Friday, December 29, 2017
Irish Polythiest (1 Year)
Today marks one year that I've been an Irish Polytheist. I'm really loving this path and I'm going to stay with it. After today I will no longer mark how long I've been down my path until December of next year. I'm also going to be posting more about my path, what I'm doing, and more god info. I do hope that all of you will enjoy them and thanks for reading, and sticking with this blog.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Irish Polytheist (11 Months)
Today marks eleven months that I've been down this path. During the past eleven months I've discovered that this path isn't easy. It takes hard work and dedication. Though I do wish that we hadn't of had to move. I also discovered that things happen, things change, and we must accept that. The Morrigan has taught me that as well. Thanks for coming on here and reading.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Getting Back Into My Book
Now that we've been here for over a month I feel the need to get back into the book that I was reading back at the old place. I didn't like the idea of not really practicing my path and putting it to the side. However, things happen and we have to accept it. I will be working on were the quarters are in my room and how to turn it into a ritual space without it being really out there.
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Irish Polytheist (10 Months)
Today marks ten months that I've been an Irish Polytheist. I really haven't had a chance to blog at all due to the move. My room does have a door, which I'm glad about. I also won't be posting for Samhain due to work. Thanks everyone that's come on here and read my blogs.
Friday, September 29, 2017
Irish Polytheist (9 Months)
Today marks nine months that I've been an Irish Polytheist. We're moving soon and I will finally have a room that, hopefully, has a door. Cross my fingers that things work out. Thanks for reading my blog posts, even though I haven't blogged much.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Irish Polytheist (8 Months)
Today marks 8 months that I've been an Irish Polytheist. Thanks, everyone, that has come on here and read my blogs.
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Irish Polytheist (7 Months)
Today marks seven months that I've been down this path. Thanks, everyone, that has read my posts.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Irish Polythiest (6 Months)
Today marks six months that I've been an Irish Polytheist. I can't believe that half the year is over and I'm coming closer to the end. Thanks, everyone, that has helped me along my path.
Monday, May 29, 2017
Celtic God: Belatucadros
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Belatucadros or Belatucadrus, was a deity worshipped in Celtic northern Britain, particularly in Cumberland and Westmorland. In the Roman period he was identified with Mars and appears to have been worshipped by lower-ranked Roman soldiers as well as by Britons. In five inscriptions he is called Mars Belatucadrus. The name is frequently translated as ‘fair shining one’ or ‘fair slayer’.[1]
Belatucadros is known from approximately 28 inscriptions in the vicinity of Hadrian's Wall. Dedications to Balatocadrus, Balatucadrus, Balaticaurus, Balatucairus, Baliticaurus, Belatucairus, Belatugagus, Belleticaurus, Blatucadrus and Blatucairus are generally accepted as variants of the most common of these forms; Belatucadrus. Altars dedicated to him were usually small, simple and plain, leading to the suggestion that this god was mainly worshipped by people of low social status. His name never appears with a female consort and there is no certain extant representation of him.
Ross suggests that his name, and that of a similar local god, Cocidius, may be epithets for a common general type of Celtic horned god. A horned head was found near the shrine of Belatucadros at Netherby, Cumbria but can not be securely identified with the god.
Belatucadros or Belatucadrus, was a deity worshipped in Celtic northern Britain, particularly in Cumberland and Westmorland. In the Roman period he was identified with Mars and appears to have been worshipped by lower-ranked Roman soldiers as well as by Britons. In five inscriptions he is called Mars Belatucadrus. The name is frequently translated as ‘fair shining one’ or ‘fair slayer’.[1]
Belatucadros is known from approximately 28 inscriptions in the vicinity of Hadrian's Wall. Dedications to Balatocadrus, Balatucadrus, Balaticaurus, Balatucairus, Baliticaurus, Belatucairus, Belatugagus, Belleticaurus, Blatucadrus and Blatucairus are generally accepted as variants of the most common of these forms; Belatucadrus. Altars dedicated to him were usually small, simple and plain, leading to the suggestion that this god was mainly worshipped by people of low social status. His name never appears with a female consort and there is no certain extant representation of him.
