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Tag Archives: Carmina Gadelica
Uillend (Elbow or Honeysuckle)
(photograph by Sannse) “Turn hither, O Fergus my master!” he cried. Fergus did not answer, for he heard not. He spoke again, “Turn hither, Fergus my master!” he cried; “and if thou turn not, I will grind thee as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Carmichael, Battle of the Trees, Carmina Gadelica, Cattle Raid of Cooley, Celtic Myth and Legend, Celtic Tree Oracle, Charles Squire, Crane Bag and Other Disputed Subjects, Elbow, George Douglas, Goibne, Golden Bough, Habitrot, Honeysuckle, J.F. Campbell, James Frazer, Jay O' Scalleigh, Joseph Dunn, Magical Alphabets, Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom, Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Robert Graves, Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Smith's Hook, Tain Bo Cualnge, The White Goddess, White Goddess, Witchery of One, Woodbine
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An Introduction to the Forfeda (Extra Letters)
Read this post first: Ogham: the Forfeda, Diphthongs, or Extra Letters “Some students find that using the forfeda enriches their experience with the ogam. Many of them would never dream of doing an ogam reading without them. Others find them … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Carmichael, Brenda Sullivan, Calder, Carmina Gadelica, Celtic Shaman, Celtic Tree Oracle, crane, crane bag, Crane Bag and Other Disputed Subjects, Diphthongs, Dr. Anne Ross, Dr. Berry Fell, Finn's Wheel, Forfeda, Hero With a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell, Macalister, Manannan, Mor, Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom, Ogham, Ogham Tract, Power of Myth, Robert Graves, Scots Fir, White Goddess
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Eadha (Aspen)
“The following curious story reminds one a little of Slavic tales of dead men who dwell in their tombs as in houses. Some of the Slav tomb-dwellers are harmless, others malignant. The malignant ones are dead persons who rise up … Continue reading
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Tagged Aminita muscaria, Aspen, Carmina Gadelica, Cattle Raid of Cualnge, Celtic Tree Oracle, Cormac mac Cuilennain, Crucifixion, Cuchulainn, Eadha, Fairy Queen, Fe, Gaul (hero), George Henderson, James Macpherson, Magical Alphabets, Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom, Ogham Tract, Oithona, Paul Kendall, Poems of Ossian, Poplar, Robert Graves, Sidhe, Survival in Belief Amongst Celts, Tree Wisdom: the Definitive Guidebook, White Goddess
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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
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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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