In the candlelit timber hall of Wessex, the young King Alfred stands resolute before his gathered nobles. His blue tunic and crimson cloak glimmer in the golden light as a carved boar standard rises behind him—a symbol of courage and vigilance amid the looming Viking threat. The scene captures the solemn weight of leadership and the fragile hope of a kingdom on the brink of war.
NORMANS WON AND OPPRESSED BRITAIN
By Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA)
Co-author with Janet Kira Lessin of Anunnaki: Legacy of the Gods
Published by Aquarian Media
To watch the video that goes with this post, click the video entitled The Normans below (scroll down).
BRITAIN, 871 CE
Alfred became King of Wessex in 871 CE. His family’s subjects were the West Saxons, and his kingdom was one of several Anglo-Saxon realms vying for dominance in Britain. The people inhabiting Britain at the time included Saxons, Angles, Jutes, Romano-Britons, Welshmen, Picts, Scots, and invading Vikings.
Calm, resolute Alfred stands in a timber hall with West Saxon nobles; a carved boar standard hints at looming Viking threats.
KING ALFRED’S HEPTARCHY
Before the Viking invasions of the 9th century, Anglo-Saxon England was a loose alliance of independent kingdoms, often referred to as the Heptarchy.
King Alfred, from the West Saxon nobility of Wessex in southwestern England, came to dominate the coalition, extending influence over:
- Kent – a Jutish kingdom in the southeast, including Canterbury
- Mercia – an Anglian kingdom in the Midlands
- East Anglia – an Anglian kingdom in the east (modern Norfolk and Suffolk)
- Essex – an East Saxon kingdom that included London
- Sussex – a South Saxon kingdom on the south coast
- Northumbria – an Anglian kingdom in the north
A parchment-style map labeling Wessex, Kent, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Sussex, and Northumbria, with trade routes and monasteries.
NATIVE BRITONS
Native Celts also lived in Britain. Anglo-Saxon migrations beginning in the 5th century had pushed many Celts toward the island’s edges.
The Celtic groups included:
7. Welshmen – Britons in Wales, whose rulers were powerful enough for Alfred to form alliances with them.
8. Cornish (West Welsh) – Britons in Cornwall, Britain’s far southwest.
9. Picts and Scots – Celtic peoples in what is now Scotland.
A Norman lady stands in her manor courtyard, sunlight spilling across stone walls and banners. Her falcon rests calmly on her gloved hand while attendants bustle around her — a maid carrying linens, a scribe holding a letter from France, and children playing by the fountain. Her gaze is serene yet distant, revealing the tension between privilege and displacement in this newly conquered land.
VIKING INVADERS AND SETTLERS
From the late 8th century onward, Viking invaders—primarily Danes, with Norwegians and some Swedes—became a defining force in Britain, conquering most Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and threatening Wessex itself.
Longships in dawn mist; monks scatter as Vikings leap ashore, smoke curling from thatch.
ALFRED, EDINGTON (878) & THE DANELAW
By 865, a “Great Heathen Army” had overrun most Anglo-Saxon realms. Alfred ultimately defeated the Danes at the Battle of Edington (878) and negotiated a settlement (often associated with the Treaty of Wedmore) with the Danish leader Guthrum. The agreement formalized a boundary: the Danelaw (north and east) was under Viking control, while Wessex and western Mercia remained under Alfred and his allies.
Alfred and Guthrum clasp forearms by a boundary stone; scribes record terms; a simple wooden cross nearby.
NORMANS: VIKINGS WHO BECAME FRENCH
Vikings who settled along the Seine evolved into the Normans. In 911, the Viking leader Rollo accepted baptism (as Robert) and lands around Rouen from King Charles III (the Simple), forming the Duchy of Normandy. The Normans adopted the French language, married locally, and cultivated a Norse–French martial culture. Primogeniture channeled younger sons toward conquest abroad, while their rulers burnished piety by sponsoring churches and monasteries.
Rollo stands before the Frankish king in a riverside camp; a bishop holds a cross; Norman warriors watch.
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
William, illegitimate son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, inherited the duchy in 1035 and secured it by c.1060. Claiming kinship with Edward the Confessor, William pressed for England’s throne after Edward’s death in January 1066—though Harold Godwinson was acclaimed king. William invaded in September 1066 and defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings. He was crowned King of England on Christmas Day, 1066, marking the end of over six centuries of Anglo-Saxon rule and the inauguration of Norman kingship.
Norman cavalry surges up Senlac Hill; the English shieldwall buckles; standards whip in the wind.
NORMAN EXPANSION
By 1099, the Normans controlled much of southern Italy and Sicily. They raised schools, cathedrals, monasteries, and formidable stone castles from England to the Mediterranean, projecting power from Sicily and North Africa to parts of the Iberian Peninsula and the Levant.
