In some Welsh folklore, the fairies treat corgis as their version of horses - riding them, having them pull carts, putting them to work on the fairy farms. The greatest corgis are the ones who carry the fairy knights into battle.
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Four suspects in the shocking theft of a Celtic gold coin hoard from the Celtic-Roman Museum in Manching, Bavaria, have been arrested. The bad news is one of the suspects was carrying 18 gold lumps in a plastic bag at the time of his arrest.
Manawydan ap Llyr, most cunning of Welsh heroes, shocked everyone by making a tiny gallows to hang one of the mice involved in the destruction of his wheat fields. However, he'd realized that the mice were shapeshifting fairies, and this one the wife of the ringleader. #WyrdWednesday#mythology#folklore#Wales#Celtic#Mabinogion
There are many stories of the #Irish Wolfhound in #mythology. The most famous hounds are, without doubt, Fionn’s two favourites, Bran and Sceolán. They were said to have been so tall, that their heads reached chest height to a man. Bran was described as ‘ferocious, white-breasted, sleek-haunched, with fiery deep black eyes that swim in sockets of blood’. Sceolán was slightly smaller, ‘small-headed, with the eyes of a dragon, claws of a wolf, vigour of a lion, and the venom of a serpent’. They feature as prominently in the exploits of the Fianna as do the warriors themselves.
Source: Ali Isaac
#Celtic#MythologyMonday: #GraceO'Malley found her way into the history books as 'the most notorious woman on the entire #Irish coast' and 'the mother of all rebellions', but to survive in the tumultuous times of the 16th century, she had to change the rules and fight for her clan and family in this warring world. She was a rebel and a warrior, a great clan chief and the most extraordinary female navigator #Ireland has ever produced.
Source: http://picturingireland.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-pirat-queens-fortress-rockfleet.html
In folklore we find the story of the #Irish heroine Munanna, who grew weary of living with a boring man. Finding a Viking pirate more to her liking, she set off to sea with him after convincing her lover to kill her husband. Once back home in Norway, however, Munanna’s new husband grew worried that she might repeat the behavior. On an outing on a lake, he pushed her overboard to her death. She thereafter haunted him, flying about his boat in the form of a crane, a common bird transformation for wronged women.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
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The Ritual of the Crane Dance Curse in Irish Mythology http://aliisaacstoryteller.com/2015/11/16/the-ritual-of-the-crane-dance-curse-in-irish-mythology
#Celtic#MythologyMonday: Lough Erne has two origin stories, both very different, but which concern drownings. In one version, High King of #Ireland, Fiacha Labrainne (who himself was named after the River Labrainn, which burst its banks when he was born) went to war against a tribe of people who were known as the Érainn. I don't know what their quarrel was, but seemingly Nature was on Fiacha's side, for during the battle a huge torrent of water burst from the ground, drowning all the King's enemy warriors, and leaving in its wake the body of water we know today as #LoughErne.
Source: Ali Isaac
And now for a musical break by the Harp Twins. Identical twins from Ottawa, #Canada. Some tunes are with another set of musical identical twins. The videos are amazing. #Celtic inspired. #music https://www.harptwins.com/
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Celtic Cross seen in Cork ,the second largest city in Ireland. Located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster, since an extension to the city's boundary in 2019, its population is c.210,000.
#FerrousFriday: #Celts only sacrificed certain parts of their chariots. This was a „pars pro toto“-sacrifice, where a part represented the whole. The chariot parts found in the sacrificial ditches in Rosledorf, Lower Austria, show that several chariots had been dismantled there.
Source: Natural History Museum Vienna https://todon.eu/@NeuKelte/10996092025
"Sometimes a distinction is made between sacrifice, which requires that something be alive or once alive, and offerings, which were never alive; thus artifacts like coins and jewelry constitute offerings, while plants and animals, to say nothing of humans, are sacrifices. More frequently, the term “sacrifice” describes anything offered to the gods and placed beyond human use-"
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1649093711513653252
Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree (Craobh-Oir agus Craobh-Airgid): a Gaelic tale from Scotland. A king had a wife, Silver-Tree, and a daughter, Gold-Tree. One day they walked by a pond, and Silver-Tree asked a trout if she were the most beautiful queen in the world. #FairyTaleTuesday
#FairyTaleTuesday: There‘s another #Celtic version of Grimm‘s Snow-White formula named Gold-tree and Silver-tree collected in #Scotland. It seems to be of Pre-Christian origin, because Silver-tree consults a trout in a well and the story winds up with the prince and his 2(!) wives were long alive after this, pleased and peaceful. Like in Guildeluec and Guilliadon, the prince’s second wife welcomes her rival. Isn`t that very #Celtic?
Source: https://www.surlalunefairytales.com/s-z/snow-white-seven-dwarfs/stories/eliduc_nutt.html
A fairy tale tells how the tenant Gottfried once did a service for an #Elf. He proved to be generous. And when the #Scotsman should be hanged innocently for robbery murder, the old man in the green robe from the 'good people' brought him in safety. However, when he returned after only one night in the palace of the #Faeries, 100 years had passed. After seeing the grave of his wife, his heart did not like to continue beating.
Source: Eine Nacht in der Elfenwohnung in Sabine Lukat (Hg.) Feen Märchen
There were two colours most often associated with #Fairyland or the #Otherworld: green and red, with the latter being the more popular colour for trooping #fairies, while solitary fairies tended to favor green.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
The colour red was considered unlucky, even when on clothing or scarves worn by humans: Women wearing red petticoats were avoided in the west of Ireland until recent times. Even more ominous was red hair or hide, whether on human or animals. Combined with white, red hair was a sure sign of fairy origin. Thus fairy cattle were believed to be white with red ears; a dog or cat born with the same colouring was believed to be of fairy blood or a changeling. Red-haired people were, by the same reasoning, believed to have fairy blood. There are many superstitions about such red- haired people and animals. It was considered very bad luck to meet a red-haired woman first thing in the morning; a traveler might return home rather than risk continuing a journey that started with such an evil portent. A person dressed in red could prove unlucky if he or she passed in the morning or when one was begin- ning a project. Red-eared animals were believed to have similar powers to predict (or possibly bring on) difficulties.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
Suspects in Celtic gold heist arrested; melted gold lumps found (www.thehistoryblog.com)
Four suspects in the shocking theft of a Celtic gold coin hoard from the Celtic-Roman Museum in Manching, Bavaria, have been arrested. The bad news is one of the suspects was carrying 18 gold lumps in a plastic bag at the time of his arrest.
Cruachan - Some Say The Devil Is Dead (www.youtube.com)
A traditional Irish folk song, covered by one of the founders of folk metal.