Ross suggests that his name, and that of a similar local god, Cocidius, may be epithets for a common general type of Celtic horned god. A horned head was found near the shrine of Belatucadros at Netherby, Cumbria but can not be securely identified with the god.
Irish Polythist (5 Months)
Today marks five months that I've been down this path. It's been an amazing five months, though I'm personally glad that this month is coming to an end. Looking forward in reaching the half-way mark on this journey and completing my first year.
Monday, May 22, 2017
Celtic God: Barinthus
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Another name for Manannan Mac Lir, has the same mythology.
Another name for Manannan Mac Lir, has the same mythology.
Monday, May 15, 2017
Celtic God: Arausio
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Arausio was a local Celtic water god who gave his name to the town of Arausio (Orange) in southern Gaul, as attested to by ancient inscriptions.[1]
The modern name of both the city and the family that established itself there, the House of Orange-Nassau, is a corrupted version of Celtic word Arausio. In the Middle Ages the name of the city was conflated in French and Late Latin with another word, orange.
Arausio was a local Celtic water god who gave his name to the town of Arausio (Orange) in southern Gaul, as attested to by ancient inscriptions.[1]
The modern name of both the city and the family that established itself there, the House of Orange-Nassau, is a corrupted version of Celtic word Arausio. In the Middle Ages the name of the city was conflated in French and Late Latin with another word, orange.
Monday, May 8, 2017
Celtic God: Arvernus
Got this from Wikipedia.
In Gallo-Roman religion, Arvernus was an epithet of the Gaulish Mercury. Although the name refers to the Arverni, in whose territory Mercury had at important sanctuary at the Puy-de-Dôme in the Massif Central, all of the inscriptions to Mercury Arvernus are found farther away along the Rhenish frontier. The similar name Mercury Arvernorix, ‘king of the Arverni’, is also recorded once.[1] Compare also the title Mercury Dumiatis (‘of the Puy-de-Dôme’), found in the territory of the Arverni.[2] The name, like the name of the Arverni and of Auvergne, appears to derive from a Proto-Celtic compound adjective *φara-werno-s ‘in front of alders’.
In Gallo-Roman religion, Arvernus was an epithet of the Gaulish Mercury. Although the name refers to the Arverni, in whose territory Mercury had at important sanctuary at the Puy-de-Dôme in the Massif Central, all of the inscriptions to Mercury Arvernus are found farther away along the Rhenish frontier. The similar name Mercury Arvernorix, ‘king of the Arverni’, is also recorded once.[1] Compare also the title Mercury Dumiatis (‘of the Puy-de-Dôme’), found in the territory of the Arverni.[2] The name, like the name of the Arverni and of Auvergne, appears to derive from a Proto-Celtic compound adjective *φara-werno-s ‘in front of alders’.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Blogs Been Up Six Months
Today marks six months that this blog has been up. It's been an amazing six months and I want to thank everyone for coming on here and reading my blog posts. Means the world to me. Thanks, again.
Monday, May 1, 2017
Celtic God: Atepomarus
Got this from Wikipedia.
Atepomarus in Celtic Gaul was a healing god. Mauvières (Indre), Apollo was associated with this god in the form Apollo Atepomarus.
At some of Apollo's healing sanctuaries (as at Sainte-Sabine, Burgundy) small figurines of horses were associated with him.
The root "epo" refers to the word for "horse", and the epithet is sometimes translated as "Great Horseman" or "possessing a great horse".
Atepomarus in Celtic Gaul was a healing god. Mauvières (Indre), Apollo was associated with this god in the form Apollo Atepomarus.
At some of Apollo's healing sanctuaries (as at Sainte-Sabine, Burgundy) small figurines of horses were associated with him.
The root "epo" refers to the word for "horse", and the epithet is sometimes translated as "Great Horseman" or "possessing a great horse".
Beltane (2017)
Today marks Beltane, the last of the three spring festivals and one of the four ancient Celtic fire festivals. Beltane marks the union of god and goddess, though some groups might view things differently. For those that are familiar with how Wiccans view Beltane it's the union of god and goddess. I'm doing this post early due to jury duty and I hope that you all have a good Beltane.