FALL OF NORMANDY
In 1204, Philip II of France seized the Duchy of Normandy from King John of England and absorbed it into the French crown. The Treaty of Paris (1259) saw Henry III of England formally recognize the loss.
BRITAIN UNDER NORMAN RULE
A once-free Saxon farmer now answered to a foreign baron who spoke no English and demanded rent in grain or labor. “My father sowed this field,” a peasant might whisper, “but now I till it for a man from Rouen.”
Norman castles rose like stone fists across the land—symbols of domination. After the revolt in the North (1069), the Harrying of the North left whole regions desolated. Crops rotted; herds were seized; many starved.
Snow drifts through ruined farmsteads; a Norman patrol rides past smoldering timbers; a mother clutches a child.
LANGUAGE, LAW & THE DOMESDAY SURVEY
Norman conquerors introduced French into the court, law, and administration; however, Latin continued to dominate record-keeping. English, on the other hand, survived in the cottages. Over time, tongues blended into Middle English, but for two centuries, commoners often couldn’t understand the words used to judge them. William divided the lands among Norman lords and ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book (1085–86), a comprehensive survey of the kingdom’s holdings, people, and resources.
Clerks ink tallies by candlelight; a reeve and villagers present an ox and grain; a stern official seals a roll.
CHURCH, STONE & POWER
William replaced many English bishops with Norman appointees loyal to Rome and the crown. English stonemasons raised awe-inspiring cathedrals—such as Durham, Winchester, and Canterbury—replacing vulnerable timber churches. Old English saints and local shrines were denounced as “unorthodox”; heaven itself seemed to speak French and Latin.
Masons and hoists lift great stones; a master builder gestures toward rib vaults; light falls through scaffolding.
As Norman masons labor beneath the towering scaffolds of Durham Cathedral, a radiant blue-white beam pierces the clouds, bathing the worksite in divine brilliance. The master builder gazes upward as if sensing a higher hand guiding every stone. Dust sparkles like stardust in the air, and the unfinished rib vaults glow with sacred geometry. Whether miracle or mystery, the builders work in harmony with something greater—crafting not just a cathedral, but a conduit between Heaven and Earth.
WEALTH, TAXATION & RESISTANCE
The Danegeld, once a levy to buy off raiders, became a reliable royal income. Gold and grain flowed to London and, across the Channel, to Normandy. Rebellions flared—Hereward the Wake at Ely, the sons of Harold fleeing to Ireland—but Norman rule prevailed.
In time, intermarriage softened the edges of conquest; yet memory endured: lost lands, burned villages, and the day England’s old freedoms died.
A reed-choked waterway; Saxon rebels pole a flatboat as mailed Normans search the marsh.
THE DOMINATOR PATTERN & THE PARTNERSHIP SEED
William’s conquest re-imposed an ancient hierarchy: the king as god-representative, barons as lesser powers, the Church as intermediary, and peasants as labor caste. Castles became ziggurats; Latin, the sacred tongue; tithes, the tribute. Those who once knelt before Enlil’s overseers now bowed to Norman lords claiming divine right.
Yet the partnership seed persisted: monks preserved the old tongue; villagers shared songs of freedom; women healers (often branded witches) carried forward the compassion of Ninmah and Inanna. England became another mirror of Earth’s long contest between Enlil’s hierarchy and Enki’s partnership vision—the same story in new clothes, until humanity remembers its shared soul.
A Norman keep looms under storm clouds while, in a cottage window, a minor candle burns beside an English chronicle.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
KING ALFRED THE GREAT
Defender of Wessex and Visionary of Unity
A scholar-warrior who resisted Viking domination and preserved English learning. Alfred’s wisdom echoes the Enkian archetype: knowledge over conquest.
GUTHRUM THE DANE
Viking Leader Turned Ally
Once a fierce raider, Guthrum became Alfred’s ally through the Treaty of Wedmore. His baptism symbolizes a transformation from dominator to partner consciousness.
ROLLO OF NORMANDY
Founder of the Norman Line
A Norse raider turned ruler, Rollo’s pact with France planted the seeds of the Norman dynasty. His oath represents the merging of Norse power and Christian order.
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
King by Divine Mandate
The illegitimate son of Normandy who reshaped Europe by the sword. William’s rule mirrored the Anunnaki model of enforced hierarchy and divine kingship.
HAROLD GODWINSON
The Last Saxon King
Brave and loyal, Harold embodied the independent spirit of the English tribes. His defeat marked the fall of the Enkian partnership ideal in medieval Britain.
