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Tag Archives: Ban-Sidhe
The Raven and Crow of the Celts – Part II: Fairytales and Folklore
“The Raven is equally a bird of omen, Raven-knowledge, or wisdom being proverbial” – George Henderson. (Survival in Belief Amongst Celts. 1911) Many Celtic Fairytales contain remnants of the old stories of Gods and Goddesses [part I]. In Donald Mackenzie’s 1917 Wonder … Continue reading
Posted in Bestiary
Tagged Ban-Sidhe, Banshee, Cailleach, Crow, Death, Fairytale, Folklore, Grave, Omen, Raven, Shapeshifting, Spells, Witchcraft
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Straif (Blackthorn)
“Better the bramble than the black-thorn, better the black-thorn than the devil. He who would go in the bramble for me, I would go in the thorn for him” – Proverb (Alexander Carmichael: Carmina Gadelica Vol. II. 1900) The Roots: … Continue reading
Posted in Tree Ogham
Tagged Aine, Ancient Legends Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland, Ban-Sidhe, Banshee, Black Magic, Blackberry, Blackthorn, Carmina Gadelica, Celtic Tree Oracle, Devil, Evan Wentz, Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries, Fairy Queen, Gods of Fighting Men, Hawthorn, James MacKillop, Lady Gregory, Lady Wilde, Leanan-Sidhe, Lunantishee, Magical Alphabets, Meaning of Trees, Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom, Otherworld, Oxford Dictionary or Celtic Mythology, Prunus, Robert Graves, Sidhe, Straif, Thorn, Tree Wisdom: the Definitive Guidebook, Tuatha De Danaan, White Goddess, Witch Trials
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