The 500 Lost Nemetons: Teutonic Destruction
📖 The Story
Between 1190 and 1410, the Teutonic Order systematically destroyed over 500 sacred oak groves across Prussia, Lithuania, and Latvia. Each grove was a nemeton — a living temple, a medical archive (the druids knew which mosses grew on which trees), and a legal court (disputes were settled at the grove's edge). The chronicles of the Order call it 'clearing pagan superstition.' The archaeological record shows groves with continuous use for 2,000 years. The cutting was not conversion. It was amnesia.
📜 Provenance & Evidence
Origin
SAGE Lore — Baltic — Sacred Lore
Region
Baltic Region
Period
Traditional / Pre-Modern
Material
Oral tradition / cultural teaching
Artist / Maker
Unknown
Dimensions
Not recorded
Source
Seven Realms — Baltic / Slavic Mythological Lore
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