A lovely copper-gilt wooden statue of #Epona that was recovered from the depths of a well.

#GaulishPolytheism #polytheism #paganism

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

"To the Goddess Exomna, Aunius Vitalis willingly fulfilled his vow, as deserved."

This #votive from #GermaniaInferior is to #Exomna, a Goddess with a #Celtic #theonym meaning 'Fearless'. A masculine form of this same epithet was also applied to Mars #Lenos as "Exobinnos".

#GaulishPolytheism #Polytheism #ditarvia

I was going through some old poetry and remembered this poem I wrote for Đirona last March, which I share again here:

Đirona's Crown

I spent hours watching the fresh-watered waves
collide against the earth; thunder brewing at the tip top of
the pines, glorious skies that unfurl out and deep into the west;
the wind carrying sweet-water spray onto the land where I stand
in the shadows of the trees, waiting for the first celestial bodies
to rise behind me from the east. Đirona, most beloved star,
crown of the heavens, watching the gulls dancing over the last rays
of sun cresting the waves, a drum, a soft pitter-patter of pine needles
brushing against each other; we contain in all of us these rocky
shores, these watery edges; as the water becomes wine-dark like the
black roses my grandmother grew along the stone steps up to her house,
I reach the dark silhouette of my hand to the sky, and behind it
all the light of the stars gleam as they shower down, meeting
their mirror images reflected by the troubled horizon.

Link to blog: https://osfairy.com/2022/03/07/dironas-crown/

#Đirona #Đirona #DevotionalPoetry #GaulishPolytheism #Polytheist #Pagan

@lannan I see a couple new Gauloises just joined up, so that's cool... #GaulishPolytheism

A post from last year, but sharing again because I want to motivate myself to get back to these notes and add more:

"A few notes on the theorized original characteristics of the Gaulish religion(s)"

"I’ve been slowly making my way through Les religions gauloises by Jean-Louis Brunaux over the past several months. I really loved reading Les druides, which I had to return to the national library but am hoping to pick back up again soon. Les religions gauloises similarly does not disappoint."

https://osfairy.com/2022/08/27/a-few-notes-on-the-theorized-original-characteristics-of-the-gaulish-religions/

#GaulishReconstruction #GaulishPolytheism #GaulishReligion #Recon #Reconstruction #Polytheism #Pagan

*U̯oscātos - overshadow or mask. Had this commissioned through @emilemilsmanufactory. Excellent craftsmanship. It’s a general ritual mask that’ll I’ll be using. Design inspiration base is a toad/frog. Design elements are inspired by La Tene and Halstatt era elements. #gaulishpolytheist #gaulishpolytheism #pagan #paganism #celticpagan #celticpolytheism #polytheism #heathen #heathenadjacent

A Winter Solstice playlist featuring a mix of traditional, seasonal, and festive Welsh and English language music to get in the mood for December and the Longest Night.

Includes Welsh traditional songs such as Cân Y Fari Lwyd (The Mari Lwyd Song), Hela'r Dryw Bach (Hunting the Little Wren), and Y Gelynnen (The Holly). Also some songs about Rhiannon and Epona are sprinkled throughout.

#WinterSolstice #Yule #Byrddydd #Hirnos #AlbanArthan #Playlist #Rhiannon #Epona #WelshPaganism #GaulishPolytheism

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRD4ZOhDCIxZ8ggi9C1E_SPDpczcNCfOL&feature=share

A bedtime prayer to #Cissonios was conceptualized by @dianmanios working from Delamarre's interpretation of Cissonios as *cit-souno- 'qui apporte des rêves' (He Who brings dreams). Cissonios had a Mercurial cult throughout the Keltiké that De Bernardo Stempel views as economic. She proposes a different analysis of His name, relating it to the root *kistā 'woven basket'—in reference to vessels for goods, perhaps like the cornucopia that adorns one of His altars.

In Old Irish, ces (< *kistā) could also refer to a coracle (boat). This could certainly be fitting for a God of travels and commerce. Dianmanios also reminded me how #Nodens, God of the Sea, had an incubatory cult (beds in His temple for worshippers to rest, for the purpose of dreaming and healing).

Finally, we found prayers in #CarminaGadelica that feature maritime symbolism and imagery for sleep and dreams—this is the source of the terminology I used for this prayer.

All of this together led me to an "inter alia" interpretation of Cissonios that weaves these threads into one: A God of journeying, Who leads our barque to the peaceful Sea of Dreams.

#GaulishPolytheism #Gaulish #Polytheism #PaganPrayer

#Intro post!

I’m Morpheus. I'm an artist, ritual tattooist & writer. My spiritual practice is Celtic polytheist centered on the Morrígan & a retinue of Irish and Gallic gods and spirits. I’m the author of The Book of the Great Queen, and I serve as a dedicant priest with the Coru Cathubodua Priesthood. I am also a witch and student of folk magic and sorcery. Links to website etc in my bio.

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The Goddess Epona is one of the most well-known from the Keltiké, but She was not always called exactly that.

One of the most striking variations of Her name comes from Apuleius' novel The Golden Ass, where he tells a story about a shrine to "Hippona" that was kept inside a stable. This variant is clearly influenced by the Greek word ἵππος (híppos) 'horse'.

Other known variants of Her name include EPHONA, YPONA, and even EPANA.

Besides the theonym proper, there are also theophoric personal names such as Épponus, Epponina, and Eponeilus. Interestingly, a Galatian theophoric name, Ἐπόνη, preserves the Celtic spelling and pronunciation in spite of its Hellenized context (in contrast to Apuleius).

#Epona #epigraphy #theonomastics #GaulishPolytheism

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Wetteraumuseum_Epona_Kapersburg.jpg

These awesome #canticumancy videos @dianmanios made are to:

1. #Magusenos
2. #Camulos
3. #Cernunnos
4. #Epona
5. #Cathubodua
6. #Taranus
7. #Sirona

Check them out!

#GaulishPolytheism