The 102-year War between Montenegro and Japan
Who would have thought? Montenegro, a tiny country in the Balkans, was officially at war with Japan until just recently — until 2006 to be precise. This is certainly not a joke and to...
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Slavs in Scandinavia, part 2: The Creation of Poland
At the time when Polans (Polani) originally formed Poland, it was a landlocked country. Nevertheless, the early Polish state, during the process of expanding its boundaries, did not forget to include some seashore within...
What Affects Human Height? Why are Southern Slavs and Scandinavians So Tall?
Human height is controlled by multiple genes and environmental factors. Many studies have estimated the heritability of human height, and we also know it to be true from our everyday experience – the children...
Slavs in the Viking World Series: Slavs in Scandinavia
There were Slavs living on the shores of the Baltic since antiquity. In spite of the fact that the role Slavs played on the Baltic was considerable, it is not very well known in...
Slavs in the Viking World Series: Introduction – Who Were the Vikings?
Were the Vikings One People? – The Difference Between Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Vikings Well you must be wondering why I’m writing about Vikings this time. The reason is actually simple. Everyone knows that...
Rusalka – The Slavic “Mermaid”
Rusalka is a water-dwelling nymph who appears in the shape of a beautiful woman. There are many obvious links between the Rusalki and the mermaids of Celtic myths. Both are beautiful, sexually liberated and...
Life in a Slavic Tribe, part 2 – Pomeranian Chronicles
Before reading, we recommend that you read the first part, which introduces the series and the topics. You can do so here. The men spent a lot of time outside their home fishing, hunting, practicing...
Lel – The Slavic God of Erotic Passion
The God Lel or Lelya, Lelo, Lubitsch, is the god of erotic passion in the mythology of the ancient Slavs. He is the son of Lada, the goddess of beauty and love. In contrast...
Life in a Slavic tribe – Pomeranian Chronicles
Modern view of early Slavonic societies is very deformed. Among rodnovers and people who simply cherish their ancestral culture, myths of hippie-like image prevail. Those myths were built in opposition to leftists stereotypes of...
Vandals – A Slavic Tribe or not?
A number of German historians already claimed that Vandals had to be Slavic, the most famous one being Helmut Schrocke in his most known book Germanen Slawen. The phonetic similarity and geographic proximity of...
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