Thursday 26 April 2012
Monday 23 April 2012
Monday 9 April 2012
Eostre.
There were many parallel stories about resurrected gods and heroes in the ancient world dating back at least to the Sumerians. Christianity found many easy converts in pagan religions that featured resurrected god myths so that it accommodated a pagan Spring festival for pragmatic reasons.
The Venerable Bede, a Northumbrian monk and the first English historian, wrote that Easter derives its name from Eostre who was the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and the month corresponding to April was called "Eostremonat" or Eostre's month.
In the month of February, Bede claims that the pagans offered cakes to their deities.
The rabbit is a symbol for the goddess Eostre and represents fertility.
In ancient times, the Egyptians, Persians, Romans, Gauls and Chinese all regarded the egg as a symbol of the renewing universe and new life. Easter baskets grew from the pagan representation of birds weaving their nests as they mated.
The Venerable Bede, a Northumbrian monk and the first English historian, wrote that Easter derives its name from Eostre who was the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and the month corresponding to April was called "Eostremonat" or Eostre's month.
In the month of February, Bede claims that the pagans offered cakes to their deities.
The rabbit is a symbol for the goddess Eostre and represents fertility.
In ancient times, the Egyptians, Persians, Romans, Gauls and Chinese all regarded the egg as a symbol of the renewing universe and new life. Easter baskets grew from the pagan representation of birds weaving their nests as they mated.
Anglo Saxon.
Anglo Saxon dress between the years 500 to 1000.
Word Origins:
Kin from Kin, Family, Tribe.
Monday from Monandaeg meaning Day of The Moon.
Tuesday from Tiwesdaeg meaning Day of Tiw or Tew, The God Of Darkness and Sky.
Wednesday from Wednesdaeg meaning Day of Woden or Odin. The God Of Battle.
Thursday from Þunresdæg meaning Day of Thor or Tor, Son Of Odin And God Of Air And Thunder.
Friday from Frigedaeg, meaning Day of Frigg, Frea, Freya or Frija, Wife Of Odin And Goddess Of Love, Motherhood, Fertility And Wisdom.
Saturday from Saturnesdaeg meaning Day Of Saturn.
Sunday from Sunnandaeg meaning Day Of Sun.
Easter from Eostre, The Goddess Of Dawn Or Sunrise.
Freya by J. Doyle Penrose.
Thursday 5 April 2012
Rural Society.
Far from the Madding Crowd.
Far from the Madding Crowd is a 1967 British drama film directed by John Schlesinger, adapted from the book of the same name by Thomas Hardy.
A rural life was the reality for most of the English until the Industrial Revolution which brought people to the cities.
The Industrial Revolution is the period encompassing the vast social and economic changes that resulted from the development of steam-powered machinery and mass-production methods, beginning in about 1760 in Great Britain and extending through the first half of the nineteenth century. The lives of large sections of the population of Great Britain underwent massive changes during the industrial revolution. Work became more regimented and disciplined, and began to take place outside the home.
Perhaps the first sign of the revolution was in the enclosure movement, which started in the 16th century and peaked from about 1760 to 1832. This movement often enclosed lands held in common and assigned ownership to large landowners, who were motivated to improve them by draining wetland, ditching, introducing new crops and better cultivation techniques and so on. These measures improved farm productivity, and at the same time drove some farm workers into the cities.
A movement of the population to the cities from the countryside produced dramatic changes in lifestyle.
A rural life was the reality for most of the English until the Industrial Revolution which brought people to the cities.
The Industrial Revolution is the period encompassing the vast social and economic changes that resulted from the development of steam-powered machinery and mass-production methods, beginning in about 1760 in Great Britain and extending through the first half of the nineteenth century. The lives of large sections of the population of Great Britain underwent massive changes during the industrial revolution. Work became more regimented and disciplined, and began to take place outside the home.
Perhaps the first sign of the revolution was in the enclosure movement, which started in the 16th century and peaked from about 1760 to 1832. This movement often enclosed lands held in common and assigned ownership to large landowners, who were motivated to improve them by draining wetland, ditching, introducing new crops and better cultivation techniques and so on. These measures improved farm productivity, and at the same time drove some farm workers into the cities.
A movement of the population to the cities from the countryside produced dramatic changes in lifestyle.
Wednesday 4 April 2012
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