I remember seeing this at the Check point Charlie museum in Berlin, Germany. I'm sure if they had AI video in the 80's it would have been animated.

Who says AI art sucks! 🤣🤣🤣

The Wild Hunt
This legend, common across Europe, appears in Scandinavian lore as a ghostly procession of hunters led by Odin or another supernatural figure. The hunt roams the skies during winter storms, and seeing it is considered an omen of doom.

The Star People and Winter (Lakota)
The Lakota people tell stories about the Star People, who guide the tribe during long, dark winters. They believe the stars carry messages from ancestors, providing wisdom and hope through the cold and challenging months.

A white male raised in Apartheid South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s, especially in a wealthy household, would have likely grown up with a worldview heavily influenced by the socio-political system of the time, which systematically entrenched racial segregation and white supremacy.

New Year's Eve I always liked the prediction show with Art Bell on Coast to Coast Am. Ya 99% of the predictions would be wrong and most of the predictions from the previous year would be wrong but it was a lot of fun. It's never been the same since Art Bell passed away. RIP Art.

3The Wendigo and the Starving Hunters (Ojibwe)But the group was forever haunted by how close they came to becoming like the monster.
The Wendigo, a creature from Algonquin folklore, symbolizes insatiable greed and emptiness.When a person becomes too focused on material gain or selfishness.

2The Wendigo and the Starving Hunters(Ojibwe)Drawn by their dark thoughts. The creature taunted them, promising that they would never escape their hunger. One hunter, recognizing the danger, prayed to the spirits for guidance. The Wendigo disappeared.

1The Wendigo and the Starving Hunters(Ojibwe)A group of hunters ventured deep into the winter wilderness. After days without food, one hunter suggested turning on the weakest member of the group to survive. As they debated this horrifying idea, a shadowy figure appeared outside their camp—a Wendigo.

In Iroquois society, the False Face Society, a group of healers, may perform rituals during the winter months to drive out illness and restore balance.
Participants wear wooden masks believed to embody powerful spirits and perform dances and chants.

Haloa Ancient Athenian winter festival.When: December (around the month of Poseideon).
Purpose: Honored Demeter and Persephone, with themes of fertility and agricultural.
Activities:Women played a central role in the festivities.Rituals involved bread, fruits, and symbolic acts promoting fertility.

Ancient Athenian winter festival.
Poseidonia (or Poseidea)
When: December (Poseideon month).
Purpose: Celebrated Poseidon, the god of the sea.
Activities:
Offerings and prayers for favorable seas and rains.
Likely included communal meals and gatherings.

Ancient Athenian winter festival The Rural DionysiaWhen: December-January (roughly corresponding to the month of Poseideon in the Attic calendar)Purpose: Honored Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility, and theater.Activities:Processions with phallic symbols.Performances of comedies and tragedies.