma male outsider who loves kings, hates the lower classes, is rude to women and goes into mad rages of extreme violence against his enemies. Do you have the traits of the Indo-European sigma male warrior-poet?This channel depends on your support:SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/survive-the-jiveSources:-Compton, T., ‘Victim of the Muses: Poet as Scapegoat, Warrior and Hero in Greco-Roman and Indo-European Myth and History' Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies (2006).-Cohen, D. “Suibhne Geilt.” Celtica 12:113–124. (1977).-Dumézil ‘Aspects de la fonction guerrière chez les Indo-Européens' (1956).-Hui, J ‘'Svá segir Starkaðr': Manipulating Memoralisation in Gautreks saga' (2015).-Puhvel, J., ‘Comparative Mythology' (1987). https://amzn.to/3xJVdHb

In this month's Jive Talk I answered patron questions about ancient DNA, the beliefs of pagans, cognates to the Nordic god Loki and more. I do at least one Jive Talk a month but not all of them are AMA sessions. You can also ask me questions in a direct voice chat on Telegram if you become a patron on Patreon or SubscribeStar.

I delivered a speech to the Traditional Britain Group for their Christmas social on the topic of how the Anglo-Saxons have informed English and by extension British and American identity over the centuries.

In this episode of the Jive Book Review we will look at The Shaman: Patterns of Siberian and Ojibway Healing by John A. Grim. He describes the common features of the figure known as "the shaman" by anthropologists which is found mainly in cultures of Siberian origin: with his focus being mainly on the Yakut of Siberia and the Ojibwe Indians aka Chippewa, or Saulteaux Anishinaabe people of southern Canada and the northern Midwestern USA. I attempt to compare the features of the shaman and of shamanic religious practices to Indo-European religious customs, particularly in Nordic Germanic religion. This podcast depends on your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveAll Links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJiveTheme song by Wolcensmen. Ending music by Altyn Tuu.

Cannabis sativa has been cultivated by humans for thousands of years both as a narcotic and also for making hemp fabrics. Brand new genetic and archaeological evidence places the original domestication event in China, but indicates that the plant was mainly spread by Indo-European peoples such as the Yamnaya and the Scythians. Cannabis was used in the funerary and religious rites in many pagan religions as well as in ancient Jewish rites in Israel.I was aided in research for this video by Chris Bennett of cannabisculture.comSee this blog post for a full list of sources I used: https://survivethejive.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-ancient-indo-european-cannabis-cult.html

A new paper reveals a series of population replacements in Neolithic and Bronze Age Bohemia which are likely indicative of wider population replacements across Europe. Some of the samples from the paper are special and there is a lot to consider. It seems scientists are gradually more willing to admit that population replacements occurred a lot in history and were likely driven by violent male invaders from the Funnelbeakers to the Corded Ware and finally the Proto-Celtic Únětice. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/35/eabi6941This podcast depends on your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveAll Links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

I have been banned from Facebook without warning, reason or recourse. Please tell facebook what you think of their decision to ban me. In this video I also discuss a recent paper using craniometry to measure the impact of the Anglo-Saxon invasion. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0252477I also answer live questions from the audience.Outro Cú Chulainn's Sleep by Lorcan Mac Mathuna

I discuss some of the recent findings in archaeogenetics and archaeology, mainly the two DNA papers regarding Indo-European invasions of Greece and Italy. The source of Indo-European languages in each turns out to be the Catacomb culture and the Bell Beaker culture respectively. I also debunk the claim that Goths were not originally from Sweden using the latest DNA evidence.Sources: Clemente et al, The genomic history of the Aegean palatial civilizations, (2021).Saute et al, Ancient genomes reveal structural shifts after the arrival of Steppe-related ancestry in the Italian Peninsula (2021) This channel depends on your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveAll Links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

