North Saskatchewan Pagans

11/03/2025

07/18/2025

They came down the main avenue of Tbilisi in 1915—on horseback, draped in chainmail, swords at their sides. Not a movie crew. Not re-enactors. But real mountain warriors from Georgia’s Khevsureti region, stirring memories of a world long gone.
Locals stared. Some swore they were ghosts from the 12th century. In truth, they were Khevsurs—fierce Christian fighters from the Caucasus, whose traditions ran so deep they still bore shields, chainmail, and crosses as their ancestors had for centuries.
For generations, travelers claimed the Khevsurs were descended from Crusaders left behind during the medieval wars for the Holy Land. Their attire certainly looked the part: heavy mail, cross-emblazoned tunics, and swords forged in the old style. Though historians debate that origin story, one fact remains: the Khevsurs lived and fought as if history still breathed through them.
When Russia went to war with the Ottoman Empire in 1914, a small group of Khevsur volunteers arrived in full traditional armor. Their weapons may not have matched the modern battlefield—but their presence was unforgettable. A living echo of the warrior spirit that shaped their mountains.
Today, their legacy lives on in folk memory, in ceremonial dress, and in the Georgian flag itself—where the Crusader’s cross still flies.
As one American traveler wrote after witnessing their arrival:
“A band of twelfth-century Crusaders... came riding on horseback down the main avenue of Tiflis. People’s eyes almost popped out of their heads.”
They weren’t ghosts.
They were Khevsurs. And they were very much alive.

~Old Photo Club

12/22/2023

11th Century runestone from Södersluss, Stockholm here in Sweden. It was first mentioned in the early 1600s as being used as part of the wall at the south gate of Stockholm. It was later moved from there, eventually ending up in the museum. Thanks to the two children ordering the stone, their father is still remembered 1000 years later. It reads:
KARL AND ADISLA RAISED THE STONE IN MEMORY ARNISL THEIR FATHER

11/06/2023

Dono, there's No one here

10/12/2023

Spicy take of the day - bots are dumb

09/20/2023

What's everyone's opinion on land wights?

09/08/2023

ÁSATRÚ AND HINDU: ART AND PRACTICE

In my new column, I visit a tiny corner of the San Diego Museum of Art and discuss lessons that today's practitioners of Ásatrú (Norse religion) can learn by engaging with Hinduism's rich religious history.

Read it at https://wildhunt.org/2023/08/asatru-and-hinduism-art-and-practice.html