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Late Neolithic, Early Bronze Age Grange stone circle was aligned to the sunrise on #Lughnasadh, #Lammas, the day from the "#Celtic" calendar which marks the end of summer and beginning of autumn. Today. Of course this is a bit too early for #Celts, right? oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2014/09/grange… 
This stone circle was built as a temple to Crom Dubh, the ancient Irish Sun and Grain god. This was his holy mountain oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2017/11/sun-mo…
Crom Dubh was a Bull God, bull being his holy animal and his alter ego. Bull sacrifices to Crom were recorded in 19th c. oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2019/08/bull-o…
In the early part of the first millennium CE, the #IndoEuropean language known as Proto-#Germanic diverged into an East branch (which included #Gothic) and a Northwest branch.
Northwest then split into West and North branches when Proto-#Norse developed in #Scandinavia.
Northwest then split into West and North branches when Proto-#Norse developed in #Scandinavia.
Until the 8th century, #Germanic #languages, including Proto-#Norse, were written in Elder Futhark, the earliest #runic #alphabet.
The name #Futhark comes from the initial phonemes in the names of the first six #runes:
ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ
F U Þ A R K
The name #Futhark comes from the initial phonemes in the names of the first six #runes:
ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ
F U Þ A R K
By the beginning of the #Viking Age around 800 CE, Proto-#Norse had evolved into Old Norse, and #Scandinavia's writing system transitioned from the 24 #runes of Elder #Futhark to Younger Futhark's 16 runes.
The #Swedish #Sparlösa #Runestone from ~800 CE features both #alphabets.
The #Swedish #Sparlösa #Runestone from ~800 CE features both #alphabets.
