dmfromtheblacklagoon
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I made a comic full of very important knowledge!
When the interview process is WAY more thorough than you expected….
Cursing with eggs in Irish folklore:
Egg to steal crops:
"One day he found in his turnip drills a boiled goose-egg. The superstition in connection with this is that the person who puts the egg in the crop will be able to steal the crop."
Source
"Certain families are believed to be able to take a great lot of the profit from a field of corn by planting eggs in each corner of the cornfield on May Day.
The people suspected of butter taking are suspected of working magic with the eggs."
Source
"Dheir sé soiléir annsan gur do phiseogaibh a bhí sé ag tagairt agus mhinigh se gur scaipeadh uibheacha go fóir leathan i ngairdínibh prátaí agus sna móinfheárachaibh comh maith, agus sna cocaibh agus sna giobólaibh féir,"
Source
"It happened one day about that time, however, that a stranger came into the place from a good distance away and spend some time about the district. From that day on the practice of planting eggs, pig's heads, slings (aborted calves) and the clearings of slinger cows, and other things too, in the soil of the gardens, and in the meadows and wynds of hay, as well as dumping the (?) articles in bags on farms, grew for years until it destroyed itself."
Source
It appears that the placing or burying of eggs on someones property or place of growth allowed a user to reduce and obtain the effected crops. This could have modern implications with wider ideas of crops. Eggs are not the sole material for this magic but they seem the most common. The use of this magic appears to have been a widespread issue at some point.
Sources for Celtic History and Paganism!
So today I was reading Ancient Fire: An Introduction to Gaulish Celtic Polytheism by Segomâros Widugeni when it struck me just how many of the sources were the type of thing that wouldn't necessarily come up on a regular search, particularly some out-of-print books, a lot of which are actually available on the Internet Archive! I took some time to take note of each listed source, and tried to see if I could find the right place to request them from (in the case of a handful of articles and theses), find PDF links where they did already exist, basically whatever I could! Some books are available to buy, most secondhand, and while most are available on Amazon, I won't be linking those here. I'd encourage anyone shopping to consider an alternative option if they can! Now, I haven't read through all of these, but the moment I found at least one of them seems to be impossible to find, I was reminded of the dangers of dying media. So I wanted to put these together so anyone could use them. Not every resource listed is in English. Anyway, on to the list~
Cernunnos: Looking a Different Way
By Ceisiwr Serith
https://ceisiwrserith.com/therest/Cernunnos/cernunnospaper.htm
Cernunnos Origin and Transformation of A Celtic Divinity
By Phyllis Fray Bober
https://www.scribd.com/document/460345187/cernunnos-origin-and-transformation-of-a-celtic-divinity-phyllis-fray-bober
Basic Celtic Deity Types
by Alexei Kondratiev
https://naomh-na-tursan.livejournal.com/5752.html
Deep Ancestors: Practicing the Religion of the Proto-Indo-Europeans
Book by Ceisiwr Serith
https://www.scribd.com/document/362472999/Deep-Ancestors-Practicing-the-Religion-of-the-Proto-Indo-Europeans
The Gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans
Book by Garrett S. Olmsted
https://www.academia.edu/38135817/The_Gods_of_the_Celts_and_the_Indo_Europeans_revised_2019_
Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend
Book by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/dictionary-of-celtic-myth-and-legend_miranda-aldhouse-green/543335/#edition=5215209&idiq=16154030
The Book of The Great Queen: The Many Faces of the Morrigan from Ancient Legends to Modern Devotions
Book by Morpheus Ravenna Further
to tongu do dia toinges mo thuath [“Mi a dyngaf dynged it”], &c.
