A Naga is a divine semi-serpent of Indian origin, now spread all over Southeast Asia. Whether sacred ancestors of the Khmer people, guardians of the Buddha, or Shiva's companion and Garuda's nemesis, Naga are an important symbol of Indian belief. #LegendaryWednesday

Python was a massive serpent of Delphi, who guarded the center of the Earth: he was supposedly sent by Hera to chase Leda in jealousy, causing Apollo to slay the serpent to protect his mother and sister, thus becoming patron of Delphi. #LegendaryWednesday

🖼️: J. Rocco

#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: For his hospitality, Morgan Preece had received from the fairies of Cader Idris a golden harp whose jewels glittered red and green in the glow of the open fire. A begrudging neighbor taunted Morgan about his clumsy fingers. So he forced him to dance.
As long as Morgan played, Evan Jones had to dance, whether he wanted to or not. His face was soon all red with anger. He insulted Morgan until he could no longer speak from exhaustion. Finally Evan's face turned pale and his feet gave way under him.
Only now did Morgan put his enchanted harp aside.
As he watched his now no longer mocking neighbor drag himself home on all fours, he heard a voice: `Fairy music was not meant to be played in spite`. At the same moment the golden harp disappeared.
Morgan Pierce never received another gift from the Fairies.
Source: `Welsh Tales` by Showell Styles
Golden Harp, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: `Waldron described a man who was lured by invisible musicians to a strange banquet, and obtained the silver cup that came to be used for the "consecrated Wine in Kirk-Merlugh (Malew Church), though Waldron never refers to the enchanted musicians as glashtin.`
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glashtyn

Among the talismans #Lugh demanded from Tuireann's three sons as punishment for the murder of his father #Cian were three apples (according to the tale, from the Hesperides Garden in the East of the World).
Lugh said: „Only these apples will satisfy me, as they are the best and most beautiful in the world. This is what they are made of: Their color is that of polished gold, and the head of a one-month-old child is no larger than any one of these apples. When you dine on them, they taste like honey, and bleeding wounds and the most malignant diseases disappear. The apples do not diminish when eaten, even if one eats from them for a long time and constantly. Whoever succeeds in taking one of these apples has accomplished his greatest feat, since he will never lose it again.“
Source: Guyonvarc'h/Le Roux `Die #Druiden`
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#LegendaryWednesday
In Greek myth the Hesperides were 3 sisters who tended the goddess Hera’s garden. In the garden grew a magical tree that pro…
https://twitter.com/ElsaMc1878/status/1524281041556586496

Most people know the tale of Samson, the Hebrew strongman whose power was in his hair, but why his hair? He was a Nazirite, a person who took a holy vow before God. Other Nazirites vowed no wine or contact with death, or like Samson refused to cut their hair. Samson was a Nazirite from birth, as the angel commanded his Nazirite parents, thus giving the Hebrews a champion against the Philistines. #LegendaryWednesday

The Two-Mouthed Woman, the Futakuchi Onna, is a seemingly normal-looking woman who comes as a guest to a home in Japanese folklore, only for food to mysteriously disappear: when the host investigates to see if his quite-skinny guest is stealing food, he finds that she is, but for a hidden purpose: deep in her hair is a cursed second mouth, which must eat constantly! #legendarywednesday

🖼️: M. Meyer

The sea has many faces in Norse myth, from Njord the god of the sea, to the sea itself, Ægir, whose wife Ran hoards souls of the dead at sea and whose many daughters are the waves. The two coexist: Njord often parties at Ægir's abode, along with the other gods, as seen in myths like Lokasenna. #legendarywednesday

🖼️: N. Blommér

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`
#Celtic #Knowledge

#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: In ancient #Ireland „it was expected that a foster child be reared in accordance with the role they would fulfil in life as an adult. Foster parents were responsible for ensuring the child was taught the knowledge, business, or trade suited to their rank. If the quality of the fostering was found to be inadequate in any way, the foster parents would be subjected to a hefty fine of two thirds of the original foster-fee.
#Lugh was known as the Samildanach, or ‘Master of all Arts’, because Queen #Tailtiu had seen to it that her foster son was taught not just in the battle arts, but many other skills also, such as healing, playing the harp, composing poetry, working metals as a smith, to name but a few.“
Source: Ali Isaac