HEREWARD THE WAKE
Symbol of Saxon resistance against Norman tyranny. Hereward’s defiance kept alive the spirit of freedom that would resurface in later revolts and reformations.
🛡️ GROUP PORTRAITS OF THE AGE
FACES OF CONQUEST AND RESISTANCE
King Alfred the Great, Guthrum the Dane, Rollo of Normandy, William the Conqueror, Harold Godwinson, and Hereward the Wake stand together in a shadowed hall of history. Their expressions range from wisdom to defiance. Candlelight glows across mail, fur, and gold circlets — uniting foes and allies in a single moment beyond time.
Strength, wisdom, and quiet endurance radiate from these women of early medieval England. From noble to healer, peasant to scribe, each bears the mark of her calling and the resilience of her age. Their eyes meet ours without fear or pretense — guardians of the hearth, the body, and the word, carrying the divine spark of Ninmah through centuries of silence and survival.
THE COUNCIL OF KINGS AND WARLORDS
Gathered around a wooden table, maps and scrolls spread before them, the rulers of the age meet in tense unity. A sword lies between them like a question mark — peace or war. Behind them, flickers of firelight mingle with drifting smoke, the scent of ink and iron filling the air.
🌾 THE PEOPLE OF THE ISLANDS
WOMEN OF THE SAXON HALL
Inside a timber hall, Saxon women prepare food and weave by the hearth. A mother nurses a baby while an older girl grinds grain. Their calm faces reflect dignity and endurance — the heartbeat of a world at war.
Strength, wisdom, and quiet endurance radiate from these women of early medieval England. From noble to healer, peasant to scribe, each bears the mark of her calling and the resilience of her age. Their eyes meet ours without fear or pretense — guardians of the hearth, the body, and the word, carrying the divine spark of Ninmah through centuries of silence and survival.
THE HEARTHKEEPER
A young Saxon woman looks up from her weaving, firelight flickering across her thoughtful eyes. Her face is serene but strong — a silent partner in her people’s survival.
Prompt: Realistic close-up portrait, Saxon woman by hearth, soft candlelight, period-accurate clothing, gaze directly at camera, warm tones, cinematic realism, landscape format.
THE CHILDREN OF THE MARSH
In the Fens of Ely, barefoot children play among reeds while elders fish nearby. The mist blurs the line between innocence and survival — the next generation born between conquest and resistance.
THE FEN CHILD
A small boy stares at us, half-curious, half-wary. Mud streaks his face, yet there’s light in his eyes — the eternal defiance of the human spirit.
THE NORMAN LADY AND HER HOUSEHOLD
Within the courtyard of a stone manor, a Norman lady oversees her household — servants carrying linens, a scribe reading letters from France, a falcon resting on her gloved hand. Her expression is proud but contemplative, torn between privilege and alienation in a conquered land.
Within the courtyard of a stone manor, a Norman lady oversees her household — servants carrying linens, a scribe reading letters from France, a falcon resting on her gloved hand. Her expression is proud but contemplative, torn between privilege and alienation in a conquered land.
LADY ISABELLA OF ROUEN
Her eyes, blue as the Channel, meet ours without apology. The veil frames her face; her jewelry reflects both faith and conquest. She is the face of assimilation — conqueror and captive at once.
🌍 The Larger Story
THE ENKIAN DREAM: PARTNERSHIP RENEWED
In a timeless glade, the souls of kings, peasants, and women stand together in peace beneath a dawn sky. Behind them, Enki’s faint luminescent form radiates compassion, his hand extended as energy threads connect every heart. The age of hierarchy dissolves into a vision of unity.
References
See U in History – The Normans: From Vikings to Conquerors (YouTube); Britannica; The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
ANUNNAKI, LEGACY OF THE GODS
Fire the gods of hierarchy, war, slavery & religion.
The Anunnaki—“Those who descended to Earth from the sky”—bred humanity as short-term labor and soldiers, leaving behind elites who perpetuate hierarchy, war, and control. Legacy of the Gods tracks how these patterns repeat—and how remembering our unity and compassion allows us to transcend them.
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From the ashes of conquest rose cathedrals, chronicles, and the unseen hands of Enki, Ninmah, and Thoth guiding humanity toward balance. Discover how the Norman era reawakened the Anunnaki legacy in Sasha and Janet Kira Lessin’s Normans Won and Oppressed Britain.
🌍 How This Ties into the Anunnaki Story
The Norman Conquest was more than a political shift—it symbolized yet another reassertion of the Anunnaki dominator pattern that has echoed through human civilization since Sumerian times.
In Enlil’s archetype, kings rule by divine right, religion enforces obedience, and language serves as a means of division. William the Conqueror’s invasion of 1066 re-established that model in Europe: a god-appointed ruler, a stratified hierarchy, and a new “holy” order under Rome.