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Irish Polytheist (4 Months)
Today marks four months that I've been an Irish recon. It's been a strange four months in a way that I've been starting to focus on being outside more and reconnecting with that energy. With Beltane coming up, which is great, that will be even more apparent. I do hope that you continue to enjoy this blog in the coming months.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Celtic God: Ankou
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Ankou (Breton: /ɑːnkuː/ an Ankoù) is a personification of death in Breton mythology as well as in Cornish (an Ankow in Cornish), Welsh (yr Angau in Welsh) and Norman French folklore.
Background
This character is reported by Anatole Le Braz, a 19th century writer and collector of legends. Here is what he wrote about the Ankou in his best-seller The Legend of Death:
One tale[citation needed] says that there were three drunk friends walking home one night, when they came across an old man on a rickety cart. Two of the men started shouting at the Ankou, and then throwing stones; when they broke the axle on his cart they ran off.
The third friend felt bad and, wanting to help the Ankou, found a branch to replace the broken axle, and then gave the Ankou his shoe-laces with which to tie it to the cart. The next morning, the two friends who were throwing stones at the Ankou were dead, while the one who stayed to help only had his hair turned white. He would never speak of how it happened.
Ankou is the king of the dead, and his subjects have their own particular paths along which their sacred processions move.[3]
Another origin story is that the Ankou was once a cruel prince who met Death during a hunting trip and challenged him to see who could kill a black stag first.[1] Death won the contest and the prince was cursed to roam the earth as a ghoul for all eternity.
Appearance in Subculture
Every parish in Brittany is said to have its own Ankou.[1] In Breton tradition, the squealing of railway wheels outside one's home is supposed to be Karrigell an Ankou ("The Wheelbarrow of Ankou").[4] Similarly, the cry of the owl is referred to as Labous an Ankou ("The Death Bird").[4] The Ankou is also found on the baptismal font at La Martyre where he is shown holding a human head.[5]
In Ireland the proverb "When the Ankou comes, he will not go away empty" relates to the legend.
Celtic Folklore in Brittany
It is said that the Ankou is a death omen that collects the souls of the deceased. The Ankou is the last person to die in a parish during a year. The last deceased person will assume the duty of calling for the dead. They describe the Ankou as a tall, haggard figure with long white hair. It is also perceived as a skeleton with a revolving head able to see everything everywhere. The Ankou is said to drive a cart and stops at the house of someone who is about to die. It knocks on the door, this sound is sometimes heard by the living, or it could give out a mournful wail like the Irish Banshee. The Ankou has also been reported as an apparition entering the house, it takes away the dead who are then placed in the cart with the help of two ghostly companions.
In Popular Culture
The 2016 novel When Halloween Was Green by Bernard K. Finnigan features the Ankou, and who becomes him as the "Last to Die" in the minutes before Halloween night, as a primary plot antagonist.
Yana Toboso's manga series, Black Butler features a "retired" grim reaper calling himself Undertaker, and he shares numerous traits with the Ankou -- Undertaker has long grey hair, carries a large scythe (with a skull, spine and ribs incorporated into its handle), sometimes drives a cart pulled by a donkey (and sometimes a horse-drawn hearse), dresses as a funeral mute (including the large hat), works as a funeral director and grave keeper, and creates Zombie-like reanimated corpses, called Bizarre Dolls.
Selma Lagerlöf's novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! tells the story of a chariot of Death driven by the last person to die in the previous year. It was filmed in 1921, 1939 and 1958.
The Ankou was the subject of a story by Wyndham Lewis titled "The Death of Ankou" (1927).[7] A young tourist in Brittany momentarily takes a blind beggar he meets as an embodiment of the Ankou, but in truth it is he who acts as the Ankou for the beggar, who subsequently dies. Lewis relied on Le Braz for some of the background to the story.[7]
Ankou is a 5th generation Malkavian in the White Wolf Publishing role-playing game Vampire the Masquerade (Clanbook Malkavian).