#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: `Queen #Tailtiu of the Firbolg was the only mother the God #Lugh had ever known, and when she died, he was so overcome with grief, that he founded the annual Festival of #Lughnasa in honour of his foster mother at Tailten (Teltown in Co Meath, between Navan and Kells), where she had lived and was buried.`
Source: Ali Isaac
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#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday@UisneachFire: Generally, the #druid #Mide is associated with lighting the great fire on the #HillOfUisneach, Co. #Westmeath. Another legend credits the igniting of the #Uisneach fire to the #druid #Delbáeth, from whose blaze 5 great
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Some ariels of Bealtaine 🔥
Thanks Dec of SkyFab
#bealtaine #fire #uisneach #heritagerocks #ancient #ireland
https://twitter.com/UisneachFire/status/1528377984125751296

#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #HillfortsWednesday: Behind the doors of the guesthouse in #Temair Luachra, the royal castle of the Érainn, a fiery surprise awaited the warriors of #Ulster. #CúChulainn chose the largest guest house. He did not know that this one
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In 2000-03 the Heritage Council funded aerial photographic surveys of Irish coastal promontory forts by the late Markus Casey. Over t…
https://twitter.com/HeritageHubIRE/status/1253605214130667520

#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday: `Dyrnwyn ("White-Hilt") is said to be a powerful sword belonging to Rhydderch Hael, one of the Three Generous Men of Britain. When drawn by a worthy or well-born man, the entire blade would blaze with fire. Rhydderch was never
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"Dyrnwyn the sword of Rhydderch Hael; if any man drew it except himself, it burst into a flame from the cross to the point." - Thirteen Tre…
https://twitter.com/oliveratlantis/status/989347641279606790

#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday: „All the ancient #Irish festivals were celebrated with fire. The sun was considered to bring great healing energy. Walking three times ‘sun wise’, or cor deiseil, around a fire represented the circling of the sun, and was a potent
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RT @Selena_Fox
Ways to celebrate #Samhain & #Celtic #NewYear - Big Blazing #Bonfire #Witchy #Druid #Wicca #NatureSpirituality #SamhainRitual. Pictured: #Pag…
https://twitter.com/Selena_Fox/status/1180295919012634624

#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday: „The ancient peoples of #Ireland celebrated their major festivals with fire. Is this in honour of their sun Gods and Goddesses? According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn, an ancient manuscript detailing Ireland’s waves of invaders, the
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Next Saturday at 5pm I'll be playing a set at The wonderful Fire Bealtaine Festival at Uisneach in Westmeath.
Cannot wait!
https://twitter.com/GerrWalsh/status/1652268690727993344

#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday: „#Brigid’s fire is not that of the sun“, Ali Isaac writes. „Some say it is the fire of the forge, for she was thought to be gifted with the working of metal. However, among her many skills, she was a patron of poets and the poetic
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Blessed Imbolc, Celtic and Pagan people! It's Brigid's Day- the first fire festival of the year. We celebrate the returning light a…
https://twitter.com/maxinemiller999/status/1488646038277656577

Among the talismans #Lugh demanded from Tuireann's three sons as punishment for the murder of his father #Cian were three apples (according to the tale, from the Hesperides Garden in the East of the World).
Lugh said: „Only these apples will satisfy me, as they are the best and most beautiful in the world. This is what they are made of: Their color is that of polished gold, and the head of a one-month-old child is no larger than any one of these apples. When you dine on them, they taste like honey, and bleeding wounds and the most malignant diseases disappear. The apples do not diminish when eaten, even if one eats from them for a long time and constantly. Whoever succeeds in taking one of these apples has accomplished his greatest feat, since he will never lose it again.“
Source: Guyonvarc'h/Le Roux `Die #Druiden`
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#LegendaryWednesday
In Greek myth the Hesperides were 3 sisters who tended the goddess Hera’s garden. In the garden grew a magical tree that pro…
https://twitter.com/ElsaMc1878/status/1524281041556586496

#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: Among the talismans #Lugh demanded from Tuireann's three sons as punishment for the murder of his father #Cian were three apples (according to the tale, from the Hesperides Garden in the East of the World).
Source: Guyonvarc'h/Le Roux `Die #Druiden`
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#LegendaryWednesday
In Greek myth the Hesperides were 3 sisters who tended the goddess Hera’s garden. In the garden grew a magical tree that pro…
https://twitter.com/ElsaMc1878/status/1524281041556586496

#LegendaryWednesday: `Although originally only king Arthur’s jester, #Dagonet showed his bravery in battle after being knighted as a joke.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Dagonet had a cushy job as King Arthur’s jester but decided this wasn’t for him and he’d rather be a knight. A lack of knightly skills + cowardice lead to him being constantly humiliated and abused by the other knig…
https://twitter.com/CineLore/status/951477556842295301