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[nanamis-username]

samhain 🧡 a banshee & a dullahan

#oíche samhna #happy halloween #irish folklore #samhain #éire #banshee #dullahan #halloween #irish fae #artists on tumblr #my art #original art #irish #irish mythology #ireland #mythology #celtic #ealaín #celtic mythology #celtic art #irish art #art #drawing #illustration #sketch #gaelic #gaeilge #autumn

[oliviarampaige]

“The Poisoned Glen”

Day 14 - Castle

Old Church of Dunlewey

#illustration #my art #drawing #kelpie #ireland #nature #inktober #horror #watercolor #dark art #irish folklore #mythology #cryptid #surrealism #inktober 2023 #gothic art

[bramblrose]

celtic mythology: selkie

"Peppered throughout Celtic folklore are stories about seal people, also called selkies who are said to be cursed with a constant longing for what they do not have: when they are swimming in the water as seals, they yearn to be on land, and when they walk on two legs as a human, they long to be in the sea. They can transform from one creature to another by shedding their sealskin, and alternatively, putting it on again."

#mythedit #mythologyedit #celticedit #folkloreedit #mythology #celtic mythology #celtic folklore #scotland #ireland #selkie #mine

[secondbeatsongs]

my library has a page where you can request titles to be added to the catalogue, and my requests have never, never been turned down

like, obscure book on irish mythology? added! cookbook written by a robot? hell yeah! just season 3 of a 1970s detective series, on DVD? sure, why not!

I don't know if it's that a librarian has decided to humor me, or if my library is particularly well-funded (I hope so; I love my library), but no matter what I request, they buy a copy and add it to the catalogue.

...so now, as I type in a suggestion for a queer romance with a pretty boy on the cover, I can only hope that luck is still with me

#personal #the robot cookbook btw was the one that IBM's Watson did a while back #I don't remember it well #but I don't think I found it particularly interesting #I wish I remembered the irish book #but I can't find it #and the DVD series? #hardy boys season 3 #because of course it was #hardy boys my beloved #update: I think the irish mythology book was #''mysterious world: ireland'' #by ian middleton #the library doesn't have it anymore but that's okay xD #I think I was the only one who read it

[llyfrenfys]

See, I personally find this quest to find pagan/pre-Christian elements in Welsh/Irish literature quite unnerving - I don't know about anyone else.

There's something to be said about genuinely discovering pre-Christian elements in a narrative or story and that being where evidence and study has led you. But I see some people on this fruitless quest to find pagan elements in very Christian texts and sometimes it feels like if no pagan elements can be found, people start making stuff up out of whole cloth - and that can be very dangerous for already not-well known texts in minoritised languages!

There's already so much misinformation out there about Irish/Welsh texts and literature in general - so it hurts to see people carelessly adding to the misinformation either out of ignorance or lack of respect for the source material.

I promise you the source material being Christian doesn't ruin it - you can in fact, enjoy these myths without making them into something they're not!

#I feel like general ire towards (particularly) colonial Christianity has informed how people think of and view anything that is associated #with Christianity - and ire towards some of the ills committed in the name of Christianity is very valid actually #but what it isn't is approaching any text written in a Christian context and immediately disregarding it for having anything unique or #insightful to say. And in a Celtic languages context #this can be especially othering and almost fetishistic of an imagined pagan Ireland and Wales which was 'covered up' by Christianity #and that desire for people outside of Ireland and Wales to impose a kind of 'pagan faerie culture' onto the modern countries directly feeds #into false depictions of Ireland and Wales as 'lost in time' or as magical places full of latent pagan culture &c. which can be really #damaging in its own way against people who live in Wales or Ireland or who speak Welsh or Irish #this goes for other Celtic speaking nations too like Scotland Brittany Isle of Man and Cornwall #But Wales and Ireland tend to be the most focused on for this kind of treatment #luke's originals #Welsh #Wales #Cymblr #Irish #Ireland #welsh mythology #irish mythology #irish literature #welsh literature #Arthurian legends #arthurian literature

[stamp-it-to-me]

a 2000 Irish stamp from a series on myths and fables

[id: a postage stamp with a very detailed illustration of a frog from the fable "The Frog Prince". the frog prince is green and wearing a golden crown and holds a golden ball. end id]

#snail mail #stamps #postage #ireland #irish #frogs #animals #mythology #described

[wildwithlight]

Mikladalur's Kopakonan on the Faroe Islands

#selkie #siren #mermaid #sea #ocean #faroe islands #iceland #Scotland #Ireland #mythology #folklore

[woodlandhalls]

they dont get enough love

#the secret of kells #song of the sea #wolfwalkers #cartoon saloon #animation #movies #tuatha dé danann #aos sí #selkie #ireland #irish mythology #celts #celtic mythology #personal

[thequietabsolute]

Étain, depicted with her peers in power and beauty Harry Clarke, stained-glass, [c.1900] Left to right; Étain [or Éadaoin], Helen, Medb and Fand.