Mark Mirabello, Ph.D., is a professor of history at Shawnee State University in Ohio and a former visiting professor of history at Nizhny Novgorod University in Russia. He has appeared on Ancient Aliens and America’s Book of Secrets on the History Channel as well as in the documentary The Kingdom of Survival. He is the author of The Traveler's Guide to the Afterlife which Examines beliefs from many different cultures on the soul, heaven, hell, and reincarnation; and also The Odin Brotherhood, first published in 1992, in which Mirabello reveals some of the secrets of a mysterious society in Britain which values "knowledge, freedom and power" as part of their occult work which honours Odin and the other Norse gods. I asked him about these and other subjects pertaining to magic, the afterlife and pagan beliefs.Learn more about him and his published works on www.markmirabello.com This podcast depends on your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveLinktree: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJiveTheme song by Wolcensmen. Ending song is Mossgrown path by Mauerbrecher.

Dan Capp's Wolcensmen creates heathen hymns from the mists of England. He was originally known as a member of the Anglo-Saxon themed metal band Winterfylleth but his acoustic side project Wolcensmen is now the focus of his work. Dan’s music evokes the persistent paganism in the folk ways of the peasants of England, and breathes life into a natural expression of the English folk soul. In this interview we discuss a few of his songs and the meaning of the pagan themes in his lyrics. Wolcensmen website: https://wolcensmen.com/This podcast depends on your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveLinktree: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJiveAll songs used with permission of the artist Dan Capp and are also permitted according to Fair Use policy since the artistic works included are all discussed within the podcast. I do not claim the rights to any songs used. Rings like Wayland, 'Neath a Wreath of Firs, Lady of the Depe © WolcensmenLorn and Loath, Of Thralls and Throes, Sprig to Spear © Indie RecordingsWinterfylleth - Æcerbot © Candlelight Records

What exactly are elves in the Anglo-Saxon pagan belief system? Did Anglo-Saxon pagans believe in an afterlife and Hell? I will answer all these questions in this video which is the second part of a 2 part series - I will also show you what their pagan temple at Yeavering looked like, and explain how the elves, orcs, dwarves, land wights and ents of their belief system were all classed as demons after Christianisation. This channel depends on your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejive​All Links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive​Music:Chris Zabriskie - variousBark Sound Productions - variousBorg - compositions from The Triumph of SpringKevin McLeod - variousCefin Beorn - Se FrecaOrmgård - variousSjhof - Loki’s meditationStark von Oben - variousMyling - TockenMauerbrecher - mossgrown pathR. Shah - FRTR themeSir Cubworth - the throne roomKhan Kurra - litte dragonXurious - steppe expansionSources:Abram, C. ‘In Search of Lost Time: Aldhelm and The Ruin’, Quaestio (Selected Proceedings of the Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic), vol. 1, 2000.Dowden, Ken (2000). European Paganism: The Realities of Cult from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.Doyle, Conan. (2018). Dweorg in Old English: Aspects of Disease Terminology. Gunnel, T., ‘How Elvish were the Elves?’ 2007.Hall, A., 'Are there any Elves in Anglo-Saxon Place-Names?', Nomina: Journal of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland, 29 (2006), 61-80.Hall, A., (2004). The Meanings of Elf, and Elves, in Medieval England. 2007.Lund, J., "At the Water's Edge" in "Signals of Belief in Early England"Lysaght, P. ‘the banshee: the irish supernatural death messenger’ North, R. 1997 Heathen gods in Old English literature. Pollington, S. 2011. The Elder Gods: The Otherworld of Early England.Price, Neil & Mortimer, Paul. (2014). An Eye for Odin? Divine Role-Playing in the Age of Sutton Hoo. European Journal of Archaeology.Semple. S., A Fear of the Past: The Place of the Prehistoric Burial Mound in the Ideology of Middle and Later Anglo-Saxon England. (1998)

