(Claudia Ayuso) Oct. 30, 2025: There’s an unknown chapter of European history that’s no longer told in our books. [The gatekeepers removed it so that no one would know.]
Research suggests that thousands of years ago [in prehistory] — long before recorded history — the Indigenous peoples of Europe built unique, rich cultures.
But then something changed — dramatically. Out of that shift emerged the Europe we know today: patriarchy, biblical genocide, violence, sexism, empires, kings, and bloody conquest — a legacy of settler colonialism that shaped today's world.
So what happened? Have traces of that earlier world survived?
Does anyone remember the Western God's wife? And by "God" is meant the Judeo-Christian "God" of the Bible: Her name was the Western GoddessAsherah.
Marija Gimbutas or Marija Birutė Alseikaitė-Gimbutienė (1921–1994) was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, which located the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Pontic Steppe. More
Special thanks to:
Sylvia Linsteadt, Kristian Kristiansen, Iosif Lazaridis.
6,500-year-old DNA reveals origin of Indo-European languages spoken by half the world
Thousands of years ago, a group of hunter-gatherers roamed the steppes of southern Russia, hunting in its rivers and across its vast grasslands. They lived in a world without settlements, without writing, and without essential technology like the wheel. Yet, their language would one day become the foundation for nearly half the world’s spoken tongues, from English (British) and Spanish (Latin) to Hindi (Sanskrit) and Persian (Aryan and Indo-Iranian languages).
Who were these people? And how did their language spread so far and wide? A landmark pair of studies may finally have uncovered answers hidden in ancient DNA. By analyzing genetic material from over 400 individuals across Eurasia, researchers have traced the origins of Indo-European languages to a group known as the Caucasus-Lower Volga (CLV) people, who lived around 6,500 years ago.
This discovery not only solves a centuries-old linguistic puzzle but also reveals how the CLV people’s descendants — the nomadicYamnaya culture — carried their language across continents, shaping the course of human history.
The hunt for the first Indo-European speakers
For decades, linguists and archeologists have debated the origins of Indo-European languages. Some argued that early farmers in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) spread the language as they expanded their agricultural practices.
Others pointed to the Yamnaya, a nomadic herding culture that roamed the steppes of Russia and Ukraine around 5,000 years ago, as the likely pioneers of the root language.
Research led by geneticist David Reich of Harvard University bridges these theories. By analyzing DNA from ancient skeletons, the researchers found that the CLV people, who lived between the Caucasus Mountains and the lower Volga River, were the ancestors of both the Yamnaya and the early Anatolian farmers. Around 6,000 years ago, some CLV groups migrated west, mixing with local hunter-gatherers to form the Yamnaya culture.
Others moved south into Anatolia, where they interbred with early farmers and gave rise to languages like Hittite, the oldest known Indo-European language that we have written records of.
“We’ve been on the hunt for this for many years,” Reich told the New York Times. “This is the first time we have a genetic picture unifying all Indo-European languages.”
The Yamnaya, researchers believe, thanks to their high mobility and herding practices, became the primary vector for spreading Indo-European languages across Europe and Asia.
“They spread from the steppes north of the Black and Caspian seas all the way to Mongolia on one side and as far as Ireland on the other — 6,000 kilometers!” David Anthony, an anthropologist and co-author of the study, told Harvard Gazette.
The discovery of the CLV people as the missing link in the Indo-European story marks a turning point in a 200-year-old quest. Earlier genetic studies had shown that the Yamnaya carried steppe ancestry into Europe and Asia, but the origins of their language remained unclear.
The new research reveals that the CLV people not only contributed to the Yamnaya genome but also to the ancestry of Bronze Age Anatolians. Previously, the absence of steppe ancestry among the Hittites had puzzled researchers. The new study shows that the Hittites likely inherited their language from the CLV people who migrated to Anatolia, rather than from the Yamnaya.
“The Caucasus-Lower Volga group therefore can be connected to all Indo-European-speaking populations,” said Dr. Ron Pinhasi, a researcher at the University of Vienna and co-author of the study. “They are the best candidate for the population that spoke Proto-Indo-European.”