Ankous appear in the MMORPG RuneScape as undead ghost-skeletons. Also Ankou appears in the flash horror game "Ghostscape 2"
The Ankou is also used as a character in the novel Death Most Definite by Trent Jamieson, as a power second to death himself.
"Ankou" is the title of a short speculative fiction story by Nakia D. Johnson in which a man creates his own Ankou and is later killed by it.[8]
In the Soul video game series, Zasalamel can wield a Scythe named Ankou.
The webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court has recently featured Ankou as a psychopomp.
In The Sandman: Worlds' End by Neil Gaiman, the citizens of the necropolis Litharge refer obliquely to the Angkou (sic) as an entity that punishes morticians who go bad.
Ankou (Breton: /ɑːnkuː/ an Ankoù) is a personification of death in Breton mythology as well as in Cornish (an Ankow in Cornish), Welsh (yr Angau in Welsh) and Norman French folklore.
Background
This character is reported by Anatole Le Braz, a 19th century writer and collector of legends. Here is what he wrote about the Ankou in his best-seller The Legend of Death:
- The Ankou is the henchman of Death (oberour ar maro) and he is also known as the grave yard watcher, they said that he protects the graveyard and the souls around it for some unknown reason and he collects the lost souls on his land. The last dead of the year, in each parish, becomes the Ankou of his parish for all of the following year. When there has been, in a year, more deaths than usual, one says about the Ankou:
- – War ma fé, heman zo eun Anko drouk. ("On my faith, this one is a nasty Ankou.")
One tale[citation needed] says that there were three drunk friends walking home one night, when they came across an old man on a rickety cart. Two of the men started shouting at the Ankou, and then throwing stones; when they broke the axle on his cart they ran off.
The third friend felt bad and, wanting to help the Ankou, found a branch to replace the broken axle, and then gave the Ankou his shoe-laces with which to tie it to the cart. The next morning, the two friends who were throwing stones at the Ankou were dead, while the one who stayed to help only had his hair turned white. He would never speak of how it happened.
Ankou is the king of the dead, and his subjects have their own particular paths along which their sacred processions move.[3]
Another origin story is that the Ankou was once a cruel prince who met Death during a hunting trip and challenged him to see who could kill a black stag first.[1] Death won the contest and the prince was cursed to roam the earth as a ghoul for all eternity.
Appearance in Subculture
Every parish in Brittany is said to have its own Ankou.[1] In Breton tradition, the squealing of railway wheels outside one's home is supposed to be Karrigell an Ankou ("The Wheelbarrow of Ankou").[4] Similarly, the cry of the owl is referred to as Labous an Ankou ("The Death Bird").[4] The Ankou is also found on the baptismal font at La Martyre where he is shown holding a human head.[5]
In Ireland the proverb "When the Ankou comes, he will not go away empty" relates to the legend.
Celtic Folklore in Brittany
It is said that the Ankou is a death omen that collects the souls of the deceased. The Ankou is the last person to die in a parish during a year. The last deceased person will assume the duty of calling for the dead. They describe the Ankou as a tall, haggard figure with long white hair. It is also perceived as a skeleton with a revolving head able to see everything everywhere. The Ankou is said to drive a cart and stops at the house of someone who is about to die. It knocks on the door, this sound is sometimes heard by the living, or it could give out a mournful wail like the Irish Banshee. The Ankou has also been reported as an apparition entering the house, it takes away the dead who are then placed in the cart with the help of two ghostly companions.
In Popular Culture
The 2016 novel When Halloween Was Green by Bernard K. Finnigan features the Ankou, and who becomes him as the "Last to Die" in the minutes before Halloween night, as a primary plot antagonist.
Yana Toboso's manga series, Black Butler features a "retired" grim reaper calling himself Undertaker, and he shares numerous traits with the Ankou -- Undertaker has long grey hair, carries a large scythe (with a skull, spine and ribs incorporated into its handle), sometimes drives a cart pulled by a donkey (and sometimes a horse-drawn hearse), dresses as a funeral mute (including the large hat), works as a funeral director and grave keeper, and creates Zombie-like reanimated corpses, called Bizarre Dolls.
