... here, leads on a straight line back to Samhain , the Celtic feast day of the Dead. One of the four annual feast days of the Celtic ... Dr Butler’s principal interests are in the areas of mythology, belief narratives, folk religion, ritual and festival. A member of ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 7 2018 - 6:01pm - 0 comments
... on April 16, 2014, by Emmett McIntyre The Celtic year is divided by the four annual Celtic Feast Days which are celebrated on the first of the month: the November ... the Cailleach, the divine hag from Scottish and Irish mythology, but we also embrace modern retellings and interpretations of myth ...
Emmett McIntyre - Apr 29 2015 - 8:23pm - 0 comments
... or Cúchulainn is said to be the son of Lugh, a god in Irish mythology and member of the pre-Christian Gaelic pantheon the Tuatha Dé ... feared he was still alive. It was not until Morrigan (the Celtic goddess of War and Death) appeared in the form of a raven and landed on ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jun 7 2021 - 12:34pm
... (Dermot's Bed). This is linked to a story in Irish mythology: The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne (Irish: Tóraigheacht ... author Jose Antonio Gutierrez D. Celtic nation: Ireland Itinerary: Ireland Munster west ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 14 2021 - 2:20pm
Celtic Hegemony In Europe And Beyond At Its Height At one time the Celtic peoples were spread over large parts of Europe and beyond. It is known ... separate ethnically similar people speaking related Celtic languages. Sculptures carved at the time and found in many parts of ...
Alastair Kneale - Mar 20 2021 - 4:10pm
... here, leads on a straight line back to Samhain , the Celtic feast day of the Dead. One of the four annual feast days of the Celtic ... Dr Butler’s principal interests are in the areas of mythology, belief narratives, folk religion, ritual and festival. A member of ...
Emmett McIntyre - Oct 15 2018 - 2:17pm
... enjoyed a central role in the foundation and development of Celtic culture and Celtic Cornwall has many myths and legends involving Faeries ... Patricia Monaghan in "The Encyclopaedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore” gives us an amusingly detailed entry describing the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Apr 4 2016 - 1:51am - 0 comments
... - some more than 3,000 years old - focus on the women of Celtic mythology, from formidable women warriors to the gentle women who guided others ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 28 2013 - 7:31pm
Celtic scholars agree that Danu is the name of a deity that ranked high in the Celtic Pantheon dating from the earliest history of the Celtic peoples. The ... Patricia Monaghan in the Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore has the following entry on Danu: Most ...
Emmett McIntyre - Aug 7 2014 - 8:16pm - 0 comments
The mythology of the Celtic peoples stretches back through the mists of time into a ... demonstrating the importance and connection that the Celtic people have to the environment in which they live. One such figure was ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Apr 5 2021 - 2:15pm - 0 comments