Yet beneath the conquest smoldered the current of Enki’s partnership consciousness—kept alive by monks, healers, and poets who carried forward the compassion of Ninmah and the wisdom of Thoth. Thus, even amid Norman domination, the spiritual lineage of the Anunnaki’s more enlightened side endured, awaiting the cycles of awakening that we now witness again in our own time.
Above a mist-veiled landscape of castles and cathedrals, three radiant figures watch silently: Enki, calm and luminous in blue; Ninmah, golden and compassionate; Thoth, silver-white, holding the glowing emerald tablet of knowledge. Their light descends gently over Britain’s green fields and stone walls, illuminating those who labor, pray, and create. This vision unites heaven and earth — a moment of divine remembrance, where wisdom, compassion, and sacred record intertwine.
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NORMANS WON AND OPPRESSED BRITAIN
In the candlelit timber hall of Wessex, the young King Alfred stands resolute before his gathered nobles. His blue tunic and crimson cloak glimmer in the golden light as a carved boar standard rises behind him—a symbol of courage and vigilance amid the looming Viking threat. The scene captures the solemn weight of leadership and the fragile hope of a kingdom on the brink of war.
To watch the video that goes with this post, click the video entitled The Normans on the post below this post.
BRITAIN, 871 CE
Alfred became King of Wessex in 871 CE. His family’s subjects were the West Saxons, and his kingdom was one of several Anglo-Saxon realms vying for dominance in Britain. The people inhabiting Britain at the time included Saxons, Angles, Jutes, Romano-Britons, Welshmen, Picts, Scots, and invading Vikings.
KING ALFRED’S HEPTARCHY
Before the Viking invasions in the 9th century, Anglo-Saxon England was an alliance of independent kingdoms, collectively known as the Heptarchy.
A parchment-style map of early medieval England, showing the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms—Wessex, Kent, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Sussex, and Northumbria—outlined with dotted borders and marked with rivers, monasteries, and trade routes. The warm tones and aged texture evoke a sense of ancient scholarship and exploration.
King Alfred, from nobles of the West Saxons of Wessex in southwestern England, dominated the coalition, extending his control over:
- Kent – a kingdom of Jutes in the southeast, including Canterbury
- Mercia – an Anglian kingdom in the Midlands
- East Anglia – an Anglian kingdom in the east, including modern Norfolk and Suffolk
- Essex – an East Saxon kingdom that included London
- Sussex – a South Saxon kingdom on the south coast
- Northumbria – an Anglian kingdom in the north
In a timber hall bathed in candlelight, the young King Alfred faces the viewer directly—serene yet commanding, his eyes steady with purpose. Around him stand the West Saxon nobles, cloaked in shadow and solemnity, while a carved boar standard behind him hints at the Viking wars to come. The atmosphere radiates a sense of destiny, wisdom, and quiet strength.
NATIVE BRITONS
Native Celts also lived in Britain. Anglo-Saxon migrations that began in the 5th century pushed the Celts to the edges of Britain.
The Celts lost ground to:
- Welshmen – Britons in the western regions of Wales. Welsh rulers were powerful enough for Alfred to form alliances with them during his reign.
- Cornish (West Welch) – who lived in Cornwall in Britain’s far southwest.
- Picts and Scots – additional Celtic tribes who lived in Scotland.
Around a wooden war table strewn with maps, scrolls, and relics of conquest, the six leaders of Britain’s destiny stand united in wary silence. Alfred’s intellect, William’s iron will, and Hereward’s defiance merge under the flicker of torchlight. A sword lies across the table—half in shadow, half in flame—symbolizing the fine edge between peace and domination.
VIKING INVADERS AND SETTLERS
From the 8th century onward, Viking invaders—primarily Danes—conquered most of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in Britain.
Dawn breaks across a mist-shrouded shore as Viking longships surge toward land, their dragon prows cutting through the cold surf. Armored raiders charge ashore with shields raised while terrified monks flee from their burning monastery, smoke and flame consuming the thatched chapel behind them. The scene captures the terror and chaos of the first Viking raids that reshaped Britain’s destiny.
ALFRED BEAT THE VIKINGS AND DIVIDED BRITAIN & ESTABLISHED DANELAW
The Vikings threatened Alfred’s Heptarchy. Vikings from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden raided the alliance of Alfred. By 865, a “Great Heathen Army” had conquered most of the Anglo-Saxon realms. Still, Alfred ultimately defeated them, and the area he ruled became known as the Danelaw, allowing the Vikings to retain control of the North.
King Alfred the Great and the Viking leader Guthrum clasp forearms beside a weathered boundary stone under the soft light of dawn. A monk records the treaty terms on parchment while a simple wooden cross stands nearby. Around them, Saxon and Danish warriors watch in solemn silence—the moment of peace bridging two worlds long at war.