Selma Lagerlöf's novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! tells the story of a chariot of Death driven by the last person to die in the previous year. It was filmed in 1921, 1939 and 1958.
The Ankou was the subject of a story by Wyndham Lewis titled "The Death of Ankou" (1927).[7] A young tourist in Brittany momentarily takes a blind beggar he meets as an embodiment of the Ankou, but in truth it is he who acts as the Ankou for the beggar, who subsequently dies. Lewis relied on Le Braz for some of the background to the story.[7]
Ankou is a 5th generation Malkavian in the White Wolf Publishing role-playing game Vampire the Masquerade (Clanbook Malkavian).
Ankous appear in the MMORPG RuneScape as undead ghost-skeletons. Also Ankou appears in the flash horror game "Ghostscape 2"
The Ankou is also used as a character in the novel Death Most Definite by Trent Jamieson, as a power second to death himself.
"Ankou" is the title of a short speculative fiction story by Nakia D. Johnson in which a man creates his own Ankou and is later killed by it.[8]
In the Soul video game series, Zasalamel can wield a Scythe named Ankou.
The webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court has recently featured Ankou as a psychopomp.
In The Sandman: Worlds' End by Neil Gaiman, the citizens of the necropolis Litharge refer obliquely to the Angkou (sic) as an entity that punishes morticians who go bad.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Talking about Beltane
In two weeks it will be Beltane, the final of the three spring festivals. In Wicca it's part of the Wheel of the Year but in Celtic paganism it's one of the four original Celtic fire festivals. Fertility is everywhere in both animals and humans. I'm personally not celebrating Beltane on May 1st due to jury duty. I will be celebrating on the last day of April. I hope that you all have a good one.
Monday, April 17, 2017
Celtic Gods: Anextiomarus
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Anextiomarus is a Celtic epithet of the sun-god Apollo recorded in a Romano-British inscription from South Shields, England. The form is a variant of Anextlomarus 'Great protector', a divine style or name attested in a fragmentary Gallo-Roman dedication from Le Mans, France. Anextlomarus is also attested as a Gaulish man's father's name at Langres, and a feminine divine form, Anextlomara, appears in two other Gallo-Roman dedications from Avenches, Switzerland.
Anextiomarus is a Celtic epithet of the sun-god Apollo recorded in a Romano-British inscription from South Shields, England. The form is a variant of Anextlomarus 'Great protector', a divine style or name attested in a fragmentary Gallo-Roman dedication from Le Mans, France. Anextlomarus is also attested as a Gaulish man's father's name at Langres, and a feminine divine form, Anextlomara, appears in two other Gallo-Roman dedications from Avenches, Switzerland.
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Celtic Gods: Ambisagrus
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In Gallo-Roman religion, Ambisagrus was a Gaulish god worshipped at Aquileia in Cisalpine Gaul, where he was identified with Jupiter Optimus Maximus.[1]
The name may be composed of the Proto-Celtic prefix *ambi- ('around') and root *sagro-.[2]
John T. Koch has suggested that this Jovian epithet may originally have applied to Taranis, with allusion to the tendency of thunder near an observer to seem all-surrounding
In Gallo-Roman religion, Ambisagrus was a Gaulish god worshipped at Aquileia in Cisalpine Gaul, where he was identified with Jupiter Optimus Maximus.[1]
The name may be composed of the Proto-Celtic prefix *ambi- ('around') and root *sagro-.[2]
John T. Koch has suggested that this Jovian epithet may originally have applied to Taranis, with allusion to the tendency of thunder near an observer to seem all-surrounding
Late Post: Blog Been Up Five Months
Sorry about not being on for two months, but I lost my net and now it's back on. I will be returning doing my god posts and so on. Thanks for coming on here and reading.
