Deer – 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 ֎ 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈

Kernunnos: or of the perennial renewal of the cosmos

Published on: October 9, 2020 Last updated on: April 27 2022 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Anthropology, Esotericism, History of Religions

Primordial epiphany of the giver of life and death, archetypically connected to the dark forces of the natural world, the Celtic Cernunno was not only god of hunting and wild nature, but a real "cosmic god" ruler of the cycle of death-and - rebirth, as evidenced by the symbols attributed to it by traditional iconography: the stage with cervine horns, the torques and the horned snake.

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"True Detective", between fantastic realism and metapolitics

Published on: July 14 2020 Last updated on: October 30, 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Cinema and TV, Press releases and updates, Esotericism, Events

Attached you can listen to our speech at last night's videoconference, "Metapolitics of TV Series" for GRECE Italie, focused on the esoteric implications of Nic Pizzolatto's first season "True Detective", which we have already had the opportunity to talk about on our pages.

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The Deer Man of the Castelnuovo Carnival and the regeneration of spring

Published on: February 18 2019 Last updated on: April 13 2022 Written by: Maximilian Palmesano Categorized into: Anthropology, folklore, Shamanism, History of Religions

Second article dedicated to the Carnival of Castelnuovo al Volturno, on the Molise Apennines, and to the main figures of the pantomime: “Gl'Cierv”, Martino and the Hunter.

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The magic of the Mainarde: on the trail of the Janare and the Deer Man

Published on: 5 September 2018 Last updated on: 12 September 2018 Written by: Maximilian Palmesano Categorized into: Anthropology, folklore, Shamanism, History of Religions

A visit to Castelnuovo al Volturno, in Molise, allows us to give a face to the characters of local folklore, the Janare and "Gl'Cierv", and to resume some central mythical-traditional aspects of Cosmic-agrarian cults of ancient Eurasia.

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Cimmerians, Scythians and Sarmatians: the Iranian peoples of ancient Eurasia

Published on: March 10 2018 Last updated on: March 11 2018 Written by: Alfonso Piscitelli Categorized into: Anthropology, Mito, History, History of Religions

Journey to discover the ancient Indo-European populations of warrior knights who occupied, during the Iron Age, the vast territory between Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the steppes of Central Asia

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The archaic substratum of the end of year celebrations: the traditional significance of the 12 days between Christmas and the Epiphany

Published on: December 29 2016 Last updated on: 14 September 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Anthropology, Esotericism, folklore, Middle Ages, Mito, Shamanism, History of Religions

di Marco Maculotti
article originally published on Atrium on 21/12/2016,
here revised and expanded

Here we aim to deepen the folkloric beliefs that have led to the configuration of two figures intimately connected to the liturgical-profane calendar of Europe in recent centuries. The two figures that interest us are those of Santa Claus (Italianized in Santa Claus) and of the Befana, figures that - as we will see - owe their origin and their symbolism to an archaic substratum, anthropologically recognizable in all those practices and beliefs (myths and rites) of the volk European (or rather eurasian), which elsewhere we have defined as "cosmic-agrarian cults" [cf. Cosmic-agrarian cults of ancient Eurasia].

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