In my novel Thunderer: Gods of Bronze 2 the sequel to Godborn there is a people called the Heryos. Like all the peoples in the Gods of Bronze series, they are a historical reality and archeologists call these people the Corded Ware culture.
The Corded Ware culture existed between c. 3000 BC – c. 2300 BC, spanning the late Neolithic, through the Copper Age, and the early Bronze Age.
The name Corded Ware comes from the cord-like impressions on their pottery.
They encompassed a vast area, from the Rhine on the west to the Volga in the east, occupying parts of Northern Europe, Central Europe and Eastern Europe.
These people were, to one extent or another, ancestral to all northern European people from the Baltic to the Atlantic.
To find out all about these fascinating people then watch my YouTube video embedded below.
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The Immortal Knight Chronicles
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Vampire Khan
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Gods of Bronze
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The Wolf God (free eBook)
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Godborn
Thunderer
Galactic Arena
(Action-packed science fiction)
Inhuman Contact
Onca’s Duty
Orb Station Zero
Earth Colony Sentinel
Outpost Omega
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I’ve been watching your videos and reading the Gods of Bronze books, and while watching a lecture on YouTube came across an interesting relief. It depicts the Storm-God from western Syria — and he’s wearing what looks to me like a mace or hammer:
https://youtu.be/r4Px28EDxE0?t=1040
Nice one, thanks Rob. Could well be due to influence from the Indo-European-influenced Hittite and Hurrian storm gods.
I absolutely LOVE Godborn.
So the Heryos are the Corded ware culture, who are the Kalekka based on?
Thank you very much! Well I should say that the Heryos are the steppe herder derived people including the Corded Ware. And the Kalekka are basically the late Cucuteni-Trypillia culture.