Monday, February 6, 2017
Celtic Gods: Alisanos
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In Gallo-Roman religion, Alisanos or Alisaunus was a local god worshipped in what is now the Côte-d'Or in Burgundy and at Aix-en-Provence.[1]
The inscription from Gevrey-Chambertin in the Côte-d'Or is in the Gaulish language:
In Gallo-Roman religion, Alisanos or Alisaunus was a local god worshipped in what is now the Côte-d'Or in Burgundy and at Aix-en-Provence.[1]
The inscription from Gevrey-Chambertin in the Côte-d'Or is in the Gaulish language:
- DOIROS SEGOMARI
- IEVRV ALISANV[2]
- Doiros (son) of Segomaros has dedicated (this) to Alisanos
- DEO·ALISANO·PAVLLINVS ❧
- PRO·CONTEDIO·FIL·SVO ❧
- V·S·L·M·[3]
- Paullinus has freely and deservedly fulfilled his vow to the god Alisanus on behalf of his son Contedius
Saturday, February 4, 2017
Through the Otherworld has been Up for Three Months
This blog has reached it's third month and I want to say thank you for reading my posts and giving me some hope that this blog is making some kind of difference. Here's to another month.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Imbolc Eve
Tonight will be Imbolc Eve for me. From today until the sun goes down on the second I will be leaving offerings to Brigantia which will be milk and incense. I don't really have a family to celebrate Imbolc with, since my mother is heavy Christian. However, I do what I can with what I have. I will be talking about my full Imbolc experience on the third.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Celtic Gods: Alaunus
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Alaunus or Alaunius was a Gaulish god of healing and prophecy. His name is known from inscriptions found in Lurs, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in southern France[1] and in Mannheim in western Germany. In the latter inscription, Alaunus is used as an epithet of Mercury.[2] The name of this deity is also found as a placename both of sites and rivers. Its feminine form Alauna appears in the Roman-era names of Valognes in Normandy, Maryport and Watercrook in Cumbria, Alcester in Warwickshire, Ardoch in Perthshire, and Learchild and the River Aln in Northumberland.
The etymology of the name remains uncertain. Some connect it with the Proto-Celtic root reconstructed as *alo- ("feed, raise, nurture"), but Matasović discounts it.[3] Nicolaisen connected the various hydronyms to the unrelated Proto-Indo-European root reconstructed as *el- or *ol- meaning "to flow or stream".[4] Monaghan posits an unrelated Celtic river goddess Alauna, found in Brittany
Alaunus or Alaunius was a Gaulish god of healing and prophecy. His name is known from inscriptions found in Lurs, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in southern France[1] and in Mannheim in western Germany. In the latter inscription, Alaunus is used as an epithet of Mercury.[2] The name of this deity is also found as a placename both of sites and rivers. Its feminine form Alauna appears in the Roman-era names of Valognes in Normandy, Maryport and Watercrook in Cumbria, Alcester in Warwickshire, Ardoch in Perthshire, and Learchild and the River Aln in Northumberland.
The etymology of the name remains uncertain. Some connect it with the Proto-Celtic root reconstructed as *alo- ("feed, raise, nurture"), but Matasović discounts it.[3] Nicolaisen connected the various hydronyms to the unrelated Proto-Indo-European root reconstructed as *el- or *ol- meaning "to flow or stream".[4] Monaghan posits an unrelated Celtic river goddess Alauna, found in Brittany
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Irish Polytheist (1 Month)
Today marks one month that I've been down this path. The third was beyond annoying and something that I really don't want to happen again. Being tired to do ritual is not something that I want to happen again. Thankfully it didn't happen to often. I look forward to continuing down this path and learning more.
Friday, January 27, 2017
New Moon (January 2017)
Tonight is the New Moon, time to honor the goddess Sheela na gig. Even though she's a Gaelic goddess, she does appear in England on the outside of churches. So I honor her due to this. She's a crone goddess in every sense of the word but she also has the power to bring forth life. I do hope that you have a good New Moon.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Getting Ready for Imbolc
Next week will be Imbolc, a time to honor the goddess Bridget. However, I will be honoring her in her Welsh form and it's not uncommon to see Welsh Polytheists honoring Imbolc as well. Imbolc is one of the four Celtic holidays that Polytheists honor. We don't honor the seasons, though we do acknowledge that the seasons have changed. These four holidays are the original ones that the ancient Celts observed. The day before Imbolc I will show off my altar.
