Some #Gaulish polytheists view #Samonios as equivalent to Irish #Samhain, but this article does a good job explaining how Samhain changed over time and moved much later in the year:

https://www.academia.edu/30803038/The_semantic_shift_of_Samain_from_Summer_to_Winter

Nonetheless, people may link the two and associate Samonios with November, in which case they'd see the current month as Giamonios — "end of Winter" — and not the start of the New Year.

And even if you follow my reckoning, this would still be the case for the Southern Hemisphere...

Two nights ago was the 1st Quarter Moon 🌓 which would have marked the beginning of the #Gaulish month of #Samonios on the #Coligny calendar — and also the New Year!

Samonios' name clearly refers to the Summer season.

The 2nd day of Samonios' 2nd fortnight (the day after the Last Quarter Moon 🌗) is marked as TRINOSAMO·SINDIV and TRINVXSAMO, taken to mean trínoxtíon Samoní sindíu, "the three nights of Samonios today".

The end of Aedrinios, brings us to the beginning of the #Gaulish month of Cantlos today — the 12th, and final, month of the #Coligny calendar.

The name "Cantlos" is directly related to Old Irish cétal 'singing, chanting', and Welsh cathl 'song, poem'.

There are many reasons the month could be named for song, but what sticks out to me is how much more I hear the birds singing lately as they return for the warmer weather. 🐦

Yesterday was the end of the #Gaulish month of Aedrinios, (also spelled Edrinios).

Its root word is related to Old Irish áed 'fire' and Welsh eiddig — which means 'fiery' in a metaphorical sense ('greedy, ardent, envious,' etc.).

It is also related to Latin aedes, meaning 'temple' or 'home' — probably in reference to the fires of the altar and hearth.

Perhaps Aedrinios was once the occasion of bonfire or sacrificial observances that are now lost to time...

#Coligny

I fell behind keeping up with the #Gaulish #Coligny months, but February would have been the 10th month of the year known as Elembiu (or possibly *Elembivos).

Elembiu is a unique name that the living #Celtic languages don't shed much light on.

Comparisons have been made to Irish eilit 'doe' and Welsh elain 'fawn', but both of these better correspond to another Gaulish term we know of, Elantia.

I normally would not stoop to mentioning such a disreputable person as J.K. #Rowling, but unfortunately she seems to be invoking the names of #Gaulish Gods now, as part of her fanatical bigot campaign:

#HogwartsLegacy has reportedly introduced a trans woman character named #Sirona Ryan.

https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/934065-hogwarts-legacy-trans-character-transgender-sirona-ryan

#HarryPotter #transphobia

#Polytheism #GaulishPolytheism #Paganism

This stela of an unusually muscular #Mercury from #Lugdunum is a great example of the Mercurius #Gebrinius icon, where He rests His bag of money on the head of a ram.

This piqued my interest especially because the only inscriptions we have to #Gebrinios that I know of are from Germania, much further Northeast.

If only the inscription on this stela had survived like the icon did...

https://mas.to/@RomaAeterna753@sciences.re/109745008090197392

#Gaulish #Polytheism #GaulishPolytheism

In the #Gaulish #Coligny calendar, tonight is not #NewYearsEve, but rather the beginning of the ninth month EQVOS, 'The Horse' month.

(Well, technically the 1st of Equos might have been 2 days ago by now, on the quarter moon 🌓).

I wonder if the name of this month might relate to the celebration of #Eponalia that comes before it, on 18 December.

There was also a similarly named Greek month called ῐ̔́ππιος (híppios).

At the end of July I posted an article on my blog; a personal #research project along the lines of #archaeology and #archaeomusicology, about the #GalloRoman #PanFlute, which unfortunately are really rather obscure. I explored the #instrument and tried to glean glimpses of their significance in the #culture and #religion.
https://sigroni.wordpress.com/2022/07/30/about-gaulish-pan-flutes-more/
#panpipes #archeology #archeomusicology #ethnomusicology #history #histodons #AncientMusic #AncientCulture #antiquity #Gaul #Celtic #Gaulish #mythology

@donnodubus

About #gaulish deities of #death and the #underworld. What do we have besides Aerecura? #Nantosuelta is often spoken of, but I perceive her morely as a household deity like #Hestia. #Sucellos is described by the romans in the #interpretatioRomana in comparsion to #Silvanus, #Silenus which would make him a consort of #Dionysos and wanderer of liminal spaces between culture and nature, civilisation and wilderness.

I would like to see some post about the gaulish view to that topic.

Eluveitie - Slanias Song

https://youtu.be/oCn3hygswhA

Lyrics in Gaulish, a Celtic language not spoken since 500’s AD:

” Catoues caletoi
Urit namantas anrimius
Ro- te isarnilin urextont
Au glannabi rhenus
Ad ardus alpon…”

https://lyricstranslate.com/sv/slanias-song-slanias-song.html

#Eluveitie #Gaulish #Celtic #Metal

#Drunemeton gaulish for sanctum of oaks

Drunemeton is the name of the assembly of Bardos, Uatis, and Druides. So a Gaulish/Brittonic focus on the #Druids, #Ovates, and #Bards.

https://drunemeton.com/

#gaulish #celtic #reconstructionist #polytheist #paganism #pagan

For the students of the #celtic culture whom are interested in the #gaulishlanguage

Modern #Gaulish

https://moderngaulish.org/

#paganism #neopaganism #celtoi

How trousers travel.

Gaelic word for trousers is briogais.
Similar Scots word is breeks.
Old English brēċ (from which breeches).
Proto-Germanic brōks.
In Latin brāca (braccae).
All these words probably from a Gaulish word bhrāg-ikā.

Romans wore tunics, the Gauls wore trousers. Romans considered braccae to be effeminate, but other non-Roman Europeans adopted the mode of dress, and everyone used the word.

#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Latin #English #TIL #Gaulish #Gauls #Scots #trousers