Harvest Moon 2019

Farmer's Almanac - Harvest Moon 2019

The next full moon will occur on September 14th, 2019 at 12:33 AM ET and will be a Full Harvest Moon.

The Harvest Moon is the only full moon that takes place nearest the autumnal equinox, and reflects a distinctive event for this time of year, as the interval between one moonrise to the next becomes shorter.

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This one's a tweener, with the fuller or equally full moon occuring on Friday the 13th.




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HÄXAN : Witchcraft Through The Ages (1922) [HD]

Dague Jaune

Director : Benjamin Christensen
Cast : Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Benjamin Christensen,...
Budget : 2 Million Swedish Crown (SEK)
Release date : 18/09/1922


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This film was featured on "silent film Sundays" on Turner Classic Movies, and I finally got around to watching the whole film. It was an interesting perspective, especially considering that it's pushing 100 years. It made some very interesting observations about this history in relation to society then (and now). It was not in any way sympathetic to Christrianity nor Paganism, but took what I would call a objective Humanist point of view. Medieval Christians were seen as supersticious whack jobs and Witches were seen as crazy old ladies making love potions out've dried out cat turds. Perhaps more than anything, Benjamin Christensen probably just thought that it would make for an interesting film/documentary. At the end he came up with some interesting parallels to Western society in 1922. The irrational "witch hunt" is still very much alive.


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Häxan (Wikipedia)


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This film was released in the 30s or 40s, and then again in 1968 in a condensed audio version:

Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1968)


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"O Egypt, Egypt, there will remain
of thy religion only fables..."
-- Hermetica

















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            'A Study' by Giovanni Guida



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SABATON - Bismarck (Official Music Video)

11,139,655 views

Sabaton



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Unclaimed History - Modern Science and the Ancient Mystery Schools

"From the temple we got mathematics, astronomy and chemistry, and music, geography and history. Practically every science we know was originally part of this secret wisdom."
-- Manly P. Hall in a lecture entitled 'Secret Powers and Why We Should Not Use Them'

This quote was in regards to how carefully guarded mystery sciences, for various reasons, came into the possession of questionable or undisciplined men during and after the gradual collapse of classical culture. However, it was in direct reference to how some of those mystery sciences did lead to the roots of mainstream modern science. Although this does not prove point-blank that "science came from religion," modern science has its roots in the same ancient wisdom that Atheists trash on a regular basis.



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Interview With a Gothi - Part 1

Hengest Thorsson

An interview with Heimgest, leader of the Odinic Rite.

The Odinic Rite is an organization whose aims are to promote all aspects of the ancestral religion today called Odinism, the organic spiritual beliefs and way of life of the indigenous peoples of Northern Europe. The watch-words of the Odinic Rite are "Faith, Folk, Family" and this summarizes their ideals well.

For more information visit www.odinic-rite.org


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I posted this some years ago, and it amazes me that after 13 years it only has 38,166 views! Hengest is the head of the Court of Gothar of the worldwide Asatru/Odinist organization called the Odinic Rite, based in the UK. He is being interviewed somewhere in Alberta, Canada, which is where Daniel Updike is located... although I have no idea if this is connected to that same Odinist group. It deals with the current state of the rise of Odinism, current as of 2006. I have no idea as to why this video doesn't have at least a half million views! Equally as puzzling, parts 2, 3, and 4 only have 8,000, 5,000, and 4,000 views. Maybe it's just me, but this is exciting, this is important, one of the major leaders of the movement, visiting a beautiful far off rural location, tying it all together, it should have more views.

Interview With a Gothi - Part 2

Interview With a Gothi - Part 3

Interview With a Gothi - Part 4



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"That's me!!!" -- Diane Spencer Stand-up Comedian in the comments section


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Baby Steps

by Leo Marvin

4.19

Rating details - 16 ratings - 3 reviews

Dr. Leo Marvin's revolutionary self help book has aided thousands of people in overcoming their fears. According to Marvin, taking a "baby steps" approach to life's obstacles can be incredibly important, not only for those of us who suffer deep psychological trauma, but for the rest of us struggling to cope with life's little mishaps. In his own words, Marvin claims that Baby Steps helps its readers to help themselves. He asserts that "The best psychiatrist in the world is the one inside of you. My job is to find him and bring him out."