By John Koch
https://www.academia.edu/7242277/Further_to_tongu_do_dia_toinges_mo_thuath_Mi_a_dyngaf_dynged_it_and_c
Goddesses in Celtic Religion Cult and Mythology: A Comparative Study of Ancient Ireland, Britain and Gaul
By Noémie Beck
http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/lyon2/2009/beck_n#p=0&a=title
The Integration of Mercury and Lugus: Myth and History in Late Iron Age and Early Roman Gaul
By Krista Ovist
https://archives.library.wales/index.php/integration-of-mercury-and-lugus
Lady with a Mead Cup: Ritual, Prophecy, and Lordship in the European Warband from La Tène to the Viking Age
Book by Michael J. Enright
How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics
Book by Calvert Watkins
https://ia801404.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/7/items/twain-mark-a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court/1-ptry.zip&file=How%20to%20Kill%20a%20Dragon%20-%20Aspects%20of%20Indo%20European%20Poetics.pdf
The Celtic Gauls: Gods, Rites and Sanctuaries
Book by Jean-Louis Brunaux
The Apple Branch: A Path to Celtic Ritual
Book by Alexei Kondratiev
https://archive.org/details/applebranchpatht0000kond
Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Book by James Mackillop
https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofcelt0000mack
The female deities of the Celtic religion: worship and mythology: a comparative study of ancient Ireland, Great Britain and Gaul
By Noémie Beck
https://theses.fr/2009LYO20084
Celtic Curses
Book by Bernard Mees
https://www.academia.edu/1012094/Celtic_Curses_Woodbridge_Boydell_2009
Guide to Irish Mythology
Book by Daragh Smyth
https://archive.org/details/guidetoirishmyth00smyt
The Sacred Isle
Book by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
https://archive.org/details/sacredislebelief0000ohog
The Matronae and Matres: Breathing New Life into an Old Religion
By River Devora
http://polytheist.com/the-web-of-blessings/2015/08/12/the-matronae-and-matres-breathing-new-life-into-an-old-religion/
Interpretatio Romana and Matronae Iconography
By River Devora
http://polytheist.com/the-web-of-blessings/2015/08/31/interpretatio-romana-and-matronae-iconography/#:~:text=The%20overlay%20of%20interpretatio%20Romana,and%20plaques%20and%20glean%20valuable
Celtic chiefdom, Celtic state: the evolution of complex social systems in prehistoric Europe
By Arnold, Bettina and Gibson, D. Blair
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/3086499
*butacos, *wossos, *geistlos, *ambactos. Celtic Socioeconomic Organisation in the European Iron Age. Studia Celtica 40, 2006: 23-41
By Raimund Karl
https://www.academia.edu/245239/_butacos_wossos_geistlos_ambactos_Celtic_Socioeconomic_Organisation_in_the_European_Iron_Age_Studia_Celtica_40_2006_23_41
The Ancient Celts
Book by Barry Cunliffe
https://archive.org/details/ancientcelts00cunl_0
Sengoidelc: Old Irish for Beginners
Book by David Stifter
https://archive.org/details/sengoidelcoldiri0000stif
Greek Kελτóς and Γαλάτης, Latin Gallus ‘Gaul’
By Kim McCone
https://spr.harrassowitz-library.com/article/spr/2006/1/6
Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales
Book by Alwyn and Brinley Rees
https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.36494
Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism
By Erynn Rowan Laurie, Kathryn Price NicDhàna, Aedh Rua Ó Mórríghan, Kym Lambert ní Dhoireann and John Machate, ed. by Erynn Rowan Laurie
https://web.archive.org/web/20080418025755/http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usma&c=trads&id=6645
Which witch is which? : a concise guide to Wiccan and Neo-Pagan paths and traditions
Book Compiled and Edited by Patricia Telesco
Sources for the Three Realms
By Annie Loughlin - original source link is dead, need help to locate!
Dictionnaire de la Langue Gauloise
Book by Xavier Delmarre
https://archive.org/details/dictionnairedelal00dela (referred to as “Essential for Gaulish Language study)
The Settling of the Manor of Tara
By R.I. Best
https://www.ucd.ie/tlh/trans/rib.eriu.4.001.t.text.html
The court of law in Iron Age ‚Celtic’ societies. In R. Karl & J. Leskovar (eds.), Interpretierte Eisenzeiten 3. Fallstudien, Methoden, Theorie. Tagungsbeiträge der 3. Linzer Gespräche zur interpretativen Eisenzeitarchäologie. Studien zur Kulturgeschichte von Oberösterreich Folge 22, Linz: Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum 2009: 135-60.
