European ritual mounds, Orkney, Shetland, Scotland, the pre-Proto Indo-European inhabitants of Orkney/Shetland, the arrival of Norse, the Viking age, the persistent influence of Norse culture on Orkney & Shetland after they were acquired by Scotland, what is different about European mounds in contrast to Native American mounds, long houses, European mounds originating in long houses someone has died in, the extensive association between mounds and death, the inverted symbolism found at mounds, ships and their symbol at mounds, the cult of the axe, the use of axes and hammers in divination, Thor and his hammer, the presence of shrouds in divination, sun bird wheel motifs at cremation graves, Thunderbirds, the Artic region as a place of cross pollination in Europe and North America, traces of shamanism in Norse culture from the Finns, how the mounds relate to ancient astronaut theories, Child ballads, silkies, amphibious beings, fairies
Music by: Keith Allen Dennis
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