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The Fourth and Final book in the Wihtwara Trilogy.
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This final narrative builds a wonderful love story between King Arwald and
Queen Wihtflǣd of Wihtland. Both physical and deeply spiritual, they mirror the Pagan people of
the island. Peaceful and very aware of their enduring relationship to the Gods and Goddesses,
always nurturing Nerthus, the Earth Mother.
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Nerthus ... The Earth Mother |
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It has taken years of
painstaking research to rediscover with verifiable
evidence the true Ancestors of our Isle, after
centuries of suppression. The Wihtwara were a
spiritual, peaceable race of people who were
massacred for their beliefs. It is my passion, my
aim, to honour and respect them again, for without
them we would not be here.
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After a many months that turned into
years of research uncovering the smothered truth about our
hidden race of peaceful pagan people, the Wihtwara on
Wihtland (Isle of wight), I came to the extraordinary
conclusion that the histories, (our only reference to that
time) had been written by monks with a religious or
political bias, some coming across as sheer
polemic. It is
myth and dramatised legend accepted as fact, taught to
generations of our children, and is most certainly false.
What possible facts are there are subsumed by romantic
dramas fit for fiction but certainly not historical fact.
I therefore turned to science. The
first evidence I collected was an incredible accumulation
of archaeological, linguistic, DNA profiling by the
research scientist Stephen Oppenheimer.
His book: The Origins of the British.
ISBN 978-1-84529-482-3
British pre-history will have to be radically re-thought” Sir Barry Cunliffe
The evidence is very compelling. Migrations from the
Cimbric Peninsula occurred at a much earlier time and
consistently over time to create a diverse population in
early Britain. Human beings are innate travellers and
explorers. Added to the evidence presented by Stephen
Oppenheimer, is DNA profiling. And that evidence is clear.
In a letter I wrote to a commenter on my books,
admonishing the new evidence I wrote in reply:-
Thank you very much for your point of view of our ancient his-story. It is appreciated as it encouraged me to research deeper into the vast reference material I have amassed over the course of three years study.
With respect I would like to draw your attention to the finding made by the DNA study of our Ancestor’s lineage in Britain, published in 2015 in the New Scientist. 2,039 Caucasians took part with the proviso that four of their grandparents were born within 80 miles of each other, thereby fixing a date approx. to 1885 before immigration occurred.
The team found that the genetic profiles of the participants formed 17 distinct clusters. When they mapped this information based on where the participants lived they were surprised to see the clusters mapped almost exactly to geographical location.
The largest cluster accounted for half the participants and occupies almost the whole of eastern and southern England and most of the Midlands. This turned out to be the genetic legacy of the Anglo-Saxon invasions. Even so, at least 60 per cent of the DNA in the cluster had survived from earlier migrants ( Nature , DOI: 10.1038/nature14230 ).
In fact, all 17 clusters are dominated by DNA from settlers that arrived prior to the Anglo-Saxons. By comparing the clusters with genomes from modern-day continental Europe, the team was able to piece together the general migration pattern that took place.
The first wave of arrivals crossed by land bridges, when sea levels were so low that Britain was attached to what is now northern Germany. This wave was dominated by people with genomes most like modern-day inhabitants of northern Germany and Belgium. In parallel, migrants from the west coast of France were arriving by boat. Traces of the combined DNA from all these three pioneer settlers forms the basis for the genetic-make up of all white Britons.”
This undoubtedly supports the growing
evidence that gradual migration to Britain’s shores
occurred over a prolonged period. Before the now disputed
‘mass invasion’ of warring Saxons.
And it is a to the Roman chronicler
Tacitus that I would like to refer you to. He was of the
time, beyond the biased writings of Bede who was deeply
Christian, and his account created centuries afterwards.
Tacitus traveled to Germania, his father-in-law Agricola
was a governor of Britannia. Tacitus wrote as a reporter
and his narrative is descriptive and enlightening.
It is his accuracy in naming the
tribes he encountered, to paint a diverse picture of the
people that are our ancestors.
"They celebrate the Tuisto sprung from the earth, and his son Mannus, as the fathers and founder of the race. To Mannus they ascribe three sons, from whose names the people bordering on the ocean are called Ingaevones: the rest, Istaevones. Some, however, assuming the license of antiquity, affirm that there were more descendants of the god, from whom more appellations were derived: as those of the Marsi, Gambrivii, Suevi, and Vandali: and that these are the genuine and original names.
That of Germany, on the other hand, they assert to be a modern addition: for that the people who first crossed the Rhine, and expelled the Gauls, and are now called Tungri, were then named Germans: which appellation of a particular tribe, not of a whole people, gradually prevailed: so that the title of Germans, first assumed by the victors, to excite terror, was afterwards adopted by the nation in general.”
I would like to draw your attention to the confederacy of seven tribes: the Suevi. Just as the rich tapestry of many tribal societies became euphemised as ‘German,’ so the inhabitants of and very migratory people in the Cimbric Peninsular, became euphemised as “Jutlanders” or Jutes, an over simplified version of their lives has been painted.
Within the Suevi, there were: Eudose, Anglii (Anglo), Aviones Reudigni, Warini, Suarini and Nuitones, a confederacy of seven tribes who unite to worship Nerthus, (Hertha) the Earth Mother, in equal standing to the male gods Woden, Tiw, Thor.
They unite in the worship of Hertha, Mother Earth: and suppose her to interfere in the affairs of men, and to visit the different nations. In an island of the ocean stands a sacred and unviolated grove, in which is a consecrated chariot, covered with a veil, which the priest alone is permitted to touch. He becomes conscious of the entrance of the goddess into this secret recess, and with profound veneration attends the vehicle, which is drawn by yoked cows. At this season all is joy: and every place the goddess deigns to visit is a scene of festivity. No wars are undertaken arms are untouched: and every hostile weapon is shut up. Peace abroad and at home are then only known then only loved: until at length the same priest reconducts the goddess back to her temple.”
May I recommend you read The Wihtwara, a fictional story based on years of this research. And you will find that nearly 50% of the story is devoted to Woden and the patriarchal gods.
WALKING WITH OUR ANCESTORS
Our new podcast for 2022:
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The Wihtwara ™. The rediscovered people of the Isle of Wight. Jan Harper-Whale
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Prophecies from the Ancestors 1
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Prophecies of the Ancestors
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Greetings friends and guardians of our
sacred Isle.
We invite you to join us , Wight Druids and Wake the Wight,
celebrating Spring Equinox 2021.
We have expanded this time to create two videos, each offering
a different perspective.
Wight druids celebrates Alban
Eiler with stunning videos.
Wake the Wight focuses on the Wihtwara with two readings from
the Trilogy on "Our Ancestors Prophecies."
They are to remind us that April 22nd, King Arwald's day is
near, and we hold dear their memory.
Hello Friends and Caretakers of our
island home. |
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On 24 Oct 2017, Caroline & Mo Talk To Jan Harper-Whale with Dana Molecki, at Vectis Radio. |