During the 8th century, the people of Scandinavia struggled to grow enough food. This scarcity led to internal wars over arable land and triggered a wave of sea invasions by the Vikings.
Initially, these raids focused on pillaging and acquiring food. But when the Vikings discovered that European soil was better suited to agriculture and livestock, some chose not to return to Scandinavia.
NORMANS WERE VIKING IMMIGRANTS TO BRITAIN FROM FRANCE
Vikings settled in the territories they conquered. Those who settled in what is now France became known as the Normans.
The Duchy of Normandy was created in 911 by the Viking leader Rollo, later known as Rollo of Normandy. After participating in many raids along the Seine River, including the siege of Paris in 886 CE, King Charles III of France defeated Rollo.
A peace treaty followed, in which Rollo converted to Christianity, was baptized as Robert, and was granted land around Rouen in northwestern France. Rollo and his immediate successors became Dukes, starting with Richard II, Duke of Normandy, a descendant of Rollo.
At a riverside encampment, Rollo of Normandy raises his hand in solemn oath before the Frankish king, while a bishop holds a wooden cross between them. The scene glows with the warm light of sunset, reflecting off the river and the mail of gathered warriors. It captures the pivotal moment when Viking and Frankish worlds converged, sealing peace through faith and diplomacy.
The Normans married local French women, adopted the French language, and sometimes supported the French king—but remained largely independent, loyal primarily to their own leaders.
They became skilled farmers, yet their tradition of primogeniture (inheritance by the eldest son) often compelled younger sons to seek fortunes elsewhere, fueling further conquests.
In the 10th century, a distinct Norman identity blended Norse and French cultures. The Normans ensured that Britons respected their military prowess, Catholic piety, and martial spirit. Fearing divine punishment for their crimes of conquest, murder, and theft, they tried to compensate through religious patronage—investing wealth in building churches and monasteries.
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
William the Conqueror, also known as William the Bastard because he was the illegitimate son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, inherited Robert’s duchy in 1035 and consolidated control of Normandy around 1060.
William believed he should inherit the English throne because he was a second cousin of Edward the Confessor, King of England. However, Edward, on his deathbed, named Harold Godwinson, an English earl, as his successor. Enraged, William built a fleet and invaded England in September 1066.
Under a storm-darkened sky, Norman cavalry charges up Senlac Hill as the English shieldwall begins to shatter. Spears clash against shields, horses rear, and banners bearing lions and crosses whip in the wind. The scene captures the fateful moment when Anglo-Saxon freedom gave way to Norman rule, reshaping Britain’s destiny for centuries to come.
William’s forces met Harold’s army at the Battle of Hastings, which William won. He was crowned King of England on Christmas Day, 1066, in London—ending over 600 years of Anglo-Saxon rule and becoming England’s first Norman King.
NORMAN EXPANSION
By 1099, the Normans had also conquered much of southern Italy. They built schools, cathedrals, churches, and monasteries across Italy, England, and Ireland. They also built castles to protect their new territories.
Norman influence spread beyond Europe to Sicily, North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, Lebanon, and Israel.
Snow drifts through the blackened ruins of northern England as a Norman patrol rides solemnly past burning cottages. A mother clutches her child at the roadside, her face hollow with fear and hunger. Behind her, the orange glow of smoldering timbers casts a ghostly light on the devastation. The scene captures the bleak winter of 1069–70, when conquest turned to cruelty and an entire region was laid to waste.
FALL OF NORMANDY
In 1204, King Philip II of France seized the Duchy of Normandy from King John of England, incorporating it into the French crown. The Treaty of Paris (1259) saw Henry III of England acknowledge this loss, marking the end of the duchy’s history as an independent entity.
BRITAIN UNDER NORMAN RULE
A once-free Saxon farmer found himself answering to a foreign baron who spoke no English and demanded rent in grain or labor. “My father sowed this field,” a peasant might whisper, “but now I till it for a man from Rouen.”
Norman castles rose like stone fists across the land—symbols of domination. Whole regions, like the North after the 1069 revolt, were laid to waste. Crops rotted, Saxons starved, and Norman lords seized the land.
By candlelight in a drafty chamber, scribes lean over parchment rolls, quills scratching as they record the wealth of a nation. A reeve and villagers present an ox and a bowl of grain to a stern official who seals the record with red wax. Every mark and tally captures William’s will—the land, the people, and their labor—bound forever in the Domesday Book.
NORMANS BROUGHT THE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LAW TO BRITAIN
The Norman conquerors brought the French to Britain. French became the language of court, law, and power; English survived only in the cottages of peasants. An Englishman pleading before a Norman judge often could not even understand the words being spoken against him.
