#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: The magical pig herders Rucht and Runce from the #Otherworld had fallen out. Turned into animals they fought each other in the shape of two birds of prey above the palaces of their former lords: 1 year over that of #Ochall of the síd in #Rathcroghan, another over that of #Bodb of the síd ar Femen.
Source: Sylvia Botheroyd `#Irland`

🎃#Halloween? - #Geschichte

"#Rathcroghan: Tor zur Anderswelt, Wiege von Halloween"

"Ein Königssitz der #Kelten in #Irland ist der Ursprungsort des Neujahrsfests #Samhain, dessen Bräuche sich in Teilen in der heutigen Halloween-Tradition wiederfinden."

:mastoread:
https://www.nationalgeographic.de/geschichte-und-kultur/2021/10/rathcroghan-tor-zur-anderswelt-wiege-von-halloween

📽️ Und hier noch etwas sehr sehr gruseliges: :mastogrin:

The #Celtic #Otherworld existed in a parallel universe, not entirely separate from our world but not within it either. This contiguous world was believed to be reached through portals in either time or space. Temporally, the dates of #Samhain on November 1 and its opposite feast of #Beltaine on May 1 were considered to be open to the Otherworld. In this world, borderland places like bogs and islands served as the same kind of doorway.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at #Rathcroghan: When the sun sat at the horizon, it was the point in #mythic time when the Mórrígan drove her cattle back into #Oweynagat. Every night at sunset they entered the #Otherworld through the souterrain entrance of this cave.
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A woman was said to have traveled underground for many miles after entering #Oweynagat, described as the “Hell-mouth of #Ireland”. She was dragged there by a calf to whose tail she clung.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at #Rathcroghan: When the sun sat at the horizon, it was the point in #mythic time when the Mórrígan drove her cattle back into #Oweynagat. Every night at sunset they entered the #Otherworld through the souterrain entrance of this cave.
Source:
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„In a text from the 18th century, #Oweynagat was described as the “Hell-mouth of #Ireland,” suggesting that the deities and spirits who had been believed to live within this cave were still imagined as active, if diabolical.“
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at #Rathcroghan: In #Ireland the most mythologically significant cave was #Oweynagat. Within it, the great cauldron of abundance, once kept at Tara but later returned hither, was stored.
To us #Oweynagat seems only a dingy cave, but it is a great palace
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Some weird creatures emerged from #Oweynagat, the cave of the cats: the `Magic Kittens of Crúachan` (demonic cat monsters), which frightened the heroes #Loegaire Buadach and #Conall Cernach to flee into the rafters; Aillén Trechenn was a triple-headed monster that ravaged the countryside until it was killed by the hero Amergin; red birds caused anything they came in contact with to whither; herds of pigs with similar decaying powers, which Ailill and Medb themselves desperately tried to hunt down, but having to deal with the pigs' power of vanishing and their ability to shed captured flesh

Source: http://www.thestandingstone.ie/2010/08/rathcroghan-complex-co-roscommon.html
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at #Rathcroghan: In #Ireland the most mythologically significant cave was #Oweynagat. Within it, the great cauldron of abundance, once kept at Tara but later returned hither, was stored.
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#FairyTaleTuesday: `There were portals or gates between the worlds through which the fairy folk came forth and through which humans could pass to visit them. However, for most people, the passage was one way, for it was rare for humans to return from fairyland— although they might return so far distant in time or place that they found nothing familiar to greet them.`

Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at #Rathcroghan: In #Ireland the most mythologically significant cave was #Oweynagat. Within it, the great cauldron of abundance, once kept at Tara but later returned hither, was stored.
To us #Oweynagat seems only a dingy cave, but it is a great palace
in the #Otherworld and one of the three main entrances to it in #Ireland.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and Folklore`
Photo© @NeuKelte

Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: The #EgloneStone is a huge limestone pillar, 5.5 metres high, and up to 3 metres wide, thought to be a glacial deposit known as an erratic, rather than a standing stone.
Mythology has it that whilst waiting for the battle to begin, the #TuathaDeDanann
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: Misguan #Medb is a fallen standing stone located near #Rathcroghan Mound.
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: Misguan #Medb is a fallen standing stone located near #Rathcroghan Mound.
Photo© @NeuKelte@twitter.com

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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: Rath na Darbh means ‘Fort of the bulls’ in English. West of #Rathcroghan mound is this large circular ring fort with a considerable bank and external ditch. There are several breaks in the bank, one at the north east being a possible entrance. This is
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: Rath na Darbh means ‘Fort of the bulls’ in English. West of #Rathcroghan mound is this large circular ring fort with a considerable bank and external ditch. There are several breaks in the bank, one at the north east being a possible entrance. This is
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at #Rathcroghan: The name of Rathmore translates directly to "Big Fort". It is convex in shape with a diameter of 40m and surrounded by a 7m wide ditch. This grass-covered, steep-sided mound is suggested to date from the late phase in the #IronAge into
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: #Rathcroghan mound is a broad, flat-topped circular mound with an average diameter of 89m at the base and a height of 5.5m. Gently sloping ramps to the east and west give access to the summit on which there are traces of a small mound. Surveying has
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: #Rathcroghan, Co. #Roscommon, (#irisch Ráth Cruachan - "The Ringfort of Cruachain") was the castle of the royal couple Ailill mac Máta and #Medb, the kings of #Connacht, one of the four and five original provinces of the country, respectively. The name
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at #Rathcroghan: Meaning the cave of the cats, #Oweynagat was the home of many mythological creatures in #Irish #mythology. Aillén Trechenn was a triple-headed monster that was said to have emerged from the cave and ravaged the countryside until it was
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: Demonic cat monsters once emerged from #Oweynagat, the 'Cave of Cats', in #Rathcroghan, Co. #Roscommon. King #Ailill made sure these horrid #Otherworldly creatures found their way into the lodgings of the heroes of Ulster who stayed with him.
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at #Rathcroghan: Nera had foreseen an attack that would occur the following year on #Samhain. Hence queen #Medb and king Ailill used this entrance to raid #Oweynagat, destroying the #Otherworldly army that would have burned their palace at #Cruachan.
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at #Rathcroghan: Once the sound of a gigantic voice issuing from this tiny opening of #Oweynagat, the cave of cats, frightened away the heroine or goddess Erne and a group of maidens from Cruachan, the great capital of the province of #Connacht. Taking
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at #Rathcroghan: When the sun sat at the horizon, it was the point in #mythic time when the Mórrígan drove her cattle back into #Oweynagat. Every night at sunset they entered the #Otherworld through the souterrain entrance of this cave.
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at #Rathcroghan: The famous #Medb was born down here by Cróchan Crogderg. This fairy woman was `bloodred` from her skin to the hair on her head.
Patricia Monaghan asked: `Is Cróchan Crogderg another name for the Mórrígan, who also appears as a red-
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at #Rathcroghan: In #Ireland the most mythologically significant cave was #Oweynagat. Within it, the great cauldron of abundance, once kept at Tara but later returned hither, was stored.
To us #Oweynagat seems only a dingy cave, but it is a great palace
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney the guardian of #Carrowkeel #Megalithic Cemetery, Co #Sligo
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