Pagan Storytime: The Way of the Kóryos pt 2

11/14/24 • 13 min

Listen to part 2 of a new pagan story! The young warriors are now lost out on the moonlit steppe, after their first real challenge. As if it couldn't get worse they now also smell smoke. Smoke means people, and people might mean threat.

The importance of storytelling in Indo-European spirituality and culture cannot be overestimated. Here you get the luxury to relax and listen to a story about raids, coming-of-age rites and the spirits of the land.

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15. Mother’s milk: Pagan cow goddesses and their fascinating origin & myths

Within Indo-European spirituality, cow goddesses occupy a unique and venerated position, symbolizing fertility, prosperity, and the nurturing aspects of nature. They play a central role in the mythologies and religious practices across various Indo-European cultures. Their symbolism extends beyond the realms of agriculture and animal husbandry, intertwining deeply with concepts of marriage and the life-giving forces of rivers.

This episode is about how the plethora of Indo-European cow-associated and -depicted goddesses all belong together, represent the same functions and constitute a category or classification of goddesses throughout the IE world. It also shows that this group of cow goddesses are intimately related to and a sine qua non for river goddesses, and vice versa – helping the reader understand the Indo-European worldview, social construction and perception of (parts of) feminine divinity.

To understand the original concept of the Indo-European cow goddess, the functional classification of later cow deities it gave rise to, why they all belong together, and the close bonds between the cow as symbol and Indo-European river goddesses, we must first take a closer look at the Proto-Indo-European and early Indo-European lifestyle, society and worldview.

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Pagan Storytime: The Wrítros Algorithm pt 1 (full length)

The boy must die, for the man to live. As the storm rages and the past refuses to stay buried, a young man stands at the threshold of his final trial. There’s no more running. His life spent without purpose, without direction, without the fire that once burned in the hearts of those who came before him, he must now reckon with stagnation, doubts and everything he has feared to become. The storm is building. The choice is his.

The Wrítros Algorithm is a modern serpent-slaying myth, an ancient struggle reborn in the modern world. We have lost our rites of passage and coming of age traditions, leaving young people directionless, disconnected, struggling with lack of purpose and poor mental health. This battle was never erased, only forgotten. The Wrítros Algorithm is a confrontation with fear, stagnation, and the self. A story of myth and psyche, of sacrifice and transformation.

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