What were the pre-Christian religious traditions of England like? This two part series serves as an introduction to Anglo-Saxon paganism. In this podcast we will look at the evidence we have for the pagan gods of the Anglo-Saxons and will compare them to what we know about the Norse equivalents that Vikings worshipped. At times it is also necessary to use Indo-European comparative mythology to understand the gods and goddesses of the Anglo-Saxons. “Anglo-Saxon paganism” refers to the Germanic pagan traditions brought to Britain in the 5th century and which persisted in surprising ways even after the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England over the 7th and 8th century. (This podcast is also available as a video on YouTube and Odysee)Sources:Chaney, W. A. 1972. The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England: The Transition from Paganism to Christianity, The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory, 47:2, 141-143Das, R. et al. 2016. Localizing Ashkenazic Jews to Primeval Villages in the Ancient Iranian Lands of Ashkenaz, Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 8, Issue 4.Dowden, K. 2000. European Paganism: The Realities of Cult from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. London and New York: Routledge. p. 229.Dumezil, G. 1988. ‘Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty’Ealdorblotere, T. 2020. To Hold the Holytides.Faussett, B. 1856, Inventorium Sepulchrale. An Account of Some Antiquities dug up at Gilton, Kingston, Sibertswold, Bafriston, Beakesbourne, Chartham, and Crundale, in the County of Kent, from A.D. 1757 to A.D. 1773 (London 1856).Grimm, J. 1835. Deutsche Mythologie.Helmbrecht, M. 2012. A winged figure from Uppåkra HelmbrechtKemble, J. M. 1876. The Saxons in EnglandKershaw, K. 2000. ‘The one-eyed god: Odin and the (Indo-)Germanic Männerbünde’ (Journal of Indo-European studies monograph).Nordberg, Andreas. 2006. Jul, disting och förkyrklig tideräkning: Kalendrar och kalendariska riter i det förkristna Norden. Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur: UppsalaNorth, R. 1997 Heathen gods in Old English literature. Cambridge University Press.North, R. Old English 'wopes hring' and the Old Norse myth of BaldrPollington, S. 2011. The Elder Gods: The Otherworld of Early EnglandReaves, W. 2018. Odin's Wife: Mother Earth in Germanic MythologyRowsell, T. 2011. Woden and his Roles in Anglo-Saxon Royal Genealogy.Schiffels, S., Haak, W., Paajanen, P. et al. Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon genomes from East England reveal British migration history. Nat Commun 7, 10408 (2016). Stenton, F. 1943. Anglo-Saxon England. OxfordWerner, J. 1964. Herkuleskeule und Donar-Amulett. Jahrb. RGZM 11, 176–197.

The Final Pagan Generation recounts the story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Edward J. Watts traces their experiences of living through the fourth century’s dramatic religious and political changes, when heated confrontations saw the Christian establishment legislate against pagan practices as mobs attacked pagan holy sites and temples. Watts examines why the "final pagan generation"—born to the old ways and the old world in which it seemed to everyone that religious practices would continue as they had for the past two thousand years—proved both unable to anticipate the changes that imperially sponsored Christianity produced and unwilling to resist them. This book is relevant today due to obvious modern parallels. This podcast depends on your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveAll Links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJiveBitcoin: bc1qq4x3pwvpq7kxu0ws8wm7f0yu8cuddfgl9349umChainlink: 0x9168c809ca9f3f3655E7160384F7587b1Bc83237

Dr Raoul McLaughlin is an expert in Roman economics with a PhD in Roman Economy and Trade beyond Imperial Frontiers. Dr McLaughlin is a founder member of the Classical Association in Northern Ireland, a council member of the Classical Association of Ireland and Associate Editor of their academic journal: ‘Classics Ireland’. He has published three books on the subject of Roman economy in Asia.https://raoul-mclaughlin.com/ This podcast depends on your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveLinks: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

This is a guest episode from the History Bro YouTube channel. I appeared as a guest on his podcast where we discussed the pagan midwinter festivals of Europe which all influenced our modern Xmas in different ways. The most important are the Roman festival of Saturnalia and the Germanic festival of Yule which became known as Jol or Jul in Scandinavia. Learn how gods like Odin, Freyr, Sol Invictus and others have each played a part in the complicated but fascinating history of Christmas.History Bro: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEwYhrka7Je0ZASriyDWmyQThe Spirit of Yule book: https://shop.smiletitans.com/product/the-spirit-of-yuleThis podcast depends on your support:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveOther links: https://linktr.ee/SurvivetheJive

