#LegendaryWednesday: King Cathaír Mór had a dream, in which a woman was pregnant for eight hundred years, finally giving birth to a son near a fragrant, singing fruit tree. His #druid explained to Cathaír that the lady was the River Slaney that ran near Tara, her child the harbor at its mouth, and the singing tree the king himself.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and Folklore
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The #druid from the #Glauberg (@Keltenwelt_News) probably wears leather armour and the shield and dagger of a warrior. His gold jewellery shows that he must have been very rich. He wears a leather cap called a "mistletoe crown". #Celtic
Source: zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfinfo-doku/die-druiden-geheimnisvolle-priester-der-kelten-102.html
Druid from the Glauberg, World of the Celts in Glauberg, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte
Ritual insignia such as crowns differentiated #druids from the secular community. This iron crown from Roseldorf – the only #Celtic ceremonial headwear from mainland Europe – dates to 330-150 BC. It was destroyed on purpose before sacrifice.
Source: Natural History Museum Vienna
The so-called "Warrior of Hirschlanden" may be a sacral king. He wears a hat or helmet that tapers upwards - possibly comparable to the find of the #druid from Hochdorf - a torc and a belt with a typical Hallstatt dagger. All these symbols point to a higher rank of the person depicted. The man could be wearing a mask. The interpretation as a mask is likely due to the narrow eye sockets, a flat nose and a mouth slit. All facial features appear to be slightly shifted downwards.#Celtic
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior_of_Hirschlanden
Returned to my workbench recently, and tonight I finished sanding on the largest staff I've made yet-- it's an inch or two taller than I am (5 foot 11) and is as wide as a soda can at the head end.
I've decided I'm going to inscribe references to as much of the knowledge I've gained in my Druidic pursuits on its surface as possible. I'm hopeful I can do enough to submit images of it, with explanations, as my Druidic review to formally finish the grade with OBOD.
While studying with the hermit #druid Finnéces/Finegas #FinnMacCool was left to watch the salmon of wisdom turning on a spit. But the salmon splattered onto Finn’s thumb, and he stuck it in his mouth to salve the pain. Thus did Finn gain all the salmon’s wisdom. From then on, all he had to do was suck on his thumb and he would enter an altered, visionary state in which he could see past, present, and future. As all the names of the characters in this story are connected, the salmon has been seen as a triplication or intensification of Finn himself.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
RT @bevanne_lake
Irish mythology
Other characters
Aillen - a monstrous being killed by Fionn mac Cumhaill
Bodhmall - a druidess, warrior woman and aunt of Fionn mac Cumhaill
Cormac mac Airt - legendary High King of Ireland
Finn Eces - poet, sage, and teacher of Fionn mac Cumhaill
#FolkyFriday: Queen #Medb went to her chief #druid and demanded of him what her own lot in the Tain Bó Cuilgne should be. But the druid said only: “Whoever comes back in safety, or comes not, thou thyself shalt come.”
Source: Dru Magus #Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“
#Celtic#FairyTaleTuesday: Spring with the #Druid Movement is at least a triple celebration, beginning with Imbolc or Brighid. The second festa is the #spring #Equinox, Alban Eilir. Here in the open air again, if we celebrate at Parliament hill, we have the use of the stone of free speech (earth), the first fire of spring (the censer), and the sword of aither or spirit: and transformed water (wine) is given by the Spring lady, as well as atom-seeds for growth.
Source: https://druidry.org/druid-way/teaching-and-practice/druid-festivals/spring-equinox-alban-eilir
It was because of the early demise of #Fionn mac Cumhaill's father that the feminine energy in his early life became so important. The most significant influence on Fionn’s childhood was his aunt and foster mother, the #druid Bodhmall. Her education was furthered by Liath Luachra/Luchra, who trained Fionn in the martial arts and whom he accidentally killed.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
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RT @leeoconnor @NeuKelte Tá fáilte romhat, thanks for being into it. Also, here’s a drawing of Liath Luchra…
#Celtic#TempleThursday: The #Pictish#druid#Drostan recommended pouring the milk of 3x50 white cows without horns (bo mael fin) into a hole in the middle of the battlefield to cure the soldiers from the poisoned arrows of the British.
