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The BC government has announced its intention to kill over 180 wolves in a last-ditch effort to protect endangered caribou herds. The move has been called scientifically unsound, as it fails to consider the real causes of the herd’s decline, as well as whether or not the small number of remaining animals are capable of recovering in the wild. Voices of reason say they can not. Click on the image above for more information. Please consider signing the petition at pacificwild.org
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The Spider in Celtic Myth
According to lore, the spider in Celtic myth was a beneficial being. It appeared in the old texts suddenly, emerging from some now-forgotten lost older oral tradition, creepy-crawling onto the pages of recorded folklore from out of nowhere. One of … Continue reading
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
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Tagged Banshee, brahan, carmina, Celts, charms, Crow, curse, Death, Devil, Fairy, fairytales, Fionn, Folklore, Highlands, Ireland, Irish, legends, leprechaun, Myth, Mythology, prophecies, Raven, Scotland, Sidhe, Snake, superstitions, Witchcraft
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