Day 4: from enemies to lovers

Brief explanation: Lan Xichen as Emperor of the Roman Empire and Jiang Cheng as leader of the united Germanic tribes.
You see this war?

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If you're interested in their origins, Kobolds come from Germanic folklore and are usually depicted as these little humanoid fuckers. They're pretty much just evil gnomes who prank people and shit. But yeah, the lil' dragon-like design is popularized by D&D 3e-5e.

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Wо̄den Wanderer appears! The old Germanic god is folded into my story as one the Green Man's many aspects.

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The Imperial Taie vs. Nomadic Suibi cultures

One is Rome+China, other is Germanics+Xiongnu

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Asatru is a religion which involves the worship of ancient Germanic spirits and Gods.

The name comes from two words in an ancient language called Old Norse. It means "faith in the Æsir." The Æsir are the Germanic gods

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- Vespula germanica -

Custom design for from a bit back! Loved working on this critter, the wasp mask is defo a fav feature!

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In the Norse tradition, Brunhild is a shieldmaiden or valkyrie, from the Völsunga saga & some Eddic poems. In Germanic tradition, she is a powerful Amazon-like queen. 👑 https://t.co/PLhJzbR8IH

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Nehalennia- Celtic Goddess of the sea

Sometimes found in the Germanic pantheon, she's associated most with the trading and shipping of cargo overseas. She's often depicted with a dog by her side. Are you familiar with this goddess?

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THE WILD HUNT was reported as late as 1940 in England on All Hallow's Eve. In Celtic & Germanic folklore a furious bunch of of the restless dead ride through the sky on their phantom horses accompanied by spectral hounds, shrieking & making wild noises

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Early Slavic houses differ from Germanic longhouses by being small, made for one family, whereas the longhouse can shelter the whole kin. These architectural differences can be traced to the Neolithic period of Western and South-Eastern Europe.

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Seeing as we're now officially into Autumn seems a good opportunity to share a panel of 's fantastic artwork for 'The Wild Huntsman' (full of seasonal colours.) The ancient Germanic ghost story which inspired Sleepy Hollow - part of 'Early Haunts.'

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In 1530, Otto Brunfels (1488-1534, Germanic botanist) compiled 'Herbarium Vivae Eicones': plants he himself found during his botanical studies were represented with woodcuts. Also he wrote on pedagogics, the Arabic language, pharmaceutics & entomology.

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The lore of Perchta has changed throughout Germanic lore. In current culture, Perchta is portrayed as a "rewarder of the generous & punisher of the bad." Doled out by scooping her victim's insides, ripping out the intestines & stuffing them back up with trash!

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Odin is, among so many other things, the God of Runes. Runes were the script of the germanic people, used in different varients from antiquety far into the middle ages.
But Odin was the first to know them and he had to make a great sacrifice to learn them (1/3)

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The Wild Hunt is a concept of pre-Christian Germanic religion that denotes ghostly riders leading a ghostly army through winter storms during the Twelve Nights of Yuletide. This concept appears across European folklore but is chiefly linked to Germanic regions of northern Europe.

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Hello
I'm Gera (Germanich) and I'm very fond of retro things and animation

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WILD HUNT My favourite mythical haunting. In Celtic & Germanic folklore a furious bunch of of the restless dead ride through the sky on their phantom horses accompanied by spectral hounds shrieking & making wild noises🎨Arbo 1872; Haynes 1874; Dore’ 1865

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🦌 Fauna Germanica, Diptera: .
Nuremberg?: s.n., between 1793 and 1805?.
https://t.co/EpY0OJMIlF

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