By Raimund Karl
https://www.academia.edu/245221/The_court_of_law_in_Iron_Age_Celtic_societies_In_R_Karl_and_J_Leskovar_eds_Interpretierte_Eisenzeiten_3_Fallstudien_Methoden_Theorie_Tagungsbeitr%C3%A4ge_der_3_Linzer_Gespr%C3%A4che_zur_interpretativen_Eisenzeitarch%C3%A4ologie_Studien_zur_Kulturgeschichte_von_Ober%C3%B6sterreich_Folge_22_Linz_Ober%C3%B6sterreichisches_Landesmuseum_2009_135_60
Matasović Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic
By Ranko Matasović
https://archive.org/details/matasovic-etymological-dictionary-of-proto-celtic
Hammer of the Gods: Anglo-Saxon Paganism in Modern Times Second Edition
Book by Swain Wodening
https://archive.org/details/hammerofgodsangl0000swai
Various Works by Christopher Scott Thompson - recommended re: honor in Gaulish society
https://cateransociety.wordpress.com/books/
A Handbook of the Scottish Gaelic World
Book by Michael Newton and Michael Steven Newton
Celtic Values
By Alexei Kondratiev
http://dagdacelt.freehostia.com/values.html
European paganism : the realities of cult from antiquity to the Middle Ages
By Ken Dowden
https://archive.org/details/europeanpaganism0000dowd
A Definitive Reconstructed Text of the Coligny Calendar
By Garrett Olmsted
https://www.academia.edu/62011364/A_Definitive_Reconstructed_Text_of_the_Coligny_Calendar
New Calendar of Gaulish Polytheism
By Jess via Nemeton Nigromanitcos
https://thebloodybones.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/new-calendar-of-gaulish-polytheism/#more-265
Calendar of Feast-Days of Deities
Via the blog Deo Mercutio
https://deomercurio.wordpress.com/calendar-of-feast-days-of-deities/
Altkeltische Sozialstrukturen
By Raimund Karl
https://homepage.univie.ac.at/Raimund.Karl/Sozialstrukturen.pdf
La Langue Gauloise
Book by Pierre-Yves Lambert
https://www.scribd.com/document/782869557/Lambert-1994-La-langue-gauloise-description-linguistique-commentaire-d-inscriptions-choisies
Death, War, and Sacrifice: Studies in Ideology & Practice
Book by Bruce Lincoln
The Gods of the Celts
Book by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
https://archive.org/details/godsofceltsar00mira
War Goddess The Morrigan And Her Germano Celtic Counterparts
Book by Angelique Gulermovich Epstein
https://archive.org/details/WarGoddessTheMorriganAndHerGermanoCelticCounterparts
Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby
- Database of “almost all inscriptions ever recorded”
https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/hinweise/hinweis-en.html
A website on Gallo-Roman religion:
http://www.deomercurio.be/en/
A scholarly website with information on Epona:
https://epona.net/
Bealtaine (not Beltane) is pronounced ‘Beeowl-tinna’. It does not originate the neopagan wheel of the year. It is one of the four Irish fire festivals.
If you’re celebrating it this year, regardless of your tradition, please take some time to research the roots of this holiday. Do your part to help reverse some of the damage done by the neopagan appropriation of this holiday by learning and incorporating some authentic Irish tradition into your celebrations.
Good luck with decolonizing your practice!
this shits just so funny i cant
happy belated one year anniversary to the most absolutely insane gooning account i have ever ran.
from this paper censored and removed from the cdc website by the trump administration
not sure what to put as the caption but. yeah!!!!
you can now buy a sticker of this design on my Etsy (US shipping only)
For usamericans who may not know how to support decolonization and indigenous people in their every-day lives, may I suggest checking this list of native-owned businesses, curated and maintained by indigenous folks. There's food, candles, cbd pre-rolls, clothes, jewelry, hats, baby things, handicrafts, art, and hundreds of other useful and wonderful things. I check this list before I buy non-native owned as often as I can.
Also check out the native-owned (pulitzer-prize winner Louise Erdrich started it!) bookstore and press Milkweed Editions (dot org) for an amazing selection of books by indigenous authors. I recommend Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (a collection of essays that will change your thinking if your mind is open at all) that's great for sitting down to read for bite-sized chunks. For book recommendations, check out this infographic!
Do you own property and want to support landback but still need a place to live? Odds are good that there's established precedence in your area to transfer its jurisduction to a local tribe and pay your land taxes and etc to them instead of the settler government!
Here is a list of charities and fundraisers for indigenous support.
Other ways to educate yourself and learn what indigenous people are working on nationally and locally is to follow indigenous people online! Many Native peoples on various social medias tag with #indigenous, #native, and by looking at those you will find many other tags and people to follow.
If you have extra cash, consider paying indigenous people's bail, donating to some of the causes linked above, or look for local initiatives to support in your own community!