Monday, January 23, 2017
Celtic Gods: Abellio
I get this info from Wikipedia, which did a good job.
Abellio (also Abelio and Abelionni) was a god worshipped in the Garonne Valley in Gallia Aquitania (now southwest France), known primarily by a number of inscriptions which were discovered in Comminges.[1] He may have been a god of apple trees.
Some scholars have postulated that Abellio is the same name as Apollo,[1] who in Crete and elsewhere was called Abelios (Greek Αβέλιος), and by the Italians and some Dorians Apello,[2] and that the deity is the same as the Gallic Apollo mentioned by Caesar,[3] and also the same as the Belis or Belenus mentioned by Tertullian[4] and Herodian.[5]
Other scholars have taken the reverse position that Abellio might have been a similar solar deity of Celtic origin in Crete and the Pyrenees, but the Cretan Abellio may however not be the same god as the Celtic one, but rather a different manifestation, or dialectal form, of the Greek god Apollo or his name.
Abellio (also Abelio and Abelionni) was a god worshipped in the Garonne Valley in Gallia Aquitania (now southwest France), known primarily by a number of inscriptions which were discovered in Comminges.[1] He may have been a god of apple trees.
Some scholars have postulated that Abellio is the same name as Apollo,[1] who in Crete and elsewhere was called Abelios (Greek Αβέλιος), and by the Italians and some Dorians Apello,[2] and that the deity is the same as the Gallic Apollo mentioned by Caesar,[3] and also the same as the Belis or Belenus mentioned by Tertullian[4] and Herodian.[5]
Other scholars have taken the reverse position that Abellio might have been a similar solar deity of Celtic origin in Crete and the Pyrenees, but the Cretan Abellio may however not be the same god as the Celtic one, but rather a different manifestation, or dialectal form, of the Greek god Apollo or his name.
Monday, January 16, 2017
Celtic Gods: Abandinus
Before I get started I want to say this. I will be covering a Gaulish or Welsh deity. This is so that the god, or goddess, is better understood. So this is the first one. I get this info from Wikipedia.
Abandinus
Abandinus was a name used to refer to a Celtic god or male spirit worshipped in Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire during the Romano-Celtic period.
Semantics of Theonym
The semantics of the theonym are unknown. All the same, linguistic knowledge of Proto-Celtic lexis permits a narrowing of the likely possibilities of the theonym’s semantics. The name could be interpreted as an extended form of a stem composed of Proto-Celtic elements deriving from Proto-Indo-European roots *ad- ‘to’[3] + either *bʰend- ‘sing, rejoice’[4] or *bʰendʰ- ‘bind’.[5] Along these lines, the name would mean ‘(the god) who sings to (something/someone)’ or ‘(the god) who binds (something/someone) to (something/someone).’ However, it is also possible to see the name as an extended form of a variant form of the Proto-Celtic word *abon- ‘river,’ derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ab-, *h₂eb- ‘water, river’.[6] The Romano-Celtic name for the Humber is documented as having been Abus[7] which suggests that a shorter element *abo- existed in the Proto-Celtic lexicon as a word for ‘river’ or ‘water.’ This *abo- element could have been the source of the Ab-- element in the theonym Abandinus. So the name can also be analysed as *Ab-Andinus ‘Andinus of the River,’ Andinus being a theonym attested elsewhere in the ancient Roman Empire.
Abandinus
Abandinus was a name used to refer to a Celtic god or male spirit worshipped in Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire during the Romano-Celtic period.
