Tacitus Archives - Bone and Sickle

The Seeress: Germanic Tribes, Vikings, and Witches

May 13, 2022 boneandsickle EPISODE, folklore, Germanic, history, human sacrifice, legends, Norse religion, Odin, pagan, paganism, prophecy, Ragnarök, sagas, Scandinavia, Seeress, seidr, Völva, witchcraft, witches

In pagan Germanic cultures, the seeress played an extremely important role, not only as a clairvoyant, but also often fulfilling[…]

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Nero: Myth and Monster

May 23, 2021 boneandsickle Ancient Rome, Antichrist, Bible, EPISODE, folklore, history, mermaids, Middle Ages, Nero, revenant, Rome, Satan

Emperor Nero’s reputation for wickedness and depravity had already attained mythic status within a century of his death, making him[…]

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