Death by Snu Snu, Ketheric Thorm foresaw
Happy New Years!!
spent way too much time on this lmao but oh well it looks pretty and my boy looks even prettier
if I meet u at a party I will often hand you my phone and say something like "this is a list of names for girls. please read through and then add one." the list is special because you can only add to it in person; I won't add something that you tell me about over text. however, I think it's okay for me to share it here. without further ado, I present: girl names (names for girls)
In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.
P.S: Don't like! Reblog! <3
EDIT: Well this got a lot of attention! I got a few users asking to print or repost my art and I am unimaginably grateful to everyone's interest, especially since it's a really simple drawing I made on a whim haha! Anyone who is looking to print these out to hang or hand out or repost on another platform is free to do so, although I ask you to credit me and let people know it's from my Tumblr profile! If anyone wishes to do anything else with my art or post and wants to clarify what I consent to then they can message me privately and I'll explain! <333 all my love to my queer siblings
EDIT: I made an LGBTQIA+ version with a focus on trans and intersex folks, it's on my pinned if you prefer this version of the acronym.
hey folks if you have an android phone: google shadow installed a "security app".
I had to go and delete it myself this morning.
I'm thinking about making a bugs and other arthropods iceberg, just for funsies
here are the ideas I have so far!
LEVEL 1: isopod cultures, difference between butterflies and moths, springtails are not insects, true bugs, fireflies are beetles, harvestmen aren't spiders, funky treehoppers, carcinisation
LEVEL 2: importance of mosquitoes, larviform females, venezuelan poodle moth is a hoax, barnacles are upside down crustaceans, fly diversity, horshoe crabs are related to arachnids, mysid shrimps and krill are not related to true shrimp, crustacean zoea, insects are crustaceans, terrestrial amphipods, ant trophobiosis, funny weevils, whip spiders, playful behaviour in bees, assassin bugs that cover themselves in their prey's corpses, honeybees are invasive, 'spider with wings' hoax, hotwheels sisyphus, scorpions are great mothers
LEVEL 3: cockroaches do not spread diseases, gladiators, tongue eating lice aren't that bad, tongue worms, flightless flies and moths, hangingflies, spider that feeds on human blood*, hematophagous moths, polymorphic butterflies, myrmecophil insects, ant mimicking spiders, sawflies, twig spiders, snout mites, rove beetle tongues, kermesidae, parasitic copepods, there's no point in killing spotted lanternflies, buoy barnacles, tar flies, protecting native bees, antarctic midges, butterflies are moths
LEVEL 4: ice crawlers, fleas are actually scorpionflies, mantises are related to cockroaches, ichthyurus, insane isopod diversity, flies are not the only insects with halteres, phytalmia, owlflies, cockroach trophobiosis, termites are cockroaches, ancyra, longhorn beetle that stings with antennae, saltwater skating flies, coatonachthodes, bioluminescent fairy shrimp, mr. arthrobalanus, primarily herbivorous spider, forcepflies, lake baikal giant amphipods, fruit fly covered in eyes, even weirder fly diversity, the other myriapods, spider mimicry in flies and moths
LEVEL 5: terrestrial ostracods, serolidae, ascodipteron
so what do you think? anything I should add or change?? should I just scrap this concept altogether???? I don't know much about bugs when it comes to facts or how well known said facts are so I'd really appreciate some help with this!
*it doesn't exactly feed on human blood like mosquitoes or bed bugs, it just eats blood from mosquitoes that are full of blood
did you hear there’s a new short film that is GAY?? LESBIAN, even???
AND it’s filmed in a minority language?? a CELTIC language, one might say??
AND that it’s available for FREE, with SUBTITLES in both irish AND english??
“FAN” (2024) dir. cúnla ní bhraonáin morris
watch here 🫶
Important Facts about Samhain from an Irish Celtic Reconstructionist
Pronunciation
SOW-in or SOW-een ~NOT~ Sam-han, Sam-win etc.
Dates
Most reconstructionists celebrate Samhain on Oct 31-Nov 1, however some may choose to celebrate on Gregorian Nov 13-14 as this would match the Julian dates of Oct 31-Nov 1. Some also believe that it was a three day festival spanning Oct 31- Nov 2 on which Nov 2 is specifically devoted to ancestral veneration, but there is no specific evidence of this, only possible extrapolation from more modern practices.
Following the Celtic method of days beginning at sunset, regardless of the specific dates you choose to celebrate on your festivities should begin at sunset and end at sunset.