Semantics of Theonym
The semantics of the theonym are unknown. All the same, linguistic knowledge of Proto-Celtic lexis permits a narrowing of the likely possibilities of the theonym’s semantics. The name could be interpreted as an extended form of a stem composed of Proto-Celtic elements deriving from Proto-Indo-European roots *ad- ‘to’[3] + either *bʰend- ‘sing, rejoice’[4] or *bʰendʰ- ‘bind’.[5] Along these lines, the name would mean ‘(the god) who sings to (something/someone)’ or ‘(the god) who binds (something/someone) to (something/someone).’ However, it is also possible to see the name as an extended form of a variant form of the Proto-Celtic word *abon- ‘river,’ derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ab-, *h₂eb- ‘water, river’.[6] The Romano-Celtic name for the Humber is documented as having been Abus[7] which suggests that a shorter element *abo- existed in the Proto-Celtic lexicon as a word for ‘river’ or ‘water.’ This *abo- element could have been the source of the Ab-- element in the theonym Abandinus. So the name can also be analysed as *Ab-Andinus ‘Andinus of the River,’ Andinus being a theonym attested elsewhere in the ancient Roman Empire.
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Full Moon (January 2017)
Tonight will be the first full moon that I will be celebrating of this new year. I'm really looking forward to experiencing it. The Full Moon is a time that I honor the goddess Brigantia, which I view as a moon goddess. This might sound Wiccan but there's no evidence that the Celts had moon gods. So I go with my gut on this. I will be thanking her for this night and lighting incense and a candle to her.
Have a good Full Moon and be well.
Have a good Full Moon and be well.
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Changing Things
Yesterday I did a post about my path and this time, I'm doing it again, I'm changing it slightly to Irish Polytheism. I'm still interested in Gaulish and Welsh Polytheism but I'm doing Irish. So look for those kinds of entries soon enough. I do have some Gaulish and Welsh deities already written up and I'm going to keep them there. Let's hope the change lasts.
Friday, January 6, 2017
Why I chose Gaelic and Welsh Polytheism
One of the things that is always asked by people is why did you choose the path that your on? What made you decide that this was the religion that you would follow? One of the main reasons for choosing to practice Gaelic and Welsh Polytheism is the sense of 'home.' It's something that all pagans claim that they felt when they finally found their path.
I'm no different from that. My family comes from Germany, which east of the Rhine was part of Gaul. However, that's not the reason that I chose Gaelic Polytheism at all. I don't believe that you need to be from those places to practice this religion. My family also comes from England, Scotland, and Ireland. However, I'm not drawn to Irish or even Scottish Polytheism. I'm drawn to Welsh and the Welsh deities.
Since both the Gaul and the Welsh came in contact with each other then practicing both is constant with Polytheism and Reconstructionism as a whole. Honoring deities that were combined with Roman and Celtic is also constant with how I do things. I look at what is known and use that. So I chose this path for two reasons. The sense of home and it connects me to my ancestors. And I think those are the most important thing of all.
I'm no different from that. My family comes from Germany, which east of the Rhine was part of Gaul. However, that's not the reason that I chose Gaelic Polytheism at all. I don't believe that you need to be from those places to practice this religion. My family also comes from England, Scotland, and Ireland. However, I'm not drawn to Irish or even Scottish Polytheism. I'm drawn to Welsh and the Welsh deities.
Since both the Gaul and the Welsh came in contact with each other then practicing both is constant with Polytheism and Reconstructionism as a whole. Honoring deities that were combined with Roman and Celtic is also constant with how I do things. I look at what is known and use that. So I chose this path for two reasons. The sense of home and it connects me to my ancestors. And I think those are the most important thing of all.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Through the Otherworld up for 2 Months
Merry Meet!
As we get closer to the half-way point towards Imbolc I would like to note that this blog has been up for two months. I want to thank everyone that has followed my blog, read it, and enjoyed it. I hope that you all have a good rest of the month and may the gods guide you.
Blessed Be!
As we get closer to the half-way point towards Imbolc I would like to note that this blog has been up for two months. I want to thank everyone that has followed my blog, read it, and enjoyed it. I hope that you all have a good rest of the month and may the gods guide you.
Blessed Be!
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
I'm Back On
Today I paid my bill and my internet was restored. I'm glad to be back and I've decided to do a small change to this blog. I practice Gaelic Polytheism as well as Welsh Polytheism. I love both and I practice both. Of course this is something that's acceptable as both groups had contact with each other. Looking forward to doing things and practicing my religion. Another thing that I'm doing is changing my blog title so that it will reflect these changes.
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