Not everyone is convinced though. Some linguists, like Paul Heggarty of Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, argue that the first Indo-European speakers were early farmers in the Fertile Crescent, not hunter-gatherers in southern Russia.
“Genes don’t tell us anything about language, period,” said Mait Metspalu, a population geneticist at the University of Tartu in Estonia. Still, origin or not, the significance of the Yamnaya culture cannot be denied.
The Yamnaya, descendants of the CLV people, revolutionized life on the steppes with their herding practices and use of wheeled wagons. Their superior technology most likely supercharged the spread of their language across vast regions through trade and conquest.
“I don’t think we can even imagine what it was like for other people to see a wagon coming,” said Anthony. “It was moving across the landscape, creaking and groaning, pulling a ton of equipment. People had never seen anything like it before.”
The Yamnaya also left behind a lasting legacy in their burial practices. Both the CLV and Yamnaya cultures buried their dead in large earthen mounds called kurgans, which have provided a wealth of archaeological and genetic data. “Suppose the Yamnaya had cremated their dead,” said Nick Patterson, a co-author of the study. “Chances are, we wouldn’t even know about this crucial culture in human history.”
As the debate over the origins of Indo-European languages continues, one thing is clear: The story is far more complex — and far more fascinating — than anyone imagined.
“There’s all sorts of mixtures and movements from places that these myths never imagined,” said Reich. “And it really teaches us that there’s really no such thing as purity.”
The findings appeared in the journal Nature. This story originally appeared on ZME Science. More
Where was Aztlan? It was a faraway island or continent in the middle of the sea. It may have been inside our Hollow Earth (called Agartha in some traditions), with an internal sea described by Brooks Agnew, separated into seven giant caves or caverns with different groupings or tribes of people. And the people came to Mexico by boat long ago with a memory of their origins in that highly developed civilization, which they recreated in a great empire of temples and pyramids, monuments to the ET "gods" (star people) and dragons (Nāgas, reptilians) and others who shaped them.
Aztec mythology and the origins of humanity | Fate and Fabled
(Storied) July 20, 2022: If the word Nahua (/nah-wah/) sounds unfamiliar, it’s probably because one is used to hearing about them referred to as the “Aztecs.” That is a completely made up name by Anglo researchers.
The history is complicated, but the name Aztecs was popularized by a German explorer in the 1800s to describe the powerful Mesoamerican empire. Nahua culture is richly complex, with stories that reflect and explain the sometimes-confusing duality of nature. Beyond mythology, the Nahua had an interesting political structure, impressive agricultural system, and TWO calendars. Yet, most people these days do not even know them by their real name, the Mexica (source of the name Mexico).
Hosted by Dr. Moiya McTier and Dr. Emily Zarka, FATE & FABLED explores the stories and characters of mythologies from all around the world -- why they came to be and how they impact us still today. Host/writer: Moiya McTier, PhD. Director: David Schulte. Executive Producer: Amanda Fox. Producer: Thomas Fernandes/ Editor/Animator: P.W. Shelton. Assistant Editor: Jordyn Buckland. Illustrator: Sophie Calhoun. Script Editors: Emily Zarka, PhD. and Moiya McTier, PhD. Script Consultant: David Tavárez. Fact Checker: Yvonne McGreevy. Additional Footage: Shutterstock. Music: APM Music. Executive in Charge (PBS): Maribel Lopez. Director of Programming (PBS): Gabrielle Ewing. Assistant Director of Programming (PBS): John Campbell Fate & Fabled is produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios. Descriptive Audio & Captions provided by The Described and Captioned Media Program.
USA's Aztec/Mayan culture: Chaco Canyon of the Southwest is a civilization, an empire of 50,000 square miles, with the "Vatican" like city of Chaco, a female line (each with a sixth toe)
Aryan Bible (Avesta): The 16 Sacred Lands of the Aryans | OBELISK TV
(OBELISK TV) Jan. 1, 2025: The Aryan Bible story is a captivating journey into the heart of ancient [Iranian and Near Eastern] history and mythology, exploring the sacred [Zoroastrian] scripture of the Aryan people — the Avesta, known as the "Aryan Bible."
