#MythologyMonday
The Cŵn Annwn, the red-eared, ghost-white spectral hounds of the Welsh Otherworld, are most often portrayed running alongside Arawn on his wild hunts.
But they appear elsewhere also. When Culhwch rides to Arthur's court, he is accompanied by two of the beasts.
The three Spirit Nights of the year are Beltane, Summer Solstice and Samhain. On these nights, the veil between our world and The Otherworld is exceptionally thin, and those with special insight can cross over
#bookologythursday #Druids
art: Susan Schroder
At Brodick Castle, an ethereal white stag will be seen walking the castle grounds, whenever a Chief of the Hamiltons (the castle's historic owners) is close to death
#folklore #supernatural #ayrshire
art: Mary Feywood
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Once a common term across the British Isles, a cunning woman - or swynwraig in Welsh, was a healer, herbalist, and keeper of folk wisdom. Feared by some, sought out by many, she stood at the edge of village life, carrying traditional
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Once a common term across the British Isles, a cunning woman - or swynwraig in Welsh, was a healer, herbalist, and keeper of folk wisdom.
Feared by
Scots folklorist, F. Marion McNeill believed that faeries were a folk memory from our Neolithic ancestors - that they had a malevolent nature, moved at night, stole babies to rear as their own, and were skilled in magic
#faeriefriday #folklore #scotland
art: Yuliya Litvinova