Over time, the two languages blended—giving birth to Middle English—but for two centuries, the commoner’s voice remained unheard in his own kingdom.
RELIGION AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
William replaced English bishops with Normans loyal to him and to Rome. English stonemasons built cathedrals in Durham, Winchester, and Canterbury to replace wooden churches. English saints and shrines were banned as “pagan remnants.” To the Saxons, even heaven felt foreign.
Sunlight streams through wooden scaffolding as masons and hoists lift massive stones into place. A seasoned master builder points upward toward the forming rib vaults while his apprentices labor amid dust and echoes. Every gesture and beam of light reveals the faith and ambition of Norman England, captured in the monumental birth of Durham Cathedral.
WEALTH AND TAXATION
The Normans imposed crushing taxes. The Danegeld—once a levy to bribe Viking raiders—became a permanent royal income. Peasants with little more than a cow or patch of barley faced collectors with iron seals and Latin scrolls.
Gold and grain flowed south to London and across the Channel to Normandy. England, once self-sufficient, became an occupied province, enriching its conquerors.
RESISTANCE AND ASSIMILATION
Rebellions were brief and bloody. Hereward the Wake resisted in Ely; others fled to Ireland. But the Norman rulers crushed Saxon uprisings.
Over time, intermarriage softened the harshness of the conquest. Yet memory lingered—of lost lands, burned villages, and the day England’s freedom died beneath Normandy’s mailed fist.
Hidden among the reed-choked waterways of Ely, Hereward the Wake and his Saxon rebels glide silently through the mist. Their flatboat cuts across dark waters as Norman soldiers wade nearby, scanning the marsh for signs of life. The men’s faces—grim, alert, and resolute—speak of courage against impossible odds. The Fens themselves seem to conspire with them, sheltering the last free Englishmen in their watery labyrinth.
THE DOMINATOR PATTERN REBORN IN NORMAN ENGLAND
William’s conquest reimposed the ancient Anunnaki hierarchy. The king stood as a god-representative, his barons as lesser deities, the Church as a priestly intermediary, and the peasants as a labor caste.
Castles became ziggurats; Latin, the sacred tongue; tithes, the tribute. Those who once knelt before Enlil’s overseers now bowed to Norman lords claiming divine right.
A Norman castle looms like a fortress of tyranny beneath roiling storm clouds, its towers cold and unyielding. Across the fields, in the window of a humble cottage, a single candle flickers beside an open English chronicle. The warm light of memory and truth defies the iron shadow of conquest—a silent vow that the spirit of the people, though subdued, will never be extinguished.
But even within this dark order, a seed of partnership glowed. English monks preserved the old tongue; peasants told stories of freedom; women healers—branded witches—kept alive the compassion of Ninmah and Inanna.
England became another mirror of Earth’s long war between Enlil’s hierarchy and Enki’s partnership vision—a contest repeated in every age, whispering until humanity awakens to remember its shared soul.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Defender of Wessex and Visionary of Unity — a scholar-warrior who resisted Viking domination and preserved English learning. In this portrait, Alfred’s youthful face glows with quiet wisdom, his blue eyes reflecting candlelight in a timber hall. The gold circlet upon his brow hints at royal authority balanced by compassion and intellect. His expression mirrors the Enkian archetype: a ruler guided not by conquest, but by knowledge, justice, and the pursuit of enlightenment.
Viking Leader Turned Ally — Once a fierce raider, Guthrum became Alfred’s ally through the Treaty of Wedmore. His baptism symbolizes a transformation from dominator to partner consciousness. In the quiet glow of a candlelit chapel, his eyes reflect the tension between war and awakening. The fur cloak still speaks of the North, but the softened gaze hints at a man who has begun to hear the whisper of peace.
Founder of the Norman Line — A Norse raider turned ruler, Rollo’s pact with France planted the seeds of the Norman dynasty. His oath represents the merging of Norse power and Christian order. Beneath an overcast sky, his weathered face and worn mail armor reflect the transition from warlord to statesman—a man who forged peace through strength and forever altered Europe’s destiny.
The Last Saxon King — Brave and loyal, Harold embodied the independent spirit of the English tribes. His gaze is resolute as the tattered banner of Wessex whips behind him in the dying light of battle. The golden sunset glows against his chain mail and weathered face, symbolizing both courage and the end of an era. His fall at Hastings marked not only the loss of England’s freedom but the fading of Enki’s partnership ideal beneath the new Norman hierarchy.