This epic narrative unveils the creation of 16 divine lands by the supreme god Ahura Mazda [possibly an Asura titan in Buddhist cosmology], a testament to light, truth, and harmony.
The Indus Valley Civilization disappeared
However, this perfection is challenged by the destructive force of Angra Mainyu [Mara Devaputra], the embodiment of chaos and darkness, whose counter-creations bring plagues, winters, and turmoil to these lands.
[The Buddha, in "The Story of the Lineage" as translated by Thomas William Rhys Davids (Pali Text Society), speaks of his descent from "Aryans," the solar race, which came to mean "nobles" in two senses. First, they were "warriors," not exactly kshatriyas (ruling class, master race) in the Vedic caste system sense and, second, came to mean "enlightened" or arya. Hitler's Propaganda Minister Goebbels appropriated this ancient mythology and repurposed it for Nazi ends, ruining the swastika, the legendary race of enlightened beings, and the belief in a world monarch or chakravartin ruler, making these things racist, elitist, white supremacist, and hateful. India, Tibet, and much of the Buddhist sphere still remembers the goodness in these things without the racist Western cultural baggage of modern interpretations and misusages.]
As the story unfolds, we follow the migrations of the Aryan people across vast regions of the ancient world — from the fertile steppes of modern Ukraine to the mountains of Iran, the lush valleys of India, and the crossroads of Central Asia [the Saka/Scythian land of the Buddha].
Each land reflects not only divine creation but also the resilience and ingenuity of the Aryans as they navigate environmental hardships, cultural fusion, and spiritual evolution.
The Aryan Bible [like the Vedas of the Indus Valley Civilization and proto-India] introduces us to a rich pantheon of gods and goddesses like Mithra [like Buddhist Maitreya], the god of covenants and light; Anahita, the goddess of waters and fertility; and Spenta Armaiti, the spirit of devotion and earth.
These deities embody the values of truth, resilience, and harmony that guided the Aryans in their quest for survival and unity.
Beyond its mythological depth, this story resonates with timeless themes of unity, hope, and the human spirit. It reminds us that the Aryan legacy lives on in the languages, traditions, and people scattered across Iran [Iranian = Aryian], Europe, Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Northern India, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan [all formerly Buddhist countries along the Silk Road].
The tale envisions a future where these descendants rediscover their shared roots, forge peace, and defeat the forces of division, building a world of light, prosperity, and harmony.
Join us as we delve into the Aryan Bible Story, a powerful [Zoroastrian] tale of creation, migration, and the enduring human spirit.
Obelisk TV, 1/1/25; Robert Sepehr, 8/30/20; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
In the US, White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) is a sociological term often used to describe pale Protestant Americans of British (more broadly of north-western European) descent, who are generally part of the white dominant culture or upper-class, often Protestant elites. (Botticelli)
The hidden origins of the white race: What history books don't tell us
(Race and Roots) Discover the untold story behind the origins of "race" and "whiteness" — which group is in, which out.
We're an exclusive club and as such, stay out.
For instance, Irish? Out. The whitest people, they're not "white" like us (the in-group, composed of WASPy Brits and Northern Europeans). Albinos? Out. They cheated and don't have the hair for it. Ashkenazi Jews? Out. They're Jews. Italians? Are you kidding, those ethnics? Out. Slaves? Out. High-Casta Latins? Some, what's your Daddy's job? Eastern Europeans? The attractive ones maybe. Non-Protestants? Out.
Q: Dear Sirs, how are light-skinned undesirables supposed to get into The Club and onto the gravy train of privilege and preferential selection? A: All new members must be cleared by the Fuhrer's Working Group on Scientific Racism and/or have a valid affidavit signed by Mr. Goebbels. No exceptions. And no Pinkos.
Explore thousands of years of mental categorization, bias, migration, adaptation, and cultural evolution. Learn how ancient migration patterns, environmental changes, and societal shifts shaped what we think we know today and the narrative our biased minds conjure up, disseminate, and believe. What kinds of narratives become popular? Those that serve the power structure. Truth takes a backseat to utility. If those in power can use a piece of highlighted evidence while obscuring other, they will. They have been doing such things for a long time, consciously and unconsciously. When it's unconscious, it's implicit. It has the same harmful effects but is harder to recognize and root out.