Source: Guyonvarc'h/Le Roux Die #Druiden
#Celtic#FolkloreSunday: The robin‘s determination to survive harsh winter conditions must have been seen as inspirational and a sign of hope, endurance and renewal to our ancestors. He represents the beginning of the New Year and Spring, and regular visits from a robin are said to signify the presence of a departed loved one watching over you.
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack
#FolkloreSunday: The wren is especially associated with the winter season. In ancient times the bird was considered a prophet, although its cries were notoriously hard to interpret. The glossarist Cormac refers to the wren as “the #druid bird.”
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
Yarrow, with its delicate fern-like leaves and clusters of tiny, dainty flowers, is far more than just a picturesque addition to the wild meadows and gardens...
Hello to here! A quick little introduction as this is an alt account for now. My name is Hannah, I go by Jaedia online.
I'm a pagan witch - mostly working within Celtic Paganism (English and Welsh, primarily), Druidry, a little Norse Paganism (I grok Heathenry a lot but I lean much more Celtic/Druid), and Anglo-Saxon. And then intuitive witchcraft, British traditional folk, Hedge witchery, and fairly Wiccan inspired (though I do not practice Wicca, I have to give credit where it is due). Sooo... I usually just say "pagan witch" and perhaps "eclectic" because I follow where the path leads. 😅
I also work with tarot and other card-based divinations, incense and candles, tea, dreams, energy... many things.
I'd love to learn more about the runes and nature divining and so many things but have learned not to bite off things before I'm ready.
"Outside of magickal things" (because are they really?) I cross stitch, I GM for a lovely TTRPG group, I play video games, I read books and watch movies, series, and anime - particularly love horror, fantasy, history, folklore and scifi.
Oh and I'm from Britain. Born and raised in the East Midlands, currently living in South Wales along the coast. I adore old parks, castles, Cornwall and Glastonbury, finding magickal things where the mundane believes they have a hold. :chickwizard: It's lovely to be here!
#Finnéces was eager to gain all the knowledge that the Salmon of Wisdom had from eating hazelnuts. For seven years the #druid had been waiting for just the right moment to gain the wisdom that the salmon held within itself. When the time was right, Finnéces/Finegas caught the fish, who came to his line as though by prearrangement.
The old druid set the fish to cook, leaving the boy #Fionn mac Cumhaill to watch it and warning him not to touch it or taste it. But the salmon sizzled and spattered onto Fionn’s thumb, which he stuck into his mouth to ease the pain. Immediately wisdom flooded him—the very wisdom that Finnéces had been hoping to attain.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
#MythologyMonday: #Finnéces was eager to gain all the knowledge that the Salmon of Wisdom had from eating hazelnuts. For seven years the #druid had been waiting for just the right moment to gain the wisdom that the salmon held within itself. When the time was right, Finnéces/Finegas caught the fish, who came to his line as though by prearrangement.
The old druid set the fish to cook, leaving the boy #Fionn mac Cumhaill to watch it and warning him not to touch it or taste it. But the salmon sizzled and spattered onto Fionn’s thumb, which he stuck into his mouth to ease the pain. Immediately wisdom flooded him—the very wisdom that Finnéces had been hoping to attain.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore https://twitter.com/ChristineV8/status/1332425609260232707
#Celtic#MythologyMonday: The powerful vehicle called Roth Ramach was a means of transport for the witch or goddess Tlachtga and her father, the magician Mog Ruith. On the “flying wheel” they traveled easily through the air, even as far away as Italy. The ruins of the magical machine are said to be visible in a stone near Dromline in Co. #Tipperary.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
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RT @MeaveofConnaugh
Highlight of Tlachtga fire festival - imagined - the Roth Ramach - the mysterious Flying Wheel - is it a solar symbol? #Tlachtga#Samhain
#Celtic#FolkloreSunday: „Mug Ruith (or Mogh Roith, "slave of the wheel") was a larger than life blind #druid of Munster who lived on Valentia Island, County Kerry. He could grow to enormous size, and his breath caused storms and turned men to stone. He wore a hornless bull-hide and a bird mask. He had an ox-driven chariot in which night was as bright as day, a star-speckled black shield with a silver rim, and a stone which could turn into a poisonous eel when thrown in water.“
Source: Tlachtga - The Hill of Ward & The Samhain Fire | CelticMKE https://twitter.com/ReismanGuy/status/1147857789479530497