#MythologyMonday: Cian found his way to Balor’s domain and discovered the tower in which Eithne was imprisoned. Balor’s daughter bore Cian three sons, all of whom were thrown into the sea by their furious, frightened grandfather when he discovered their existence. Cian was able to save one, who became the god and hero #Lugh.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

#MythologyMonday: `Fire deities are found in #Celtic mythology, typically with wildfire divinities being male and those of the hearth fire, female. #Taranis, the continental Celtic thunder god, was associated with lightning and with the fires that typically followed its strikes. #Lugh appears to have served the same function in insular #mythology.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and Folklore`
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Evidence of Celtic God #Taranis is found in many areas of Europe - usually depicted with a Thunderbolt in one hand (taran is the Welsh word for thunder) & a Chariot Wheel in the other he was also associated with Light & Fire ....
#Celtic #Mythology

The Wheel of the Year is a symbol of the eight Sabbats (religious festivals) of Neo-Paganism and the Wicca movement which includes four solar festivals (Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Fall Equinox) and four seasonal festivals (celebrating or marking a significant seasonal change). https://www.worldhistory.org/Wheel_of_the_Year/ #History #Celt #Easter #Lugh

Happy Lughnasadh! I lit a candle for Lugh, with some chamomile from my patio garden, plus some solar energy oil I just made a batch of 💚

#Pagan #lughnasadh #Lugh

(I just added the Solar oil to my Etsy shop - https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/confusedduckpress ). (Ugh self promotion is haaaard)

Lughnasadh;
Harvest season is here, thanks to Lugh. I hope your harvests are grand. Enjoy the poem :)

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #lughnasadh #lugh #harvest

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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In Greek myth the Hesperides were 3 sisters who tended the goddess Hera’s garden. In the garden grew a magical tree that pro…
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#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: `#CúChulainn was the champion of Ulster, and most famous for his almost single-handed defence of the province against Medb, Queen of Connacht in the tale of the Cattle Raid of Cooley. The tale of his conception and birth is a curious one. #Dechtire, his mother, was half sister of King Conchobar mac Nessa, was married to an Ulster chieftain named #Sualtam.

One night, a mayfly landed in her cup of wine, and she swallowed it without realising. She fell into a deep sleep during which #Lugh Lamfhada, God of Lightning, visited her, and claimed that he was that mayfly and had impregnated her. He then transformed her along with fifty of her serving women into a flock of birds and flew them to Bru na Boinne (Newgrange).

She gave birth to a son there, and named him #Setanta. The men of Ulster then came for her and escorted her home. Setanta grew up to become the hero CúChulainn. Without a doubt, he was a spectacular and precocious child, with battle skills and prowess to match that of any adult warrior. Although he died very young – some stories say seventeen, some say thirty years of age – he achieved fame and admiration
which is still told of today.

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#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: `#CúChulainn was the champion of Ulster, and most famous for his almost single-handed defence of the province against Medb, Queen of Connacht in the tale of the Cattle Raid of Cooley. The tale of his conception and birth is a curious one. #Dechtire, his mother, was half sister of King Conchobar mac Nessa, was married to an Ulster chieftain named #Sualtam.

One night, a mayfly landed in her cup of wine, and she swallowed it without realising. She fell into a deep sleep during which #Lugh Lamfhada, God of Lightning, visited her, and claimed that he was that mayfly and had impregnated her. He then transformed her along with fifty of her serving women into a flock of birds and flew them to Bru na Boinne (Newgrange).

She gave birth to a son there, and named him #Setanta. The men of Ulster then came for her and escorted her home. Setanta grew up to become the hero CúChulainn. Without a doubt, he was a spectacular and precocious child, with battle skills and prowess to match that of any adult warrior. Although he died very young – some stories say seventeen, some say thirty years of age – he achieved fame and admiration which is still told of today.

#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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The Wheel of the Year is a symbol of the eight Sabbats (religious festivals) of Neo-Paganism and the Wicca movement which includes four solar festivals (Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Fall Equinox) and four seasonal festivals (celebrating or marking a significant seasonal change). https://www.worldhistory.org/Wheel_of_the_Year/ #History #Celt #Easter #Lugh

#Cian had the task of tending the magic cow of the blacksmith Gaivnin Gow. She moved so fast and so far that it was no wonder that Cian eventually became inattentive and took a nap. When he awoke, the #GlasGhaibhleann had disappeared. Cian had to travel to the realm of #Balor of the Evil Eye. The monstrous #Fomorian king set him impossible tasks to get the cow back. There, however, #Cian seduced Balor's beautiful daughter #Eithne and begat #Lugh. Finally, Cian returned the #GlasGhaibhleann to the blacksmith.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #People`.
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Cian had to travel to the realm of #Balor of the Evil Eye. The monstrous #Fomorian king set him impossible tasks to get the cow back. There, however, #Cian seduced Balor's beautiful daughter #Eithne and begat #Lugh. Finally, Cian returned the #GlasGhaibhleann to
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In one version about #CúChulainn's origins, #Deichtine disappeared from #EmainMacha, until the nobles of #Ulster were led by a flock of magical birds to a house, where they were welcomed by #Lugh. He told them his wife was due to give birth soon, and when she did the Ulstermen discovered she was #Deichtine. The child was named #Sétanta and brought up by #Súaltam and Deichtine in their house on Muirthemne Plain in County #Louth.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Súaltam #Celtic
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: In one version about #CúChulainn's origins, #Deichtine disappeared from #EmainMacha, until the nobles of #Ulster were led by a flock of magical birds to a house, where they were welcomed by #Lugh. He told them his wife was
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#Lugh was killed on the #HillOfUisneach. He was set upon by three other gods, Mac Cuill, Mac Cécht and Mac Gréine, the last being Ériu`s husband. The small lake known as Loch Lugh or Loch Lugborta is said to be his burial place.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: In #Irish #mythology, the #HillOfUisneach is described as the sacred centre of #Ireland, the burial place of Irish gods such as #Lugh and the…
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#Celtic #FaustianFriday: The god #Lugh was killed on the #HillOfUisneach. He was set upon by three gods, Mac Cuill, Mac Cécht and Mac Gréine, the last being Ériu`s husband. The small lake known as Loch Lugh or Loch Lugborta is said to be his burial place.
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: In #Irish #mythology, the #HillOfUisneach is described as the sacred centre of #Ireland, the burial place of Irish gods such as #Lugh and the…
https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1553877595544068097

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: #Lugh: „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.
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#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: Among the talismans #Lugh demanded from Tuireann's three sons as punishment for the murder of his father #Cian were thr…
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#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…
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