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Veles, the Slavic god of earth, waters and cattle, could shape-shift into a massive serpent to guard his treasures?

He is also the opposite of Perun. The myth says if you hear thunder, it means that Perun is chasing Veles as he, perhaps, stole something from Perun once more.

Do you have more to share about Veles?

A bit different kind of post this time.

• Resurrection Mastery: She steals Thoth’s secret spells to bring Osiris back. Heroic love story, or evidence she’d bend any rule for power?

• Queen of Magic: Isis became the supreme practitioner of magic in Egypt. Was that a natural rise, or deliberate usurpation of priestly authority?

• Political Patronage: Pharaohs claimed descent from her to legitimise their rule. Genuine veneration, or a PR stunt dressed as religion?

• Global Goddess: Her cult spread as far as Rome, morphing her image each time. Evolution of belief, or early brand franchising?

Here a post about her (my website): Isis

Your Turn: Which side of Isis gets buried under the hype? And how do her mythic tactics mirror real-world power plays today? Share your thoughts and let’s debate.

The underrated Slavic mythology is usual apart for the rest. It is not known or poorly outside of the "Slavic world". Due to the fact that, mostly, all writings, research, books are in Slavic languages (such as Polish, Slovak, Czech, Slovenian, Serbian, etc.).

Therefore, I doubt you heard about Svarog. He has also a hammer as Thor but he is using it a bit differently.

God of fire, smithing and the bright vault of heaven.

Principal Cult Centre? Let's say everywhere. in the households, at the smithies.

Up to a quick Sunday evening reading?

Read more about Svarog, Slavic god of fire

Did you know Arianrhod, in Welsh mythology, gave birth without consent or memory of it?

One child was hidden. The other was cursed.

She is a goddess of stars, fate, and silence, often misunderstood, never tame.

Any myths from any mythology is welcome 😀

If Anubis managed your lost-and-found, would he demand “one soul per item” or simply give you a friendly tail-wag and send you on your way?

Reedited: Slavic mythology has, somehow, some symbols. For instance the Rod wheel, it is a classical (and safe). ~~Why safe? For those who don't know, there is one symbol which is rooted in the modern Slavic folkore. "Kolovrat"~~. By contrast, the ‘kolovrat’ is a modern neo-pagan revival (and sometimes mis-used by far-right groups), so it carries more baggage

Already the name is rather modern due to neo-paganism revival. It is mostly a sun-oriented symbol. A unified one.

However, some far-right groups appropriated this symbol (if you look up what a "kolovrat" looks like, you understand why straight away.). I have tried to simplified a lot through: https://houseofoliviereu.com/slavic-symbols/ (for convenience). The Sun-oriented symbol can be found throughout Eurasia. Example: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/151610 on the Bell doll, the Sun-oriented symbol is clearly seen.

More towards the Slavic world. During middle ages the symbol was found on coins (Some references: Bílina and Zabrušany (Váňa 1973: Pic. 2: F7, Pic. 4: F4), Stará Boleslav (Varadzin 2007: 76: 296), Kruszwice (Buko 2008: 384, Fig. 176), Giecz (Kołos-Szafrańska 1962: 455, Rys. 4:1))

I’ll admit, I didn’t know much about the “kolovrat” myself until I dug into the archaeology, living in a Slavic country opened my eyes to how neo-pagans revived it and how far-right groups have since mis-used it.

Did you know Tefnut’s tears were said to have given birth to the very first humans? After she and Shu fled as lionesses into the desert, their reunion with Atum unleashed such relief that their weeping formed the Nile’s first waters, and from those sacred drops sprang humankind.

Did you know Shu’s job title literally means “he who holds up”? In hieroglyphs his name is written as 𓋴𓍯𓅱 (Šw), but that first phoneme doubles as the verb “to hold,” so the god of air was, from the get-go, the original cosmic scaffolder, no advice from architects required. He even pops up in the Pyramid Texts as the chap propping up Nut and Geb, so every breeze you feel is essentially Shu reminding you he’s still on duty.

Ziggurats, Mesopotamia’s ancient “skyscrapers”, rose as stepped mud-brick platforms around 3000 BCE. No hidden chambers, just divine stairways with built-in rain drainage.

Which modern building reminds you of a ziggurat? Share your pic!

P.S: I think our ziggurat is a bit of...a fail. It looks like a Maya/Aztec temple 🤔 🫣

Here’s something we talk about a lot at House of Olivier EU and we’re bringing it here to stir the pot (with purpose):

Myth is not fiction. It’s cultural code. It’s power structure. It’s how early civilizations processed war, death, famine, sex, kingship, and law, long before philosophy had a name.

he Epic of Gilgamesh isn’t just about gods and monsters, it’s a raw meditation on mortality, written in the wreckage of a real flood-prone world.

Ma’at in Egypt? Not just a feather or a goddess, but a governing concept of balance, justice, and truth, enforced as state ideology.

Inanna’s Descent is not just a resurrection myth, it’s a symbolic system for trauma, transformation, and power negotiation, possibly rooted in ritual.

These stories were survival tech. Psychological software. They governed rites, structured authority, and encoded emotional resilience.

We strip mythology of its depth when we repackage it as “spiritual entertainment.” It was never just “belief.” It was infrastructure.

So here’s a question for you, fellow myth-dwellers:

Which myths do you think still shape our modern world, quietly, subconsciously, in law, politics, or personal identity?

Let’s dig in.

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I am the keeper of deep knowledge, Bringer of wisdom, and opener of fates. My city sleeps beside sweet waters, Where reeds whisper secrets to stars.

Some called me a trickster, Others, a savior of humankind. I speak through rivers, fish, and dreams. My domain is not of fire, but of flow.

🌀 Who am I?

The Divine Keepers are watching… And they always know the answer.

TIP: That God is not part of any European mythology.

He is a famous God from Europe. He is everywhere. He is living in the sky. Worshipped? Only one part of Europe/

Do you know him?

Hint: This is not Thor. This is not North.

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