Red threads tied in their hair or woven into the wreaths likewise protected dairy cattle from milk-stealing witches, who were especially active on #Beltane.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Honeysuckle, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#FolkloreThursday: `In #Scotland cattle were preserved from the influence of witchcraft by placing garlands of rowan and honeysuckle around their necks.
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1. Neu-Kelte 💙💛🌻 (@NeuKelte@todon.eu) Attached: 1 image `Hares seen in unusual places, including in regions where they were not typically found, were believed to be disguised witches. If pursued, such hares would run into houses,…

it was clearly a gathering of a witches’ coven.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#FolkloreThursday: `Hares seen in unusual places, including in regions where they were not typically found, were believed to be disguised witches. If pursued, such hares would run into houses, revealing the witch’s habitation. If one found a group of hares together,
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And right there the farmer discovered a beautiful treasure of gold.“
Source:  Derryragh - Wikipedia
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However, the farmer later overheard the "gankeynogue" tell his wife where the treasure could be found: under a stone in front of the farmhouse, where the farmer's wife had stumbled over it this morning and spilt a bucket of milk.
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On the evening of the 10th day, the farmer claimed: "Darragh Fort is on fire!" Only then did the "gankeynogue" (= little man) promise him a treasure if he let him out to save his family.
When the Leprechaun saw the deception, he took the opportunity to disappear.
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Leprechaun, Lough Gur Information Centre, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: „A local man had caught a Leprechaun. Because it didn't help him find a treasure, he put it in an oak chest.
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We Nua-Celts strive to live as best we can according to the following maxims of conduct (14-15/24): We strive for a democracy that replaces representation as far as possible with direct decisions by the electorates. We raise our voices against the screaming injustice as well as the terrible grievances on earth. Source: The Nua-Celtic Manifesto

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in myth. In the case of Ráth Crúachan, Medb is a far more important figure than Cruachu (who is, however, said to be Medb's mother).
Source: Dún Ailinne's Role in Folklore, Myth, and the Sacred Landscape by Ronald Hicks
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Misguan Medb is a fallen standing stone located near Rathcroghan Mound

Davsca at English Wikipedia, Croghan-map, CC BY 3.0

#WyrdWednesday #Celtic #EarthDay: `When we consider the [ancient Irish] royal sites and the female figures associated with them, we notice that of the three major provincial sites --Emain Macha, Ráth Crúachan, and Dún Ailinne-- only Emain Macha is named for a figure that plays a prominent role
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Source: The Late Prehistoric‘Royal Site’of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon - An Enduring Paradigm of Enclosed Sacred Space by Joe Fenwick
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Each of these sites represented a sanctuary of sacred space, a potent expression of tribal power and unity. It is likely that a singular focal point within each great ritual sanctuary represented the axis mundi, the symbolic centre of the cosmos around which the tribal world revolved.`
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Ritual burning down of the `temple` in Emain Macha, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

Mound at Emain Macha; photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #Celtic #EarthDay: Emain Macha, Tara, Dún Ailinne, Uisnech and Rathcroghan feature prominently in Irish myths. `The major royal sites functioned as the communicating portal between the tribal territory and the #Otherworld.
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3) While these complexes often focus on one or more hilltops or other high points of land, they normally extend well beyond these.`
Source: Dún Ailinne's Role in Folklore, Myth, and the Sacred Landscape by Ronald Hicks
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"Banqueting Hall," and a considerable number of other monuments.
2) They often include monuments or other archaeological evidence belonging to more than one period.
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1) They can be identified by the presence of clusters of monuments recognized as being of a ritual or ceremonial nature. … At Tara, which was built in memory of Tea, you have not only the "Mound of the Hostages" but also henge-like earthworks as well as standing stones, the cursus-like
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Certain characteristics tend to be shared by such complexes:
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An Forradh on the Hill of Tara, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

Hill of Tara; videostill, photo taken by 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #Celtic #EarthDay: Analysis of [ancient Irish] royal sites has shown that they do not exist in isolation but rather as part of larger sacred or ritual landscapes, in each case as part of a complex of monuments that may cover several square kilometers.
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Source: Dún Ailinne's Role in Folklore, Myth, and the Sacred Landscape by Ronald Hicks
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This motif clearly links it with the other royal sites as well as with the festival of Lughnasa. We are also told that it is a oenach, an assembly site, which likewise appears to indicate links with Lughnasa.`
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This status is also evident from their place in myth.
The primary themes in myth regarding Dún Ailinne are that it is linked with the kingship of Leinster and that it was named for a woman who was abducted and died of shame.
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Dún Ailinne, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

Dún Ailinne, suggested reconstruction of `Rose` phase structure, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #Celtic #EarthDay: `References to treasures and tunnels in Knockaulin, the Hill of Allen, Grange Hill, and Carbury Hill make it clear that these were considered sídhe, dwelling places of the old gods and thus components of a sacred landscape.
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It is also the only site in Ireland associated with a gathering of the druids, and the dindshenchas for Mide seems to suggest it was the seat of the chief druid.`
Source: Dún Ailinne's Role in Folklore, Myth, and the Sacred Landscape by Ronald Hicks
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Ail na Míreann, Stone of Divisions, on the Hill of Uisneach; photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

Map of the Hill of Uisneach, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #Celtic #EarthDay: `Uisneach is associated not only with Eochaid and Lugh but is also a site said to have been visited on Beltaine.
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We Nua-Celts strive to live as best we can according to the following maxim of conduct (18/24): We strive to use less resources than Mother Earth provides us with. The less we 'have', the more we can 'be'. In this way, we do our part in preventing the climate catastrophe that is already clearly on the horizon, so that civilized humanity can survive on Earth. Source: The Nua-Celtic Manifesto

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We Nua-Celts strive to live as best we can according to the following maxims of conduct (11-12/24): We self-determinedly end our striving for independence and recognize our dependence on the love of our social environment. We stop judging. We evaluate rather than judge. Source: The Nua-Celtic Manifesto

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