Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday : The old #Gaelic term for the #SummerSolstice was GREINATAROSTAMI `sun standing`, while the #Gaulish name was SONNOTAROSTAMI.
Source: Michel-Gérald Boutet `The Calendar And Almonach of The Ancient Druids`
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#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #SummerSolstice #LegendaryWednesday : The #Irish goddess #Áine [ˈaːnʲə]) is sometimes represented by a red mare. The feast of Midsummer Night was held in her honor. As the goddess of love and fertility, she had command over crops and animals and is also
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This Summer Solstice,
Hope you are filled up with intense, invigorating and exhilarating energy.
Wishing you a warm and satisfying year ahead.
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In Poland on the night of summer solstice unmarried women made flower crowns and place them in the river. Unmarried men waited further downstream to catch them. Couples formed in this way spent the rest of the night together.
Art by Siemon Kożyn
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#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday : Near the centre of the #oppidum of #Bibracte there`s this basin made of pink granite. Its lateral axis `is the line of the #SummerSolstice sunset and the winter solstice sunrise. The oval itself is the result of complex geometrical
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The summer solstice is a liminal time of the year, and folklore says that fairies and other supernatural beings may cross over into the human world. It was believed that carrying oatmeal in your pockets could offer protection against fairy mischief.
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On the #SummerSolstice , the veil between our world & the Otherworld is at its thinnest…
Hang birch, lavender, marigold, rosemary & sage over your front door, and keep watch at dawn and dusk for our fairy friends!
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One tradition connected to #Midsummer was for young women to wear garlands, made of herbs and flowers, in their hair. This was to bring good luck and protection from evil spirits.
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🎨 Hubert von Herkomer.
The Sun as God. #SummerSolstice #SummerSolstice 2023 #sun #art Image: Edvard Munch, 1909
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On 21 June the Cardeas festival was celebrated, in honor of Cardea. Cardea or Carda was the ancient Roman goddess of the hinge (Latin cardo, cardinis), Roman doors being hung on pivot hinges. 👇
#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #SummerSolstice #LegendaryWednesday : „In #Irish #mythology , the #TuathaDéDanann were said to have played hurling with their enemies, the Fir Bolg, before the Battle of Moytura commenced.
According to Lady Gregory in her book, Of Gods and Fighting Men,
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#LegendaryWednesday Once the Republic was established, Brutus became consul and made the people swear that Rome would never again have a king. When his sons attempted the restoration of the Tarquins, Brutus condemned them to death.
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Celtic God Angus Og, Putting a Spell of Summer Calm on the Sea John Duncan 1908 #LegendaryWednesday #WyrdWednesday
In Wales, the fairy colours are white and gold, making fairies resemble beings of light. However, light doesn't always mean good. Hafgan ('Summer White') battles the hero Pwyll while Gwyn ap Nudd ('White, son of Fog') tempts saints and drives people insane.
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#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday : According to Olmsted's derivation, 'prinni' means way, course or path, 'loudin' increasing or waxing and 'laget' decreasing. Thus he sees the course of the sun mapped by the six-month interval. Prinni laget in the month of
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