Importance in the Mythos
Ná Morrighan has a strong connection to this time of year thanks to the story of Cath Dédenach Maige Tuired (The Last Battle of Mag Tuired) in which she is found depicted as the ‘Washing Woman’ (sometimes washing herself in the river and other times washing the bloodied armor of the soldiers that would die that day), on the eve of the battle which is also Samhain. The Dagda approaches her and couples with her (creating the ‘Bed of the Couples’ along the bank of river and granting Dagda her blessing in the battle to come). This encounter seems to over emphasize the liminality of the encounter by taking place during the changing of the year and with the couple each standing with ‘one foot on either bank’ of the river.
She and her sisters (Badb and Macha) then use various forms of magic to rain destruction on their enemies (in the form of fire and blood). After the day is won Morrighan speaks a prophecy that describes what is taken by some to be the end of days and others to be the events which will later lead to the Ulster Cycle.
Beneath the peaceful heavens lies the land. It rests beneath the bowl of the bright sky. The land lies, itself a dish, a cup of honeyed strength, there, for the taking, offering strength to each There it lies, the splendour of the land. The land is like a mead worth the brewing, worth the drinking. It stores for us the gifts of summer even in winter. It protects and armours us, a spear upon a shield Here we can make for ourselves strong places, the fist holding the shield Here we can build safe places, our spear-bristling enclosures. This is where we will turn the earth. This is where we will stay. And here will our children live to the third of three generations Here there will be a forest point of field fences The horn counting of many cows And the encircling of many fields There will be sheltering trees So fodderful of beech mast that the trees themselves will be weary with the weight. In this land will come abundance bringing: Wealth for our children Every boy a warrior, Every watch dog, warrior-fierce The wood of every tree, spear-worthy The fire from every stone a molten spear-stream Every stone a firm foundation Every field full of cows Every cow calf-fertile Our land shall be rich with banks in birdsong Grey deer before Spring And fruitful Autumns The plain shall be thronged from the hills to the shore. Full and fertile. And as time runs its sharp and shadowy journey, this shall be true. This shall be the story of the land and its people We shall have peace beneath the heavens. Forever
(based on the translation by Isolde Carmody)
It is also mentioned in Echtra Cormaic that on this festival every seven years the high king would host a feast, it was at this time new laws could be enacted. (but it seems that individual Tuathas or possibly kings of the individual providence may have done this for their territories at Lughnasadh).
It seems to be a time considered especially susceptible to (or of) great change as it is the time which the Tuatha de Danann win victory over the Formorians and take control of Ireland, the invasion of Ulster takes place at this time in Táin bo Cúailnge, in Aislinge Óengusa Óengus and his bride-to-be are changed from bird to human and eventually he claims kingship of Brú na Bóinne at this time of year.
Celebration Traditions
Samhain is the beginning of the “dark half” of the year and is widely regarded as the Insular Celtic equivalent of the New Year. The “dark half” of the year was a time for story telling, in fact in this half of the year after dark is considered the only acceptable time to tell stories from the mythological and Ulster cycle (the Fenian cycle being assumed to be no older than the 12th century based on linguistic dating). Traditionally anything that had not been harvested or gathered by the time of this festival was to be left, as it now belonged to the Fae (in some areas specifically the Púca).
This was also an important time for warding off ill luck in the coming year. Large bonfires would be built and as the cattle were driven back into the community from the pastures they would be walked between these bonfires as a method of purification (the reverse custom of Bealtaine where the livestock were walked between the fires on their way out to the summer pastures). Assumed ritualistic slaughter of some of the herd would follow (though this perhaps had the more practical purpose of thinning the herd before the winter and creating enough food for the feasting). In some areas the ashes from these fires would be worn, thrown or spread as a further way to ward off evil.
Homes would be ritualistically protected from the Aos Sí (Fae or ‘Spirits’) through methods such as offerings of food (generally leaving some of the feasting outside for them), carving turnips with scary faces to warn them off (we now tend to do this with gourds), and smoke cleansing the home (in Scottish saining) traditionally with juniper, but perhaps rowan or birch might be an acceptable alternative. It is likely these would be part of the components used in Samhain bonfires as well, for the same reason.
Lastly based on later traditions as well as links in the mythology this is a time where divination practices or those with the ‘second sight’ were regarded to be especially potent.
