Moccus Art

Last year there was a new historical drama released called "The Winter King" based on The Warlord Chronicles novel series by Bernard Cornwell, the same author of The Saxon Stories which inspired the show "The Last Kingdom". The show is supposed to depict king Arthur in the Post-Roman period of Britain. Not only does it completely fail to do this, it also fails to even follow the source material it was based upon. None of the costuming, props, or set design are even remotely fitting for the period. There are several actors cast who are SEA or sub-saharan for originally white, ethnically Brythonic characters. Merlin for example is a black man. It also changes the story and characters to fit every corny Hollywood trope conceivable. Following the release of the brilliant "The Northman" in 2022 which probably happens to be the ONLY film to pay full respect to historical accuracy, you'd think maybe a trend would be set in its wake to actually pay attention to history. But no, that is sadly not the case. We now have another terrible, poorly made, poorly written, and aesthetically ugly heap of shit to enjoy. Maybe Robert Eggers will one day make a decent film for Arthur. He seems to be the only director right now who genuinely cares.

Coloured my old sketch of some Andronovo warriors.

I feel nothing but confusion when Christians call Pagans 'larpers'. Christianity at its core is about spreading the lie that gentiles can go to heaven and are loved by Yahweh. It's ridiculous. Nothing puts a bigger frown on my face than when a European following a middle eastern religion tries telling another European following his ethnic faith that he is 'playing pretend'.

Werewolves of Ireland Laignech Fáelad is an ancestor of a tribe of werewolves of Ossory in eastern Ireland. According to Cóir Anmann: He was a man that used to go wolfing, i.e. into wolf-shapes, i.e. into shapes of wolves he used to go, and his offspring used to go after him and they used to kill the herds after the fashion of wolves, so that it is for that that he used to be called Laignech Fáelad, for he was the first of them who went into a wolf-shape Fáelad

A while ago I did a little research into this, and an interesting take is that these 'werewolves' did not transform into wolves from a human body, but rather possessed the bodies of wolves while their human body remained in stasis. The film 'wolf-walkers' takes this approach last I recall.

Yamnaya man with DOM2 Yamnaya horse type - the first horse riders

Original model

Nuada

Bendigeidfran "Brân the blessed" the giant king of Britain crosses the sea to Ireland, to avenge his dishonored sister Branwen.

Efnysien, mutilator of horses, Welsh deity of destruction and vengeance.

The "killing" of the South Cadbury Shield by Victor Ambrus. An Iron-Age British scene. From Drawing Somerset’s Past, The History Press, 2018.

I also believe that there was a historical individual to first be called Arthur, the first Arthur, but couldn't tell you exactly who that was. Either way, the name and legend far outweighs any historicity.

I have always subscribed to the idea that "Arthur" is a title passed on and around from great leader to great leader. It's the Brythonic messiah, "Y Mab Darogan" the son of prophecy.