Bel from whom Beltane receives its name is also known as Belenus and is one of the most widely worshipped Celtic deities. He is a sun god known as “The Shining God”. Like the Norse Sol he was thought to ride the sun across the sky in a horse drawn chariot. In the 3rd century, […]
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The Morrigan emerging from the Oweynagat Oweynagat, or Uaimh na gCat – An Otherworldly Place of Life and Death in Ireland The Oweynagat, or Uaimh na gCat, in County Roscommon, is a mysterious place steeped in history and folklore. The druids of Connacht paid homage to the goddess, the Morrigan and the semi-divine queen, Medb, […]
Oweynagat, or Uaimh na gCat – A Magical Home of the Morrigan and Medb — Celtic Mythology
“[4.19.1] Heracles, then, delivered over the kingdom of the Iberians to the noblest men among the natives and, on his part, took his army and passing into Celtica and traversing the length and breadth of it he put an end to the lawlessness and murdering of strangers to which the people had become addicted; and […]
Children of Heracles/ Hercules — Home | Order of Celtic Wolves
I was going through my old vinyl collection and came across a LP from the Cork Black Metal band ‘Primordial’ that was released in 1995 called “Imrama”. It has a beautiful cover art depiciting a druid meditating in the centre (why the depictions of the rare statue of Boa Island, co. Fermanagh is used is […]
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God of The Carnutes Tribe. We don’t have much to go on with this Deuos, only a single inscription on a bronze figurine of a prancing horse. It reads “sacred to the god Rudiobus.” It was found at Neuvy-En-Sullias (Loiret). Horses were linked to many Deuoi, including the sky gods and the Gallo-Roman Mars, Jupiter, […]
Rudiobus — The Carnutian Nemeton
„Their trumpets are of peculiar nature… for when they are blown upon they give forth a harsh sound, appropriate to the tumult of war.“ – Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian, Library of History, 1st century BCE Photo by Samuel Meric The carnyx was a beautiful bronze instrument implemented by the Gauls sometime between approximately 200 BC […]
Carnyx Restoration with Samuel Meric — The Druid’s Cauldron
God of the Carnutes tribe. We have found the Name of this god on four inscriptions. Two are in France and two in Austria.The First is found in Bourges(Avaricum), France from the tribe the Bituriges(Bituriges Cubi).It reads to the Divine Augustus and to Mars Mogetius, Gracchus son of Ategnutis gladly dissolved a vow having it […]
Mogetius — The Carnutian Nemeton
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What Is Irish Mythology? (And How Is It Different From Celtic Mythology?) — Irish Myths
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