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Of course, this is a fictional book from the 1993 film 'What About Bob?" To me, that film was possibly the funniest I've ever seen; starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss


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Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild

48,437,379 views

Max Shkiv

Easy Rider soundtrack


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Cats: Spiritual Watchdogs

Just in the same manner as a dog can be good security, whether directly or as a warning signal, a cat can be a "spiritual watchdog." Some cats have psychic abilities, and they may be able to protect the home against evil entities or energies. The cat sleeping at the edge of the bed can be the equivalent to the dog sleeping by the doorway, warding off unwanted presences.



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MIDSOMMAR | Official Trailer HD | A24

10,267,856 views

A24


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"Folk Horror"

'Midsommar'

Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster and starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, and Will Poulter. It follows a group of friends who travel to Sweden for a festival that occurs once every ninety years and find themselves in the clutches of a pagan cult.

A co-production between the United States and Sweden, the film was initially pitched as a straightforward slasher film set amongst Swedish cultists. Aster devised a screenplay using elements of the concept but made a deteriorating relationship the central conflict after he had experienced a difficult breakup. The film was shot on location in Budapest, Hungary in the summer and autumn of 2018.

Midsommar was theatrically released in the United States on July 3, 2019 by A24 and in Sweden on July 10, 2019 by Nordisk Film. The film received positive reviews from critics, with many praising Aster's direction and Pugh's performance.



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Linda Harrison Tribute

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Deftones-Change

42,911,332 views

carro loco


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                        Sasquatch art

                             The ultimate folkloric symbol of North America

                            Old Sasquatch woman

                          Yeti, from the Himalayas




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'Quest for the Grave of Scotia, the Pharaoh’s Daughter Who Founded Scotland and Ireland'

Sarah P. Young - Ancient-Origins.net - March 15, 2019

A short distance from the bustling Irish town of Tralee in County Kerry there is an otherworldly looking glen which is known as Scotia’s Grave. According to Irish folklore, the glen was the location of a battle known as Sliabh Mish which took place between the Celtic Milesians and a supernatural race called the Tuatha Dé Danann (tribe of the gods).

Although it was the Milesians who were victorious in battle it was a triumph at the expense of their queen, Scotia, who is reputed to have been buried in the glen.






Who Was Queen Scotia?

Queen Scotia appears in a chronical called the Book of Leinster , a medieval Irish manuscript which was compiled in around 1160 AD. The book was compiled by an abbot named Áed Ua Crimthainn who deeply respected the traditions and history of Ireland, even when they were at odds with his views as a Christian or his reasonable beliefs as a well-educated man.

She is described as the daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh, the wife of a Greek king, and a contemporary of the Biblical Moses who allegedly cured her husband after he was bitten by a venomous snake.

Queen Scotia was the daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh. (Rama / CC BY-SA 3.0 )

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baltotop
Location: Shrewsbury, PA.

Why do people hate leaving a message on a machine or voicemail ?

I can not understand why people will not leave a message. I have a machine at home and voicemail on my cell and they are there for a reason. I always screen my calls at home and will never pick up the phone. I can see who calls on my cell and can decide to answer it, but that is not the point. If im busy or didn't hear the phone ring then i think it might be a good idea to leave a message .

Can someone please share their opinions on this subject.


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Captain Amazing

I leave messages, most of the time, but I sometimes don't. It makes me uncomfortable and don't know what to say. So most of the time, I just figure, "Well, I'll try again later, when they're there."


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kaylasdad99
Location: Anaheim, CA

I think SimonX has the right idea I'm thinking Pit, but as long as it's here, I'll just say that when I call you, it is becase I want to have a two-way conversatoin with you right now. If I can't have it right now, I'll call back at some other time that is convenient for me.


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Mangetout
Location: England

Because talking to a person is very different from talking to a non-responsive machine; if you are going to speak a brief monologue, you would normally prepare it in advance, making sure that you cover what you want to say as clearly as possible without repetition, hesitation or omission.

However, in ordinary conversation, you generally just 'wing it' as you go along, because if you miss anything important (like when or where you are going to meet them, or what you want them to do, the other person will ask.