The Last Saxon King — Brave and loyal, Harold embodied the independent spirit of the English tribes. His face, illuminated by the fading light of the battlefield, reveals the exhaustion and courage of a man defending his homeland. The tattered banner of Wessex flutters behind him against the crimson sky, symbolizing both defiance and the end of an era. His fall marked not only the loss of a king but the passing of an age of freedom and balance in Britain’s ancient soul.
Her sapphire eyes gleam with the light of both faith and defiance. Draped in silver and silk, the noblewoman’s calm power reflects generations of women who shaped destinies behind thrones and battlefields. The jeweled cross upon her breast glows like an ancient talisman — a symbol of spirit, resilience, and divine alignment. In her gaze lives the memory of Ninmah’s compassion and the unbroken lineage of wisdom carried by women through the tides of conquest and change.
Reference: See U in History – History Channel.
ANUNNAKI, LEGACY OF THE GODS
Fire the gods of hierarchy, war, slavery & religion.
The Anunnaki—“Those who descended to Earth from the sky”—bred us as short-term slaves and soldiers. We killed in their names: Allah (Nannar/Marduk), Yahweh (Enlil/Adad/Enki), and Ishtar (Inanna).
They made us serve hybrid rulers and priests—the elite—who still keep humanity divided and enslaved through war, religion, and hierarchy.
Legacy of the Gods reveals how these patterns persist and how we can transcend them by remembering our unity, compassion, and shared ancestry.
Soft light spills through a storm-touched sky as three radiant presences emerge among the clouds — blue, gold, and silver — symbols of wisdom, compassion, and truth. Below, survivors of war rebuild their world stone by stone amid the ruins of castles. The luminous forms hover gently, not as rulers but as reminders that higher guidance persists even through humanity’s darkest hours. Their glow unites heaven and earth in one quiet moment of renewal.
Strength, wisdom, and quiet endurance radiate from these women of early medieval England. From noble to healer, peasant to scribe, each bears the mark of her calling and the resilience of her age. Their eyes meet ours without fear or pretense — guardians of the hearth, the body, and the word, carrying the divine spark of Ninmah through centuries of silence and survival.
THE KINGDOM UNDER HEAVEN’S WATCH
Beneath the golden light of dawn, a king and his kin stand united upon sacred ground, their eyes lifted toward a towering celestial presence. The luminous form of a divine watcher — Enki, the compassionate architect of humanity — radiates guidance and strength. The people below embody Earth’s striving spirit: noble and humble, men and women, elders and children, all illuminated by the unseen energy of divine purpose. The veil between heaven and Earth seems thin here, as destiny, duty, and divinity intertwine.
References:
- See U in History – The Normans: From Vikings to Conquerors (YouTube)
- Britannica (2024)
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
In a dim, stone-walled chamber, six men gather around a war table lit by flickering candles. The map between them bears the scars of battle—creases, burns, and inked borders of shifting power. A single sword lies across it like an omen. Each leader’s gaze meets the viewer’s, their faces marked by years of conflict and burdened with the weight of destiny.
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The rugged strength of medieval England is embodied in these faces: men who tilled, fought, and built the foundations of a nation. Their eyes hold both endurance and tenderness, gazing directly at the viewer with quiet dignity. Each bears the mark of his life—weathered, resolute, unbroken—mirroring the unyielding soul of the land itself.
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As Norman masons labor beneath the towering scaffolds of Durham Cathedral, a radiant blue-white beam pierces the clouds, bathing the worksite in divine brilliance. The master builder gazes upward as if sensing a higher hand guiding every stone. Dust sparkles like stardust in the air, and the unfinished rib vaults glow with sacred geometry. Whether miracle or mystery, the builders work in harmony with something greater—crafting not just a cathedral, but a conduit between Heaven and Earth.
🖋️ By Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA)
Co-author with Janet Kira Lessin of Anunnaki: Legacy of the Gods
Published by Aquarian Media
References
- Britannica (2024) — “Normans: From Vikings to Conquerors”
- U in History – The Normans: From Vikings to Conquerors (YouTube)
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- Lessin, S.A. & Lessin, J.K. (2014). Anunnaki: Legacy of the Gods. Aquarian Media.
- Primary Sumerian Texts (c. 2000 BCE): Accounts of Enlil, Enki, Ninmah, and the Anunnaki hierarchy.
- History Extra: William the Conqueror and the Norman Legacy (BBC, 2024).
In a dim, stone-walled chamber, six men gather around a war table lit by flickering candles. The map between them bears the scars of battle—creases, burns, and inked borders of shifting power. A single sword lies across it like an omen. Each leader’s gaze meets the viewer’s, their faces marked by years of conflict and burdened with the weight of destiny.