This video dives deeply into the genetic and historical complexities that textbooks often overlook. Join this documentary-style journey through time to understand the real story behind our modern racial concept and society's construction (fabrication, synthesis, manufacturing) of "whiteness." #archaeology#humanevolution#ancienthumans
WARNING: Use of outdated terms now considered slurs discussed in a historical context using terms regardless of how offensive they may sound to contemporary sensibilities!
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Race and Roots (video), Nov. 24, 2024; Kat Blaque (video); NYTN (video); I. Rony, Ashley Wells, Pat Macpherson, CC Liu, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Breaking the Code: Deciphering the enigma of the Indus script with Yajnadevam
(CNN-News18) Oct. 24, 2024: Unlocking the secrets of one of the world’s oldest civilizations, this cryptanalytic decipherment of the Indus script takes us on a journey through ancient symbols. Through rigorous analysis, we move closer to unraveling the mystery behind the enigmatic script, shedding light on a civilization that has fascinated scholars for centuries. Yajnadevam unpacks insightful wisdom. Join a conversation that sparks thought.
(Crecganford) Venus (Aphrodite, Inanna, Astarte...[maybe even to Radha, Saraswati, and Vishnu) is one of the oldest and most beloved deities of all time.
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References
Allegory: Cupid, Mars, Time, Venus (Guernica)
Black, Jeremy and Green, Anthony. 1992. Gods, Demons, and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia. British Museum Press.
Puhvel, Jaan. 1989. Comparative Mythology. John Hopkins University Press.
Kevin McLean (Fortress of Lugh, 9/12/23); Pat Mac', Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Blue eyes, like the Buddha's, for ancient statues from some strange place, maybe Agartha
Famous rock carvings of the Buddha, from ancient Gandhara, in modern Pakistan.
The Buddha was from the "Middle Country" (Majjhimadesa) between East and West.
Who were the Proto-Indo-Europeans?
(Fortress of Lugh) A captivating overview of the origins and characteristics of the Proto-Indo-Europeans, as well as theories regarding how they managed to spread through Europe and Asia. A new theory of the origins of the language released in July 2023 is also discussed and challenged.
00:00 - Intro
02:19 - Discovery of Indo-European
07:37 - Origins of the Indo-Europeans
12:33 - Forest to Steppe
16:37 - The Early Steppe
22:16 - The Yamnaya and Corded Ware
35:13 - The Caucasus hunter gatherers and the new Indo-European origin theory
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Sanskrit Language: The Most Scientific, Ancient, Spiritual
Most beautiful Hindu, Julia Roberts
(Videopostman) Thinking Allowed: "Sanskrit Tradition." Location: Israel. Prof. Dean Brown points out that most European languages can be traced back to a root (proto) language that is related to Sanskrit, the sacred (liturgical) language of the ancient Vedic Brahminical/Hindu religions of India.
Many English words actually have Sanskrit origins. Similarly, many Vedic religious concepts can be found in Western culture. Prof. Brown discusses the fundamental idea of the Upanishads -- that the essence of each individual, the atman (soul, self), is identical to the whole universe, the principle of brahman (the "ultimate reality").
In this sense, the polytheistic traditions of India can be said to be monistic or monotheistic at their very core.
Gnostic Informant, June 11, 2023; Pat Macpherson, Amber Larson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
The oldest religion in the world is insane
(Gnostic Informant) Proto-Indo-European mythology is the body of myths and deities (devas) associated with the Proto-Indo-Europeans, the hypothetical speakers of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language.
Although the mythological motifs are not directly attested to -- because Proto-Indo-European speakers lived in preliterate societies -- scholars of comparative mythology have reconstructed details from inherited similarities found among Indo-European languages, based on the assumption that parts of the Proto-Indo-Europeans' original belief systems survived in the daughter traditions.
The Proto-Indo-European pantheon includes a number of securely reconstructed deities because they are both cognates (linguistic siblings with a common origin) and associated with similar attributes and body of myths.
These include: *Dyḗws Ph₂tḗr, the daylight-sky god, his consort *Dʰéǵʰōm, the Earth Mother, his daughter *H₂éwsōs, the Goddess of Dawn, his sons the Divine Twins, and *Seh₂ul, a Solar Goddess.