So if you aren't expecting to give a monologue, the usual response is "Hello, err...it's me. Ummm, By 'me' I mean Mangetout, Have you got... Umm.. I mean I was umm... calling about errr... Oh, I'll call back"


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Ancient Marseille: Greek-Celtic trading center

Nobody apparently has taken the time to put this into literary or documentary film form, but in pre-Roman times there existed a massive trading arrangement between the Greek world and the Celtic world. At the Greek colony of Marseille was a huge trading post where goods and money were exchanged. Goods were brought in from everywhere in ancient western Europe through a pre-Roman road system. This would have included not only Celtic Gaul, but Celtiberian Iberia, Cisalpine Gaul, Etruria, Celtic central and northern Europe, and from the island lands of the Celtic Britons, Caledonians, and Hibernians.

Even in western Ireland there have been found the remains of what had been ancient wooden roads over peat bogs and wetlands, moving the goods and coins over the land, crossing over across the narrowest sea point into Briton, over the land and sea at it's narrowest point into Gaul, and down to Marseille, and back again. This whole operation would have required much cooperation and goodwill between the various tribal groups, far from the idea of "warring Celtic tribes." The Greek vessels were back and forth across the Mediterranean. Although it's not known for certain, there may well have been Teutonic tribes, from north-central Europe and Scandinavia, participating as well. Goods would have included clothing, iron, tin, bronze, artwork, furs, rugs, blankets, pillows, weaponry, wheat, grains, spices, wine, mead, and the whole endeavor must have included food... if even just for the duration which they spent there.

An imported Greek wine-mixing vessel from 500 BC

I recall the excavation of one of the structures in Greek Marseille. It was similar to frontier trading post structures in early America. It was a good-sized, two-story, wooden building, with a substantial stone-walled cellar underneath. I'm speculating that coinage may have been kept in the cellar, while goods were temporarily stored on the second story. Although Marseille was the chief center of trade with the Celtic world, there must have been other centers and midway points of exchange, both in western Europe and throughout the Mediterranean, and into the east. Of course the Phoenicians were a big sea faring and trading culture as well, and this entire basically "Greek trading world" represent a true golden age of civilization. As late as the nineteenth century, some people in the Languedoc region of the south of France actually still spoke a dialect of Greek.

Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul

Tin sources and trade in ancient times



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Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

608,491,486 views

Bon Jovi



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German "mullet of six points" star

On a recent posting, I wrote about a particular sightly star which I had seen in a photograph on a door frame in Germany. It was distinctly not a Saturnian hexagram aka "Star of David," but in the same basic shape. It's called a "mullet of six points" (see image to the left), however, the one I saw had slightly more slender points. It was beautifully engraved and painted on this door frame.

This distinctly is not a Estoile star, a Moravian star, or a hexagram star, but I think a particularly unique and sightly symbol. There are varied types of this star, with varied lengths of the points and curvature. There is also a similarly sightly "mullet of eight points."

Star (heraldry)

In heraldry, the term star may refer to any star-shaped charge with any number of rays, which may appear straight or wavy, and may or may not be pierced. While there has been much confusion between the two due to their similar shape, a star with straight-sided rays is usually called a mullet while one with wavy rays is usually called an estoile.

While a mullet may have any number of points, it is presumed to have five unless otherwise specified in the blazon, and pierced mullets are common; estoiles, however, are presumed to have six rays and (as of 1909) had not been found pierced. In Scottish heraldry, an estoile is the same as in English heraldry, but it has been said[by whom?] that mullet refers only to a mullet pierced (also called a spur revel), while one that is not pierced is called a star.



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     Explorer and adventurer Erin Ryder

 
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Linda Moulton Howe The Moon is an Intelligent Machine That See's EVERYTHING!

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UAMN TV

Linda Moulton Howe explains how the moon is not what we think it is. It is a computer like machine that watches, observes and monitors Earth. What happened to Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, whilst he was up there? Did he change after the mission? Was he warned never to talk about the alien presence up there? Linda explains, there is life on the moon and throughout the Universe.


