🌞 Discover the mesmerising connection between the 5000-year old Hagar Qim Temples in Malta and the Summer Solstice!
Learn more by watching this video by Heritage Malta - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA6TRvVT9vQ
#SummerSolstice #HagarQimTemple https://t.co/jbpks1VIEc

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECRepMalta/status/1671435047063425025

Today on #summersolstice☀️, when the sun shines longer than any other day, we mark #EuropeanSolarDay – a day to celebrate the power & potential of the sun.
In just a few years, #solarenergy has evolved dramatically to become one of the most affordable clean #energy technologies.
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SolarPower Europe: ''Today, when the sun shines longer than any other day, we mark #EuropeanSolarDay"
EU Energy Commissioner @KadriSimson joins us in celebrating the power of the sun ☀️ on the brightest day of the year!
"We must renew our efforts so that the future of solar stays bright''🌟 https://t.co/vT6V2V6mly
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1671576559642198016

#FolkloreSunday: The #Eravisci were a #Celtic tribe in present-day Hungary (Transdanubia). Their oppidum on the Gellértberg in today`s Budapest was never conquered by the Romans.
A Juppiter Teutanus is known as their tribal god from Roman times. Several inscriptions between the years 178 and 288 AD are dated to 11 June, a few days before the #SummerSolstice, probably the date on which the Celtic god was celebrated.
Source: H. Birkhan „#Kelten“

#FolkloreSunday: The #Eravisci were a #Celtic tribe in present-day Hungary (Transdanubia). Their oppidum on the Gellértberg in today`s Budapest was never conquered by the Romans.
A Juppiter Teutanus is known as their tribal god from Roman times. Several inscriptions between the years 178 and 288 AD are dated to 11 June, a few days before the #SummerSolstice, probably the date on which the Celtic god was celebrated.
Source: H. Birkhan „#Kelten“

This week saw different sorts of celebrations take place all over Europe to mark the #SummerSolstice 2023🌞.
If you've ever wondered how to say 'Summer' in other European🇪🇺 languages, here's your chance👇
Thanks to our colleagues in @ECinBulgaria for the wonderful map👏 https://t.co/JrfGJyvEKv

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eurireland/status/1672210769209901063

„In #Irish #mythology, the #TuathaDéDanann were said to have played hurling with their enemies, the Fir Bolg, before the Battle of Moytura commenced.
According to Lady Gregory in her book, Of Gods and Fighting Men, this is what happened: “It was on a #Midsummer day they began the battle. Three times nine hurlers of the Tuatha de Danaan went out against three times nine hurlers of the Firbolgs, and they were beaten, and every one of them was killed.”
So the Fir Bolg won the game, but unfortunately for them, went on to lose the battle. In some versions, they actually played with the heads of their enemies, instead of a ball.“
Source: Ali Isaac #Celtic #SummerSolstice

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

Happy Astronomical Summer! (even though we have below average temperatures in the forecast...) #NCwx #SummerSolstice
nitter.ai6yr.org/NWS_MountHolly/status/1671532676216680448#m

Happy #SummerSolstice!

The #Irish goddess #Áine [ˈaːnʲə]) is sometimes represented by a red mare. The feast of Midsummer Night was held in her honor. As the goddess of love and fertility, she had command over crops and animals & is also associated with the sun and agriculture.
#SummerSolstice #Celtic
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RT @lorraineelizab6@twitter.com
#Áine is the daughter of the #Dagda, sister of #Aillen who burned Tara down each yr. Ancestor of multiple Irish families?! #FolkloreThursday

The #Irish goddess #Áine [ˈaːnʲə]) is sometimes represented by a red mare. The feast of Midsummer Night was held in her honor. As the goddess of love and fertility, she had command over crops and animals and is also associated with the sun & agriculture. #SummerSolstice #Celtic
https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1548674123810983936
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Áine

The earliest account of a #SummerSolstice line dates from the 3rd century BC and is from `Pseudo-Aristotle`: `From Italy as fas as the country of the #Celts, #Celtoligurians and Iberians, they say there is a road called the `Road of Herakles`, and on this road, the traveller, whether native or Greek, is watched by the neighbouring tribes so that he may receive no injury; for those amongst whom the injury has been done must pay a penalty.` Source: Graham Robb `The Ancient Paths` #Celtic
https://twitter.com/TomClaybourn/status/1395755045099089924?t=Mxn5y69fAXzS46AOGoWOZw&s=09

Happy Summer Solstice everyone! This sunset over the Ottawa River is from Monday night. Have a wonderful summer!

#sunset
#SummerSolstice
#SummerSolstice2023

Near the centre of the #oppidum of #Bibracte there`s this basin made of pink granite. Its lateral axis `is the line of the #SummerSolstice sunset and the winter solstice sunrise. The oval itself is the result of complex geometrical calculations.` Perhaps `the sky-reflecting pool was the portal that linked the upper, middle and lower worlds, and the portal through which every human being passed.`
Source: Graham Robb `The Ancient Paths` #Celtic
https://twitter.com/GallicMist/status/1524057015139684356?t=0zpSt83u0aFAGE6MtZEw-w&s=09

#SummerSolstice #Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: At Shee Lugh, the cairn on the summit of Moytura, the summer solstice sun sets behind Knocknarea. Sheemor, the large unopened passage-grave in County Leitrim, is also on a midsummer sunset alignment to Knocknarea.
Source: http://www.carrowkeel.com/sites/coolrea/knocknarea1.html
http://www.carrowkeel.com/sites/moytura/jpegs/lughset4.jpg
http://www.carrowkeel.com/sites/moytura/jpegs/bog-cotton.jpg

#SummerSolstice #Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: In central #Brittany, a pond in the forest of #Huelgoat was said to be the location for a great meeting of #fairies who congregated there each year, at the summer solstice, to judge those of their number who had shown themselves particularly spiteful to their human neighbours. Each fairy was able to cast their opinion without fear or favour and those found guilty were condemned to stay at the bottom of the water until the next appearance of the summer solstice.
Source: https://bonjourfrombrittany.wordpress.com/2023/01/14/the-fairies-of-the-swells/

Joe Rao - June Solstice 2023: How twilight zones affect day length:

https://www.space.com/26402-summer-solstice-twilight-july-skywatching.html

#SummerSolstice #Solstice #TwilightZones #CivilTwilight #NauticalTwilight #AstronomicalTwilight #Twilight #Darkness #Astronomy

RT @la_warren@twitter.com

#SummerSolstice #BlueMountains

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/la_warren/status/1605426176415174656

RT @Ben_Domensino@twitter.com

This morning's #summersolstice makes this the longest day of the year in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere, based on daylight hours. Days will now get shorter (and nights longer) for the next 6 months.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Ben_Domensino/status/1605744702955094016

Happy #WinterSolstice to my northern hemisphere compadres, and Happy #SummerSolstice to all y'all in the south!