Art Credit @morpheus-ravenna
My Kofi
To the roadkill, Those animals on the road, The ones who once lived.
Deprived of life, Deprived of kindness, Deprived of purpose For all but the Vultures, Guardians of the dead.
May those who guide you onwards Be gentler than the things that killed you.
My redesign hot take is that if you’re aiming to “desexualize” a female character, don’t make her boobs smaller. You’re implying a lot here.
No one ever tell me anything bad about the person who runs this account.
Anyway, daily reminder from a culturally isolated Romani person.
Gypsy does not mean wanderer.
It literally means ‘people from egypt’ or similar, as europeans believed Romani people were from Egypt. It has become known similar to nomad due to how our ancestors have been forced to be nomadic due to racism and ostracization, but it is a SLUR.
Romani people are STILL being forcibly sterilized.
Romani people are STILL being forced into ghettos.
Romani people are still facing violence and danger in countless European countries- and recently, I’ve seen the beginnings of the extremes in the United States.
Have a little fucking respect and DON’T USE A SLUR THAT’S BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES AGAINST US.
And for the love of whatever’s up there, ESPECIALLY do not use it to describe your witchcraft. It is playing on the ‘magic gypsy’ trope, and is EXTREMELY insulting.
non romani people, please reblog this.
rb to have a super gay 2023
from Alexis Nikole’s instagram
we’re really out here living in an AI dystopian hellscape and this shit has just begun… the future is grim…
I think a lot of what pro-AI people are really wanting is stuff that already exists but they don't know it's out there like
can't format a work email? templates
don't know how to write a resume? templates
writing a thank you card or a condolences card or a wedding invitation? templates templates templates
not sure how to format your citations in MLA or whatever format? citationmachine.net
summary of something you're reading for school/work? cliffnotes.com
recipe based on ingredients in your fridge? whatsintherefrigerator.com
there's a million more like, guys, we don't need AI, we never needed generative AI
hello!! I see you post mostly about norse/hellenistic deities but was wondering if you could do a worship post about The Morrigan/The Dagda for celtic deities? Thanks so much :D
Offerings and ways of worshipping An Morrigan
(Thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn outside my scope!)
- associated scents for candles and incense: opium, clove, dragons blood, pumpkin, sandalwood, apple, cinnamon, patchouli, cedar,
- herbs/plants/spices: clove, sage, peppercorn, holly, star anise, garlic, rosemary, basil, weeping willows, hawthorn, juniper, blackthorn flowers, sage, jasmine, mugwort, angelica root, maple leaves, celandine, clover, rageweed, snapdragon, nightshade, vervain, belladonna, yew, cedarwood, rowan, dahlias, dandelion, pumpkin spice, orchids, aldar and red or black roses
- black tourmaline, carnelian, smokey quartz, snowflake obsidian, onyx, opal, blood stone, hematite and other dark stones relating to strength, protection or love
- bugs
- red wine and other red alcohols
- strong and red coloured teas
- fireball whiskey and Irish whiskey
- mead
- red beans
- red coloured food
- red meats (such as beef and lamb)
- traditional Irish foods
- knife/dagger
- knife/daggers imagery
- shield and armour imagery
- crow or raven feathers (ethically sourced)
- crow feet (ethically sourced)
- crow or raven skulls (ethically sourced)
- storm water, rain water, spring water or moon water
- coffee
- milk
-honey
- candles of black, red, grey, gold, purple or white
- practice self love and self care
- spend time in a cemetery
- clean up cemeteries
- do your shadow work!!
- attend therapy
- aid and support pregnant folks
- destroy some stuff, go to a rage room, rip apart a pillow, break some old plates etc
- go to the gym/establish a workout routine
- set firm boundaries and stick to them
- study her, read up on her mythology
- study celtic folklore and Irish culture
- leave food out for birds
- practice divination
- draw or paint something for her
- write or read poetry to her
- sing for her
- carry or take care of a child (it doesn't have to be yours but pls don't steal someone's kid)
- dedicate time to your craft
- pumpkins/pumpkin flavoured things
- apples/apples flavoured foods
- @skyewillow has a really awesome list of songs that she has found the Morrigan to like!
- s3ggs and s3ggs magic
- nuts such as almonds, cashews, walnuts (these are the only nuts I know but go crazy if you know more)
- chocolate
- potatoes!!