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Mysteries of The Unexplained (Documentary)

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John Denver - Country Roads

24,656,335 views

Tim Laine

 
LYRICS:

Almost heaven West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah river
Life is old there older than the trees
Younger than the mountains blowin' like a breeze

Country roads take me home
To the place I belove
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads

All my memories gather round her
Miner's lady stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine teardrops in my eyes

Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads

I hear a voice in the morning  hour as she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin' down the road I get a feelin'
That I should have home yesterday yesterday

Country roads take me home

To the place I belong
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads

Country roads take me home
To the place I belove
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads

West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads

West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads

Take me home country roads
Take me home country roads


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'The Wicker Tree' (movie review)

'The Wicker Tree' is a sequel to 'The Wicker Man', as well as part two in The Wicker Man film series from the UK. This 2011 film was written and directed by Robin Hardy, who directed the original classic in 1973.

This movie followed the same basic plot as the original---as well as the 2006 remake---with people being carefully set up and lured to a location, all having something to do with modern "paganism." This was a great idea for a film, but not a very good film.

This film, set in lower Scotland, lacked any alluring elements. The locations, the scenes, the characters, or even the pagans themselves... all lacked any mystery to them. The wonderful coastal Isle of Man location of the original had all of those aspects and more. The music, although promoted as a big part of this production, lacked the mysterious pagan spirit of the original; and even the sexual expressions, although overt, were bland and pointless.

I'm not just trashing a sequel for not living up to the original, as I did like the 2006 remake just on its own merit. In the original, there was at least a certain "pagan charm" and purpose to everything. Although hiding a dark side, the pagans did have a culture and values. In 'The Wicker Tree', they were portrayed as sex nuts.. without values, without morals, without any charm, without even good symbolism. I read something, which may or may not be true, that suggested that Robin Hardy wasn't amused that some pagans today and since the original... actually see that movie as like "a cult following." Perhaps this movie was his way of "making it right with God" in a Christian sense?

Sir Lachlan Morrison (Graham McTavish), who headed the pagan village, was portrayed as what was apparently something of a corporate "eco-terrorist." Although I ignored any concept of "pagan defamation" from the get-go, I think I can say with certainly that no true pagan would be an environmental abuser. I thought that was a little much.

The protagonists were Christian "redeemers" from Texas, there to convert the "heathens" of as least this little corner of Scotland. Therefore, the film certainly had a powerful plot in which to play out the "Christian vs. Heathen" theme. However, missing was the intrigue and terror in even "the setting up" process! There was nothing interesting or different about the folks in this village outside of being "rural" and a bit aloof.

Just for the record, the film described this fictional pagan tradition as "the old religion of the Celts," and the the ceremony as "the Queen of the May." The original 'The Wicker Man' was reviewed on this blog here.

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Equinox (1970)

While on the subject of movies, yesterday I saw a movie that I hadn't seen since I was very young called 'Equinox'. I saw it on the old "Creature Features" in the Bay Area. When I happened to see it in the listing on Turner Classic Movies, I expected it to be in black and white, as I saw it on a black and white tv in the late 70s. For a movie which was produced for only $6,000, I thought it turned out well. It was produced by some college students, and filmed over a three year period, and eventually picked up by Janus Films. It was a B-horror movie, but a very special B-horror movie. It was bold without overdoing it, and the special effects weren't bad at all. While watching it, I thought that this must have influenced the "Evil Dead" movies.. and apparently it did.



Equinox (also known as The Equinox... A Journey into the Supernatural, and released on home video as The Beast) is a 1970 American independent horror film directed by Dennis Muren and Jack Woods, and starring Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Frank Bonner, and award-winning science fiction/horror writer Fritz Leiber. The plot focuses on four teenagers having a picnic in the canyons of California who stumble upon an ancient book containing secrets of a strange world that exists alongside humans, and consequently unleash a plethora of evil creatures and monsters.

Some interesting hard-to-find information on any film can be found on the movie reviews on the Internet Movie Database. One reviewer from Finland apparently had the same experience as I did.

