today's strange, maybe wicked, film...La Reina Loba...

La Reina Loba in Spanish...but it is in English here... https://youtu.be/kZBeHsFK37Y ...meet a post-Roman dark ages Iberian 'witch' queen taking on empires... 

 

Making this film, I wanted to ‘rewild’ Reina Loba, to set her free from centuries of propaganda. Reina Loba, Wolf Queen of Galicia, Queen Lupa, c.45 AD, ruled an important territory in the Iberian Peninsula. The Romans, Visigoths, her neighbours, and Church all wanted to possess her lands. In researching her story, I came to believe Reina Loba resisted the Christian Empire. She understood it was a predatory system of empire capitalism that benefited the elite with capital. Queen Lupa represented the end of the barter and trade system. A French monk recorded Reina Loba’s story in Codex Calixtinus for Pope Calixtus in 1138. The book was a travel guide, advice for pilgrims following the Way of Saint James, a patron saint in the fight against Islam in Iberia. In the codex the Catholic Church slandered Lupa and women of Galicia, calling them ‘witches,’ ‘pagan,’ and forbid their ‘old ways of healing, knowledge, customs.’ It is difficult to tell which is more fantastic, the church miracle tales of James, or the stories of Queen Lupa. Reina Loba examines the relationship between historical record, myth, and institutional narrative. Tamara Pereira and Sayuri. Jeff Crouch music.

Al hacer esta película, quería “resalvajar” a Reina Loba, liberarla de siglos de propaganda. Reina Loba, Reina Loba de Galicia, Reina Lupa, c.45 d.C., gobernó un territorio importante en la Península Ibérica. Los romanos, los visigodos, sus vecinos y la Iglesia querían poseer sus tierras. Al investigar su historia, llegué a creer que Reina Loba resistió al Imperio cristiano. Ella entendió que era un sistema depredador de capitalismo imperial que beneficiaba a la élite con capital. La reina Lupa representó el fin del sistema de trueque y comercio. Un monje francés registró la historia de Reina Loba en el Códice Calixtino para el Papa Calixto en 1138. El libro era una guía de viaje, consejos para los peregrinos que seguían el Camino de Santiago, santo patrón en la lucha contra el Islam en Iberia. En el códice, la Iglesia católica calumnia a Lupa y a las mujeres de Galicia, llamándolas "brujas", "paganas" y prohibiendo sus "viejos métodos de curación, conocimiento y costumbres". Es difícil decir qué es más fantástico, el milagro de la iglesia. cuentos de James, o las historias de la reina Lupa. Reina Loba examina la relación entre registro histórico, mito y narrativa institucional. Tamara Pereira y Sayuri. Música de Jeff Crouch.

...and the last from Goth Galicia doors etc...for now...

...doors are the most important places. The Roman god Janus guarded them and looked both ways with his head facing back and front...to the past and future. He is the oldest of gods from the time of Romulus and Remus. He is the god of doors, portals, passageways and transitions - concrete and abstract, life/death, beginning/end, youth/adulthood, rural/urban, war/peace. Transformations and shifts. He ruled over all life changes, birth, death, harvest, planting, seasons, new beginnings. He held the key to heaven. Janus was celebrated first before any other god at all ceremonies. 

Goth as a state of mind and Gothic architecture - more photographs of doors and portals photographed in Galicia, an area of Visigoth, Moor, Romanesque, local and Roman influences... 

https://mailartdossier.blogspot.com/2023/05/goth-galicia-doors-and-portals.html

https://mailartdossier.blogspot.com/2023/06/some-new-door-photographs-from-goth.html

https://mailartdossier.blogspot.com/2023/06/few-more-from-goth-galicia.html

 

...few more from Goth Galicia doors and state of mind...

...doors are the most important places. The Roman god Janus guarded them and looked both ways with his head facing back and front...to the past and future. He is the oldest of gods from the time of Romulus and Remus. He is the god of doors, portals, passageways and transitions - concrete and abstract, life/death, beginning/end, youth/adulthood, rural/urban, war/peace. Transformations and shifts. He ruled over all life changes, birth, death, harvest, planting, seasons, new beginnings. He held the key to heaven. Janus was celebrated first before any other god at all ceremonies. 

Goth as a state of mind and Gothic architecture - more photographs of doors and portals photographed in Galicia, an area of Visigoth, Moor, Romanesque, local and Roman influences... 

https://ceceliachapman.com/index/f/goth-galicia-photographs-of-doors-and-portals

https://mailartdossier.blogspot.com/2023/05/goth-galicia-doors-and-portals.html

https://mailartdossier.blogspot.com/2023/06/some-new-door-photographs-from-goth.html

 

...new from Goth Galicia...

...doors are the most important places. The Roman god Janus guarded them and looked both ways with his head facing back and front...to the past and future. He is the oldest of gods from the time of Romulus and Remus. He is the god of doors, portals, passageways and transitions - concrete and abstract, life/death, beginning/end, youth/adulthood, rural/urban, war/peace. Transformations and shifts. He ruled over all life changes, birth, death, harvest, planting, seasons, new beginnings. He held the key to heaven. Janus was celebrated first before any other god at all ceremonies. 

Goth as a state of mind and Gothic architecture - more photographs of doors and portals photographed in Galicia, an area of Visigoth, Moor, Romanesque, local and Roman influences... 

https://ceceliachapman.com/index/f/goth-galicia-photographs-of-doors-and-portals

https://mailartdossier.blogspot.com/2023/05/goth-galicia-doors-and-portals.html

 

…Wolf Queen film just posted here…

https://ccchapman.blogspot.com/p/planet-of-dreams-2022_31.html

The rewilding of Queen Lupa....  7th century Galician Queen Lupa outwits Rome, church, early empire powers, Visigoths and annoying pilgrims dragging the body of their Apostle all over her territory. She and her countrywomen freak out the patriarchal, order-loving Romans and early Catholic Church and confound their dreams. They call them 'witches' for their healing and uncanny animal skills, herbal lore, astronomy and ancient knowledge. Intriguing variations in Lupa’s legend compelled me to make an examination of her character in film for Planet of Dreams 2022.

Tamara Pereira and Sayuri. Jeff Crouch music.

...magic animals, mysterious symbols, and enigmatic signs...

...Pontevedra and Santiago, Spain (November 2021)...neoltithic and Roman rock carvings...

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...on the Spanish Highway moving south part13...

    ...notes from southwest Galicia...at the end of the world...Full moon over the castle Monterreal. Next week I leave the Spanish Highway and head south for the Portuguese coast...