... Ireland (Irish: Dún Dealgan, Éire). It depicts the Celtic warrior god Lú. Lú (also known as Lug and Lugh) is one of the most prominent gods in Irish, as well as Scottish and Manx mythology He has been described as god of arts, warriors, and sovereignty. ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Sep 27 2021 - 4:33pm
... McIntyre's blog The 6th Annual Saint Augustine Celtic Music and Heritage Festival is to be held at the city’s Francis Field on March 11th through March 13th. The St. Augustine Celtic Festival takes place in the oldest City in the United States and the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 22 2016 - 2:17pm - 0 comments
Throughout the present Celtic lands and in many of those areas once lived in by Celtic tribes, hill forts can be found. Typically they date to the Bronze and ... legend, whose story is told in the ancient Irish mythology of the Ulster Cycle. Deirdrê and the three sons of Usnach were said ...
Alastair Kneale - Oct 1 2022 - 1:09pm
... Arthurian tale. The stories draw from earlier pre-Christian Celtic mythology. The White Book of Rhydderch is now located in the National ...
Mair Williams - May 2 2019 - 9:08pm
... with comanding views in all directions. In Irish mythology and folklore, the ringfort is said to have been originally built by ... and the celebrated king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. They were Celtic pre-Christian gods with supernatural ability and were of great ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 26 2021 - 10:58pm
... day of February. It is the second of the four ancient yearly Celtic Festivals, representing the advent of the traditional agricultural year. ... to the pastoral Celt. Imbolg is connected with the Celtic goddess Brigit because Imbolg is the same day as the Festival of the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 22 2016 - 5:37pm - 0 comments
... (Irish: an Rúraíocht) one of the four cycles in Irish mythology along with the Mythological Cycle, Fenian Cycle and the Historical ... folklore. He is said to be the son of Lugh, a god in Irish mythology and member of the pre-Christian Gaelic pantheon the Tuatha Dé ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 21 2017 - 8:25pm - 0 comments
... County of Donegal, near the town of Raphoe, is a Neolithic Celtic monument known as the Beltany Stone Circle. The Beltany Stone Circle ... Beltany Stone Circle is thought to be associated with the Celtic Feast day of Beltane . Supporting the connection between the third ... (6) Dictionary of Celtic Mythology: James MacKillop: Oxford University Press: 1998 ...
Emmett McIntyre - Dec 21 2019 - 6:38pm - 0 comments
... is difficult to imagine that they did not play a part in the mythology of pre-Christian Ireland. Although there is no record of the islands ... with the Tuatha Dé Danann , a supernatural race in Irish mythology. They take the world above, while the Tuatha Dé take the world below ...
Ciaran De Búrca - Apr 24 2021 - 1:48pm - 0 comments
A Kelpie in the Celtic mythology of Scotland was originally a name given to a ‘Water Horse’. This ... cargo. Versions of this creature exist in the other Celtic nations. In Wales the “Ceffyl Dŵr” is another spirit associated ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 22 2015 - 9:40pm