If you saw this film when you were in your teens then you are in luck, for you will think it was a wonderful curiosity. For so many years, the film stayed inside my head and I wondered what ever became of it. Finally, it was on cable one night and I managed to see it all over again. Of course, being older, one is more likely to dismiss it as 'amateurish' but it really is a special kind of film. The premise deals with a lost book of the dead called the "Necrominicon" and how it suddenly effects a group of students out for a picnic in a backwoods forest. They encounter an eerie park ranger who wants the book back for his own sinister ends. Also included are plenty of monsters that are really quite good for the time and the budget involved. Take a look at the flying demon, even though you can see the wires on the wings, he's still pretty evil looking. This isn't really 'bad' at all and doesn't deserve to be on any banal shows that exploit that realm. It is a great little horror film done with patience and wit.
--Bartok Kinski, IMDb reviewer, Finland 

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Centurion (movie review)

I viewed the movie 'Centurion' (2010) last evening, and thought there were enough cultural tie-ins to put a review here. The movie was from the UK, and I think they did a pretty good job with it. The movie, set about 2,000 years ago in what is now the Scottish Highlands, was similar to "a Roman versus Pictish Braveheart." The one big difference was that there was no effort to turn either side into either protagonists or antagonists. It was chiefly from a Roman perspective.

From the Centurion Wikipedia webpage:

Centurion is a 2010 British film directed by Neil Marshall. It centres on the supposed disappearance of the Ninth Legion in Caledonia. The movie stars Michael Fassbender, Olga Kurylenko and Dominic West.

Plot

It is AD 117 and the Roman garrisons are struggling to contain the Picts, the original inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands. The Picts, under their king, Gorlacon, are perfecting guerrilla warfare and are eliminating Roman outposts one by one. Centurion Quintus Dias is the only survivor of a Pictish raid and is taken prisoner by Vortix. In the meantime, Agricola, the Roman governor of Britannia wants to obtain favour with the central administration, hoping to secure a transfer back to the comforts of Rome. He dispatches the Ninth Legion to the front under General Titus Flavius Virilus, with orders to eradicate the Pict threat, providing him with a Brigantian scout, a mute woman, Etain.

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One interesting parallel with our culture is that the Picts were not Gaels. They were not Celts, but from a people who predated the Gaels in Scotland. A very ancient Atlanto-Mediterranean people. The vast majority of Scotland--or as the Romans called it: "Caledonia"--was their domain at this point. Gaels, originally from Ireland, occupied the far west end of Caledonia. Therefore, there is an interesting parallel to our culture with the very ancient Euganei people, and the Celto-Gaulish people who arrived later; and with the Euganeians and the Cisalpine Gauls both opposing the Romans. So I suppose that a Scottish person could take pride in both their Pictish and Gaelic heritage in the same manner that we would take pride in both our Euganeian (ancient Camunnian) and Gaulish heritage.

Pict homeland in blue

I thought that the acting and cinematography were very good. It was a particularly violent movie, and the characters reflected a world in which life was not worth much. In other words, they appeared like people who knew that they could die at any time. There wasn't much time for sentiment as the mortal struggle continued right to the very end. The mountainous Caledonian landscape was portrayed as rugged and beautiful. I would guess more beautiful, just in terms of the landscape, than it is today. For one thing it was more forested in ancient times; and inhabited by an equally rugged people. Most of the scenery appeared to be of the Scottish Highlands, or at least was intended to be. It was wonderfully dark, gloomy, cold, and wet. I would say that the Picts reminded me of the ancient Camunni.

Arianne

With all the good acting and characters, one which stood out with me was the character of Arianne (Emogen Poots), an exiled Pictish woman, thought to be a witch, who risked her life to help several Roman soldiers. She reminded me, very plausibly, of a beautiful, rugged, and self-sufficient young woman; both dainty and tough. She seemed to have managed a positive outlook despite a very rough life; which I found inspirational. Arianne, with her dark green dress, somehow reminded me more of a Welsh woman; however, Emogen Poots is actually English. The Romans in her home seemed to be taken in with her self-determinism and hospitable manner, and showed a great respect for her. While I'm on the subject, the movie portrayed a couple of Pictish warrior women, which I believe is historically accurate. I'm not sure about the Norse or Germanic peoples, but Celts and other ancient cultures did have a few of the stronger females serving as warriors.

The movie is based on the true story of the disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion. A legion recruited in Roman Hispania (modern Spain/Portugal), and sent to Roman Britannia. It should be noted that the Roman Empire never conquered Pictish Caledonia or Gaelic Hibernia (Ireland). In reality, the Picts were the protagonists. They had every right to defend their homeland. I definitely recommend this movie. By the way, a "Centurion" was a Roman officer.

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