Some deities, like the weather god *Perkʷunos [Sakka/Indra], or the herding-god *Péh₂usōn, are only attested to in a limited number of traditions -- Western (European) and Greco-Aryan, respectively -- and could therefore represent late additions that did not spread throughout the various Indo-European dialects.
Some myths are also securely dated to Proto-Indo-European times because they feature both linguistic and thematic evidence of an inherited motif:
There's a story portraying a mythical figure associated with thunder and slaying a multi-headed serpent to release torrents of water that had previously been pent up and
a creation myth involving two brothers, one of whom sacrifices the other in order to create the world;
and probably the belief that the Otherworld was guarded by a watchdog and could only be reached by crossing a river.
Various schools of thought exist regarding possible interpretations of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European mythology.
The main mythologies used in comparative reconstruction are Indo-Iranian, Baltic, Roman, and Norse, often supported with evidence from the Celtic, Greek, Slavic, Hittite, Armenian, Illyrian, and Albanian traditions as well.
One of the earliest attested to and thus one of the most important of all Indo-European mythologies is Vedic mythology, especially the mythology of the Rig-veda, the oldest of the Vedas.
Early scholars of comparative mythology such as Friedrich Max Müller stressed the importance of Vedic mythology to such an extent that they practically equated it with Proto-Indo-European myths.
Modern researchers have been much more cautious, recognizing that, although Vedic mythology is still central, other mythologies must also be taken into account.
Another of the most important source mythologies for comparative research is Roman mythology. The Romans possessed a very complex mythological system, parts of which have been preserved through the characteristic Roman tendency to rationalize their myths into historical accounts.
Despite its relatively late attestation, Norse mythology is still considered one of the three most important of the Indo-European mythologies for comparative research, due to the vast bulk of surviving Icelandic material.
Baltic mythology has also received a great deal of scholarly attention, as it is linguistically the most conservative and archaic of all surviving branches but has so far remained frustrating to researchers because the sources are so comparatively late.
Nonetheless, Latvian folk songs are seen as a major source of information in the process of reconstructing Proto-Indo-European myth. Despite the popularity of Greek mythology in western culture,
Greek mythology is generally seen as having little importance in comparative mythology due to the heavy influence of Pre-Greek and Near Eastern cultures, which overwhelms what little Indo-European material can be extracted from it.
Consequently, Greek mythology received minimal scholarly attention until the first decade of the 21st century.
Although Scythians are considered relatively conservative in regard to Proto-Indo-European cultures, retaining a similar lifestyle and culture, their mythology has very rarely been examined in an Indo-European context and infrequently discussed in regard to the nature of the ancestral Indo-European mythology.
At least three deities -- Tabiti, Papaios, and Api -- are generally interpreted as having Indo-European origins, while the remaining have seen more disparate interpretations.
Influence from Siberian, Turkic [Anatolian, Asia Minor], and even Near Eastern beliefs, on the other hand, are more widely discussed in literature.
(Atlantean Gardens) April 24, 2020. Lucifer means "Light-Bringer" or "the morning star," and is the Latin name for the planet Venus in its morning appearance, often used for mythological and religious figures and goddesses associated with the planet. Due to the unique movements and discontinuous appearances of Venus in the sky, mythology surrounding these figures often involved a fall from the heavens to earth or to the underworld.
[In Buddhism this happens as well with a titan chieftain (asura) named Vepacitti. He is the equivalent of Christianity's Lucifer-cum-Satan figure tossed out of a celestial world by a St. Michael figure named Sakka, King of the Devas. Devas are "shining ones" or "light beings" inhabiting that world, called "the Heaven of the Thirty-Three" (Tavatimsa deva loka). Deva is a general name for many more glorious light beings living on higher planes of existence, similar to angels, archangels, deities, and divinities of higher orders.]
One of the symbols associated with the goddess is called the rose or the pentagram of Venus, because every 8 years it makes a pentagram shape in the sky with its orbit. For every 8 Earth years, Venus goes around the sun 13 times, and the number 13 is also associated to the lunar cycle. The word Satan means adversary...
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