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zoe_me that pagan LJ news feed is ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
the_wildhunt. Interesting news for the pagan inclined.
In other news I finished that book, The Philosopher and the Druids. I liked it alot and it gave me good starting points to gaulic/celtic learning.
I discovered two new heros, Pytheas and Onomaris.
Pytheas was a greek who managed to travel all the way to britain and beyond to iceland and in the 4 century no less.
Onomaris was a gaullic woman from the same time period and her story is just as remarkable to me.
To quote from The Philosopher and the Druids:
Once, long before Posidonius, there lived in eastern Eurpoe a Celtic woman named Onomaris. We don't know when exactly she lived, but it must have sometime soon after the great La Tene migrations of the fourth century B.C. had carried many of her people east from their alpine homeland to the lands just west of the black sea. Times were very hard for the Celts on the southern banks of the Danube River. The tribe of Onomaris had arrived in their new land in search of a better life but instead found only hardship and starvation. The warriors, farmers, priests, and woman of the tribe appealed to their rulers to lead them to a new land where they could provide for their families. They offered to swear allegiance to anyone who would help them, but because of complacency, indecisiveness, or fear of the unknown, no man would step forward to lead them. Onomaris then rose to speak: Since no man will lead, follow me. She must have been a remarkable woman, for in no time at all the whole tribe was behind her.
The first thing Onomaris did was to reorganize the social structure of the tribe. There would be no wealthy, privileged elite. All brought forward what few goods they still possessed and placed them in a common pool for redistribution. With efficiency and experience of a mother who had dealt with many quarreling children, Onomaris gave each family only the supply of food, animals, and weapons they needed for the journey, regardless of how much they complained. The tribe then set out north across the Danube River in search of a new home. They weren't looking for a fight-all they wanted was a land to settle and raise their children-but they were determined to overcome anyone who stood in their way. Onomaris lead the column of emigrants through forests and swamps, just as she lead them in battle against hostile natives. In the end, because of the courage of this singular Celtic leader, her tribe arrived in a peaceful and prosperous land, where she ruled with strength and wisdom.
Although we possess only a few details about the life of Onomaris, she is the earliest Celtic woman we know from classical records.
zoe_me that pagan LJ news feed is the_wildhunt. Interesting news for the pagan inclined.In other news I finished that book, The Philosopher and the Druids. I liked it alot and it gave me good starting points to gaulic/celtic learning.
I discovered two new heros, Pytheas and Onomaris.
Pytheas was a greek who managed to travel all the way to britain and beyond to iceland and in the 4 century no less.
Onomaris was a gaullic woman from the same time period and her story is just as remarkable to me.
To quote from The Philosopher and the Druids:
Once, long before Posidonius, there lived in eastern Eurpoe a Celtic woman named Onomaris. We don't know when exactly she lived, but it must have sometime soon after the great La Tene migrations of the fourth century B.C. had carried many of her people east from their alpine homeland to the lands just west of the black sea. Times were very hard for the Celts on the southern banks of the Danube River. The tribe of Onomaris had arrived in their new land in search of a better life but instead found only hardship and starvation. The warriors, farmers, priests, and woman of the tribe appealed to their rulers to lead them to a new land where they could provide for their families. They offered to swear allegiance to anyone who would help them, but because of complacency, indecisiveness, or fear of the unknown, no man would step forward to lead them. Onomaris then rose to speak: Since no man will lead, follow me. She must have been a remarkable woman, for in no time at all the whole tribe was behind her.
The first thing Onomaris did was to reorganize the social structure of the tribe. There would be no wealthy, privileged elite. All brought forward what few goods they still possessed and placed them in a common pool for redistribution. With efficiency and experience of a mother who had dealt with many quarreling children, Onomaris gave each family only the supply of food, animals, and weapons they needed for the journey, regardless of how much they complained. The tribe then set out north across the Danube River in search of a new home. They weren't looking for a fight-all they wanted was a land to settle and raise their children-but they were determined to overcome anyone who stood in their way. Onomaris lead the column of emigrants through forests and swamps, just as she lead them in battle against hostile natives. In the end, because of the courage of this singular Celtic leader, her tribe arrived in a peaceful and prosperous land, where she ruled with strength and wisdom.
Although we possess only a few details about the life of Onomaris, she is the earliest Celtic woman we know from classical records.