#irish myth #ireland #Harry Clarke #mythology #stain glass

[bluebeardcrypt]

Cuchulainn

#artists on tumblr #artwork #art #my art #ireland #painting #illustration #art commissions #mythology

[mildred-meadowlark]

Happy Brigid's Day, my loves.

A day to celebrate the Celtic goddess Brigid, later St Brigid, and Imbolc. Brigid is the goddess of female empowerment, fertility, and creativity.

Imbolc celebrates the end of the darkness of winter and the arrival of the lighter days that come with spring (aka 'the grand stretch', as it's known in Ireland).

Artwork by @fionab_art

#brigid #st brigid #st bridget #imbolc #imbolg #february #goddess #ireland #celtic #mythology

[marsprincess889]

NAKSHATRAS AS GODDESSES

3/27

🔪KRITTIKA🔥

DISCLAIMER: This is based solely on my research and the patterns that I saw. I can't promise that I'm gonna be sure in all the coorelations, but I'm going to attribute each nakshatra a goddess that I think fits it the closest. If you're dissapointed, to make up for it, I'm going to list some other deities in the end that I think also fit the nakshatra. Don't come for me if you think I'm wrong, be respectful in the comments if you think so and have fun 🤍

This was easy and almost immidiate. The associations between this goddess and Krittika are so apparent I didn't hesitate for a second. Look out for other deities similar to her in the end.

Brigid

Pantheon: Celtic (Irish)

Name meaning: "the exalted one", "strength"

Associations: fire, spring, poetry and inspiration, healing and herbalism, smithcraft, agriculture, cattle and sheep.

Symbols: Brigid's cross, holy wells, eternal flame.

Brigid is one of the most highly- revered and widely worshipped Celtic goddesses. She'a triple goddess, representing the maiden, the mother and the crone. As a Maiden, she rules over poetry, music and ispiration. As a Mother, she's presiding over healing. As a Crone, she's the goddess of fire and smithcraft.

Frequently depicted with fiery red hair, she is no simple goddess, also ruling over waters and serenity. She's a protector of women and children, presiding over childbirth and motherhood. Also frequengly depicted with lambs and sheep (krittika's yoni animal) and swans. She's closely connected to agriculture and farm animals.

Brigid, also being connected to wells and rivers, has many landmarks in Ireland with a body of water. The most famous one is a well in Kildare, Ireland. Water from that well is said to have healing properties.

Her father was Dagda (good, great god), leader of the Irish tribe Tuatha Dé Danann ("people of goddess Danu"), which consisted of Irish deities who lived there before the ancestors of the modern Irish had arrived. Dagda was a wise man, an all-father and a Druid. Brigid married Bres, another member of that tribe and together they had three children. One of them, Ruadán, died and Brigid mourned him with profound and painful sadness. She's very devoted to protecting children and this might be a reason why.

In honor of her, there's a sacred fire lit in Kildare and is guarded by the Sisters of St. Brigid. There has been a fire in Kildare since the time Brigid was worshipped. It has been put out several times, but has been re-lit and is still burning. This suggests that the worship of Brigid has endured as she she survived and was made a Catholic saint when Christianity came to Europe.

I want to talk about why I chose her for Krittika while comparing her to very similar goddesses.

First one is the Roman Vesta. Virgins were chosen to keep the fire of vesta burning and it was said that if even one of them gave their virginity, the fire would burn out. In those instances when fire burned out by itself, the poor Vestal Virgins were to blame. Vesta is also the Roman Equivalent of the Greek Hestia, both being goddesses of the hearth, fire and home.

Krittika is the nakshatra that burns impurities through being precise and cutting away all that is not nessecary, hence a sharp object and a flame being its symbols. Bridging the signs of Aries and Taurus, it's often fiery and passionate but also feminine and nurturing.