Author Bios
🌍 Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA)
Sasha is a pioneering anthropologist and author who bridges ancient mythology with modern consciousness studies. His research connects human prehistory, extraterrestrial contact, and evolving social structures to reveal humanity’s shared cosmic lineage. He has lectured internationally on the Anunnaki Legacy series and continues to explore the profound psychological and genetic impact of humanity’s divine ancestors.
🌸 Janet Kira Lessin
Janet Kira Lessin is an author, experiencer, and historian of consciousness who blends ancient wisdom, psychology, and extraterrestrial history to illuminate humanity’s evolutionary purpose. Co-author of Anunnaki: Legacy of the Gods and Dragon at the End of Time: Innovation, she integrates myth, metaphysics, and multidimensional experience to awaken a new planetary vision rooted in compassion and unity.
The faces of power and destiny: Alfred, Guthrum, Rollo, Harold, and William — men whose choices forged the fate of Britain. Each carries the weight of their age: wisdom, defiance, and divine calling. Their eyes meet ours as if across centuries, asking whether we, too, will shape our age with courage or conquest.
🌐 Websites
- Main site: www.enkispeaks.com
- Janet’s blog & archive: www.dragonattheendoftime.com
- Aquarian Media: www.aquarianmedia.com
Soft light spills through a storm-touched sky as three radiant presences emerge among the clouds — blue, gold, and silver — symbols of wisdom, compassion, and truth. Below, survivors of war rebuild their world stone by stone amid the ruins of castles. The luminous forms hover gently, not as rulers but as reminders that higher guidance persists even through humanity’s darkest hours. Their glow unites heaven and earth in one quiet moment of renewal.
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High above the smoke and stone of Norman England, the triad of wisdom gazes down: Enki, radiant in blue light, extends calm across the chaos; Ninmah’s golden warmth enfolds those who suffer and rebuild; Thoth, luminous in silver-white, inscribes the record of human striving below. Castles rise, peasants labor, and monks write by candlelight as divine compassion and intelligence silently guide civilization’s fragile rebirth. The heavens shimmer with remembrance — that even in ages of domination, love and wisdom endure.
🕊️ Articles in This Series
- Normans Won and Oppressed Britain
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- The King’s Survey: Domesday
- Raising Durham Cathedral — Enki’s Light
- Watchers of the Age — Enki, Ninmah & Thoth
At the heart of a humble village, families share bread, laughter, and the quiet labor of daily life. Beneath the soft golden light, men, women, and children embody the partnership consciousness that survives every conquest. Their simple acts of care—kneading, tending, feeding—become sacred rituals of continuity, love, and resilience, reminding us that civilization endures not through kings and wars, but through the kindness of ordinary hearts.
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Dust and sweat mark the passage of struggle upon their faces — youth, strength, and age united by the same unyielding spirit. A son, a father, and a grandfather stand shoulder to shoulder, their eyes meeting the viewer’s with solemn resolve. Behind them lies a world of toil, battle, and faith; before them, the uncertain dawn of what will come next. Together, they embody the continuity of courage — the living testament of endurance that forged nations and legends alike.
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From the ashes of conquest rose cathedrals and chronicles — and the unseen hands of Enki, Ninmah, and Thoth, guiding humanity toward balance. Explore how the Norman era reawakened the Anunnaki legacy in Sasha and Janet Kira Lessin’s Normans & the Anunnaki.
As smoke rises from the ravaged castles of medieval Britain, three radiant beings appear among the clouds — Enki in blue, Ninmah in gold, and Thoth in silver-white. Their luminous forms gaze upon the struggles of humankind below, watching as knights, monks, and peasants rebuild amid the ruins. Though unseen by mortal eyes, their presence guides the heart of civilization, whispering balance amid chaos, wisdom amid war. Through their celestial watch, the sacred promise endures: that knowledge and compassion shall always rise from the ashes of conquest.
THE ANUNNAKI WATCHERS — ENKI, NINMAH, AND THOTH OVER BRITANNIA
High above medieval Britain, three radiant figures hover in a vast twilight sky: Enki, luminous in sapphire and gold, radiates calm intellect as his hands extend streams of soft light toward the land below; Ninmah, the Mother of Life, stands beside him in rose-gold radiance, her expression both sorrowful and tender as she blesses the mothers and children struggling beneath the dominator kings; and Thoth, veiled in silver light, records the unfolding of time upon a glowing emerald tablet.
Below them, storm clouds swirl over Norman castles and Saxon villages — symbols of oppression and awakening intertwined. Yet through the mist, beams of divine light reach the earth like guiding threads. In those rays, farmers till, monks write, and healers whisper prayers, preserving the current of partnership consciousness across generations.
This vision bridges heaven and earth: the Anunnaki Watchers observing not to rule, but to remember and remind — that wisdom, compassion, and creation remain the proper foundations of civilization.