Germanic pagan Ian Read is best known for his neofolk project 'Fire + Ice' which “takes the purity and philosophy of early music and melds it into a message redolent with powerful seeds of honour, truth, loyalty and the bond of true friendship.” Ian is also Drihten (lord) and Rune-Master in the Rune-Gild, an initiatory school devoted to the esoteric and exoteric study of the Germanic runes.Learn more on his blog: https://runa-eormensyl.com/This podcast depends on your support:Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/survivethejivePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveSubscribestar: https://subscribestar.com/survive-the-jiveKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/survivethejiveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SurviveTheJive

The Proto-Indo-Europeans of the Pontic Caspian Steppe and other parts of Eastern Europe in the neolithic worshipped a paternal deity who they called Dyḗus ph₂tḗr “sky father”. With comparative linguistics and comparative mythology we can learn a lot about this ancient god from whom Greek Zeus, Roman Jupiter, Irish Dagda, Vedic Dyáuṣ Pitṛ́ and Norse Odin and many others also derive. In this video I explain what we know about the god’s mythic roles relating to cattle, his relationship to other gods in the Indo-European religion and his association with different animals in later pagan religions.This podcast depends on your support:Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/survivethejivePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveSubscribestar: https://subscribestar.com/survive-the-jiveKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/survivethejiveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SurviveTheJiveMusic in order:theme song: Wolcensmen - SunneAltyn Tuu - Altai Tuva Xurious - Steppe expansionElegiac - Ashwind interludeDoug Maxwell - Bansure ragaSjhof - path to the templeOrmgård - SjálfsfornStark Von Oben - ImperatorHalindir - Hedelandet IIKevin McLeod - DhakaMyling - TöckenBorg - The May queen enters the circleSources:Anthony, D., ‘The Horse, the Wheel, and Language’ 2007Dumezil, G., ‘Mythe et Épopée’ 1973Dumezil, G., ‘Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty’, 1988Kershaw, K., ‘The one-eyed god: Odin and the (Indo-)Germanic Männerbünde’ (Journal of Indo-European studies monograph) 2000Lincoln, B., ‘THE INDO-EUROPEAN MYTH OF CREATION’ 1975Matasović, R., ‘A Reader in Comparative Indo-European Religion’ 2010Mylonas, G. E., ‘The Eagle of Zeus’ 1946Puhvel, J., ‘Victimal Hierarchies in Indo-European Animal Sacrifice’: The American Journal of Philology , Autumn, 1978, Vol. 99, No. 3 (Autumn, 1978), pp. 354-362 Puhvel, J., ‘Comparative Mythology’ 1987

Sturla Ellingvåg is an economist and historian from Norway currently collaborating with the roots of the Vikings at the Lundbeck Foundation Centre for Geogenetics at the University of Copenhagen. He also runs his own YouTube channel called Viking Stories.Sturla recently collaborated on a genetic paper titled Population genomics of the Viking world. The findings of the paper have been reported on by a number of mainstream media worldwide, but the reports misrepresent the findings and Sturla has spoken out against this. Today we will hear more about what the paper actually shows about Viking diversity.This podcast depends on your support:Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/survivethejivePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveSubscribestar: https://subscribestar.com/survive-the-jiveKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/survivethejiveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SurviveTheJive

The legend of The Wild Hunt is found across Europe in different forms; Originally led by Odin (Woden), in Britain it was said to be led by King Arthur or Herne the Hunter, but always it remained fearsome, and nowhere more than Dartmoor has the dread of the black hell hounds of the ghostly nocturnal hunt been greater feared. In Dartmoor the Wild Hunt is especially associated with a most peculiar and ancient oak forest called Wistman's Wood. In this video I visit the forest to see if I can encounter the hunt for myself.....the result was terrifying!This podcast depends on your support:Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/survivethejivePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveMerch: https://teespring.com/stores/survive-the-jiveMusic: Grimrik, Andrew Weis