Offerings and ways of Worshipping An Dagda
- cauldrons
- Irish harp
- a version of his club lorg mór
- boar, horse and pig imagery
- pork
- pig ears and pig snouts (can be found at pet stores)
- horse shoes
- oats and porridge
- bread
- the colour red
- red jasper
- study celtic mythology and folklore
- study Irish culture and keep the books on An Dagda's shrine or altar
- create, thrift and commission art work and items for his altar
- just generally be creative with his offerings! Make sculptures and paintings and drawings and poetry
- sing for him
- acorns
- Oak tree bark and leaves
- milk
- cream
- butter
- home baked treats
- beer
- mead
- whiskey
- support other celtic practioners and Irish businesses
- aid pregnant people and animals
- grow your own produce
- symbols of fertility and abundance on his altar or shrine
- fruit
- s3ggs
- honey
-host dinner parties for family or friends
- a token/coin
Beginner’s Guide to Medieval Arthuriana
Just starting out at a loss for where to begin?
Here’s a guide for introductory Medieval texts and informational resources ordered from most newbie friendly to complex. Guidebooks and encyclopedias are listed last.
All PDFs link to my Google drive and can be found on my blog. This post will be updated as needed.
Pre-Existing Resources
Hi-Lo Arthuriana
♡ Loathly Lady Master Post ♡
Medieval Literature by Language
Retellings by Date
Films by Date
TV Shows by Date
Documentaries by Date
FAQ
Arthurian Preservation Project
The Camelot Project
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Medieval Literature
Page (No Knowledge Required)
The Vulgate Cycle | Navigation Guide | Vulgate Reader
Culhwch and Olwen
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle
The Marriage of Sir Gawain
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
The Welsh Triads
Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
Squire (Base Knowledge Recommended)
The Mabinogion
Four Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes
King Artus | scan by @jewishlancelot
Morien
Knight (Extensive Knowledge Recommended)
The History of The King's of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth
Alliterative Morte
Here Be Dragons (Weird or Arthurian Adjacent)
The Crop-Eared Dog
Perceforest | A Perceforest Reader | PDF courtesy of @sickfreaksirkay
Wigalois | Vidvilt
Guingamor, Lanval, Tyolet, & Bisclarevet by Marie of France
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Grail Quest
Peredur (The Mabinogion)
The Story of the Grail + 4 Continuations by Chrétien de Troyes
Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach
The Crown by Heinrich von dem Türlin (Diu Crône)
The High Book of The Grail (Perlesvaus)
The History of The Holy Grail (Vulgate)
The Quest for The Holy Grail Part I (Post-Vulgate)
The Quest for The Holy Grail Part II (Post-Vulgate)
Merlin and The Grail by Robert de Boron
The Legend of The Grail | PDF courtesy of @sickfreaksirkay
Lancelot Texts
Knight of The Cart by Chretien de Troyes
Lanzelet by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven
Spanish Lancelot Ballads
Gawain Texts
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle
The Marriage of Sir Gawain
Sir Gawain and The Lady of Lys
The Knight of The Two Swords
The Turk and Sir Gawain
Perilous Graveyard | scan by @jewishlancelot
Tristan/Isolde Texts
Béroul & Les Folies
Prose Tristan (The Camelot Project)
Tristan and The Round Table (La Tavola Ritonda) | Italian Name Guide
The Romance of Tristan
Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg
Byelorussian Tristan
Educational/Informational Resources
Encyclopedias & Handbooks
Warriors of Arthur by John Matthews, Bob Stewart, & Richard Hook
The Arthurian Companion by Phyllis Ann Karr
The New Arthurian Encyclopedia by Norris J. Lacy
The Arthurian Handbook by Norris J. Lacy & Geoffrey Ashe
The Arthurian Name Dictionary by Christopher W. Bruce
Essays & Guides
A Companion to Chrétien de Troyes edited by Joan Tasker & Norris J. Lacy
A Companion to Malory edited by Elizabeth Archibald
A Companion to The Lancelot-Grail Cycle edited by Carol Dover
Arthur in Welsh Medieval Literature by O. J. Padel
Diu Crône and The Medieval Arthurian Cycle by Neil Thomas
Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois: Intertextuality & Interpretation by Neil Thomas
The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac by Jessie Weston
The Legend of Sir Gawain by Jessie Weston
Skip Google for Research
As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse. It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms
As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable. As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.
Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.
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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.
www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.
www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.
https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.
www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.
http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.
www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.
www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.
www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free
