Romulus and Remus were, according to the legend, the children of Mars, the Roman god of war. In the version of Plutarch said god raped the daughter of the dispossessed king Numitor, who had to abandon the twins resulting from that incident. The children were put into a wicker basket and set into the river Tiber, while their mother was put into jail. The basket stranded at the bank, a she-wolf heard the children cry and brought them to her cave where she nursed them. A woodpecker joined in feeding them until a shepherd of the new king, the one who dispossessed the old one, took them home with him to raise them as his and his wifeâs own. Long story short, one day Romulus and Remus had a fight with the shepherds of Numitor whom they managed to steal some cattle from. While Romulus was busy with a sacrifice, Remus was caught by these shepherds and brought to Numitor, whom he told what he knew about his and his brotherâs origin. Numitor sensed there was more to Remusâ story and soon after Romulus was let in on their origin story by their adoptive father as well. He urged Romulus to go and free his brother but on his way to Numitor, Romulus was caught by the new kingâs men, whose name was Amulius, where he was tortured. He told Amulius just enough so that the latter asked Numitor if his two grandsons could still be alive. One rebellion later Romulus arrived to free Remus, the tyrant Amulius got overthrown and killed and thatâs the legend of Romulus and Remus in short đ #pagan #heathen #asatru #asatro #paganism #vikings #vikingsofinstagram #pagansofinstagram #ancientrome #rome #romangods #mythology #shewolf #romulus #handmade #remus #mars #anitke #romanpantheon #replica #wicca #witchythings #römer #romanreenactment #replik #sĂ€ugendewölfin #history #archaeology #livinghistory #reenactment https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx6_pW4CNPT/?igshid=1a0ez5oq6oa51