An Indian deity ruling over Krittika is Agni_ God of fire. An Indian goddess that is coorelated to Krittika (and also Purva Phalguni) is Tripura Sundari, meaning "the most beautiful in three worlds". This three world- triple goddess coorelation is apparent to me, besides the obvious fire associations, as well as nurturing, fertility and agriculture.

In the lunar mansion of Krittika, there's a constellation called the Pleiades, often called "the seven sisters". This is another confirmation of Krittika's very feminine nature, despite also representing the birth of the cosmic man and being very fiery and passionate in general.

Some other deities that I'd coorelate with Krittika:

Hestia- another virginal goddess of fire, also associated with home and hearth

Tripura Sundari- Indian goddess, "the most beautiful in the worlds"

Vesta- Roman goddess of fire and virgins

Bel- Celtic sun and fire god, also associated with healing, thunder and purification.

That's it! I hope you enjoyed reading about Brigid. This is a very condensed post but I said pretty much everything I wanted to say. I hope you understood Brigid's energy and made the coorelation between her and Krittika. If you're Krittika, even if you're not, COMMENT, like and reblog. Love u, take care ❤🔥

#krittika #krittika nakshatra #nakshatras #vedic astrology #astrology #astrology observations #vedic astrology observations #brigid #celtic mythology #irish mythology #ireland #celtic #goddess #goddess brigid

[ceo-draiochta]

It's really interesting how people who claim to have such an interest in Ireland and decolonisation here but yet when the exact same thing that happened to ireland happens in a different country. Happens in a non white majority country suddenly its clam shut. Like if you can hold in your mind the complexities of the ira for all its goods bads and indifferences, why can you not hold these same ideas when the people are not white? Why was Irish resistance an unfortunate consequence of colonisation but the resistance of black and brown people "sadistic"?

Basing your whole brand on Irish culture, Irish mythology, Irish whatever. But when the time to have Irish solidarity with the oppressed it's handwringing. Uafásach.

There was a post a while back from a user on here who claimed to just *love* Ireland but was posting about how much they loved pro Rhodesian propaganda songs. Can you not see the parallels?

#tae #im not saying we all team up to burn is**** to the ground thats not what anyone wants #but something a little more potent than 'uhhh both sides bad :( ' #not even saying you have to comment but if you do #this especially to the irish mythology side of tumblr and tiktok #ireland #honestly fair play to everyone in the general irish paganism sphere here though #been some great stuff from this side of tumblr

[queerindigenouspagan]

Mythical creatures in Ireland, Wales, and the so-called "United States of America" (I censored the word "w*ndigo" for my Native folks out there 💚🪶)! I think these are really cool maps and a great way to visually represent various mythical creatures in these countries

#ireland #mythology #mythological #wales #united states #indigenous #native american #irish #welsh #native

[illustratus]

Tristan and Isolde by Herbert James Draper

#tristan #isolde #iseult #art #chivalric romance #romance #romantic #lovers #love #chivalry #knight #princess #britain #cornwall #cornish #mythology #tragedy #ireland #love potion #forbidden love #europe #european #richard wagner #england #young lovers #potions #potion #ship #sir tristan #arthurian

[phantom-of-the-memes]

Just a reminder, since Halloween came from Ireland, there is no “Sam Hain” in Irish mythology.

Samhain (pronounced sow-in), the word for November is Irish, is also the name of the holiday Samhain, celebrated on November 1st. This is the holiday from which Halloween (oíche shamhna in Irish) was born.

The idea of “the veil” between worlds thinning is actually a Victorian idea. Yes, it is believed that loved ones spirits return, and other creatures roam, but nothing about a “thinning veil”. Some say that they come through portals that appear in certain places like holy monuments and tombs.

Basically it was a festival for the dead. People would set and extra place at the dinner table, or leave food out for spirits. They’d light candles in the windows so dead relatives would know where to go and that their relatives were home.

Bonfires were lit and cattle sacrificed for various gods. The first Jack o lanterns were carved turnips made to ward off unwanted spirits and travellers. People wore costumes to trick evil spirits into thinking they were one of them.

Now a days Halloween in Ireland is pretty much the same as everywhere else. Although it still consists of bonfires and a LOT of fireworks. Like good luck trying to sleep the whole month of October.

Anyways, happy Halloween!/ Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh!

#ireland #irish #Halloween #Samhain #gaeilge #Sam hain #irish mythology #Celtic #celtic mythology #pagan #paganism #Wicca #Wiccan #spooky month #pumpkin #jack o lantern #spirits #ghost #oíche shamhna