And take this herb," he said, "and rub it in the mouth of each man of them, and he will rise up whole and well again." So the gate-keeper did that, and he got the cows and the land from O'Donnell, and the clown`, who was no other than #Manannan in disguise, brought all the people to life
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Feasting, MAMUZ; photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `Aodh Dubh O'Donnell and his retinue tried to prevent the clown from leaving their feast. But at that the stranger took up the harp again, and he made the same sweet music as before. And when they were all listening to him, he called […]

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#BookologyThursday #Celtic: `In the Yellow Book of Lecan (https://www.isos.dias.ie/TCD/TCD_MS_1318.html#108 it is written that there were four men called #Manannán who lived at different times. These were Manandán mac Alloit, a “druid of the Tuath Dé Danann” […]

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Beatrice Elvery, Heroes of the dawn - illustration to face page 246, Manannan put a powerful enchantment on the shield, public domain

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `#Manannan, son of Lir, took notice of a split and withered tree, and he bade his men to dig it up. And when they began to dig, a mist of poison rose up from the roots, and nine of the men got their death from it, and another nine […]

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John Anster Fitzgerald (1823-1906), Fairy passage, public domain

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `#Manannan gave the Sídh the gift of invisibility and shape-changing, and some say that it was he who divided the palaces in the hollow hills among the Tuatha Dé Dannann after their defeat by the Milesians.`
Source: Eithne Massey `Legendary Ireland`

John Anster Fitzgerald (1823-1906), Fairy passage, public domain

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `#Manannan gave the Sídh the gift of invisibility and shape-changing, and some say that it was he who divided the palaces in the hollow hills among the Tuatha Dé Dannann after their defeat by the Milesians.`
Source: Eithne Massey `Legendary Ireland`

#Manannan #Aegir #Naunet #Huixtocihuatl #Mazu #Dakuwaqa #Vellamo #Agwé #Nāmaka #SusanooNoMikoto #Pariacaca #Tangaroa #Yemayá #ImapUkua #Manimekhala
Diverse Meeresgött*innen (nicht vollständig), damit mehr Vielfalt auf meinem Account Platz finden kann. 🤗

Lugh by Jim Fitzpatrick, is licenced under CC BY

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: In the Fianna legends we meet up with #Aonbharr as the horse of the 'Gille Decair', the Bad Servant, who is #Manannan himself in disguise. None of the #Fianna succeeded in even getting the mare to move, until eventually she took off […]

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Manannan mac Lir, Giants Causeway Visitor Centre, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `The most famous horse in Irish mythology is the magical horse of #Manannan, '#Aonbharr of the Splendid Mane'. This wonderful mare was swifter than the spring wind and could travel equally well on either land or sea. #Lugh was riding […]

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Manannan mac Lir, Giants Causeway Visitor Centre, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

#FolkloreThursday: #Lugh brought with him from the #Celtic #Otherworld the horse of #Manannán, '#Aonbharr of the Splendid Mane'. This wonderful mare was swifter than the spring wind and could travel equally well on either land or sea.
Source: http://socrates.freeshell.org/Animals.html

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#WyrdWednesday #Celtic: `Seven months High King #Cormac had gone out from Tara to search for his wife and children. He followed their path into a misty, unfamiliar land. This was the #Otherworld, a place of beautiful meadows, woods filled with singing birds, and flowers he’d never seen before […]

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

#MythologyMonday: This map locates Caiseal Mhanannán within the #Rathcroghan mythylogical landscape. `Caiseal Mhanannán, which means #Manannan’s Fort, is referring to a deity from #Irish #mythology, Manannán mac Lir. It consists of the foundation remains of a […]

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Manannan, House of Manannan in Peel_photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#BookologyThursday: `Aodh Dubh O'Donnell was holding a feast one time in Bel-atha Senaig, and his people were boasting of the goodness of his house and of his musicians.
And while they were talking, they saw a clown coming towards them, old striped clothes he […]

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A golden sunrise on this solstice here in the PNW. Swallows swooping and dancing, hummingbird defying gravity, the crows will be along to capture their peanut spoils. Have a marvelous solstice 🔥 #druidsky #pagansky #witchsky #manannan #aine #irishmagic #solstice #summersolstice #litha

Patrick Roper, Ancient hazel tree at Horse and Barge Farm, Shortbridge - geograph.org.uk - 5627641, CC BY-SA 2.0

#MythologyMonday: `When #Lugh killed Balor he placed his severed head in the fork of a hazel tree. A drip from the head withered and split the tree. #Manannán mac Lir later had the tree cut down and its wood used to make a shield. The shield passed to #Fionn […]

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Manannan mac Lir, House of Manannan; Peel; photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#FairyTaleTuesday #EarthDay: `It is said that #Manannan, taking in the shape of a mortal called Oirbsiu, was killed by Uillen Red Edge at the battle of Cuillen. Loch Corrib rose where his blood spilled, bringing his mortal flesh back into the watery, immortal […]

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A short clip from last year's TT Qualifying Week.

Looking forward to the 2025 fortnight.

#iomtt
#touristtrophy
#steampacketferries
#manxman
#manannan
#isleofman
#motorcycles

Feasting, MAMUZ, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#FairyTaleTuesday: `Aodh Dubh O'Donnell was holding a feast one time in Bel-atha Senaig, and his people were boasting of the goodness of his house and of his musicians.
And while they were talking, they saw a clown coming towards them, old striped clothes he […]

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Feasting; MAMUZ, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#FairyTaleTuesday: `#Manannan, son of Lir, made the Feast of Age for the Tuatha de Danaan, and what they drank at it was the ale of Goibniu the Smith, that kept whoever tasted it from age and from sickness and from death. And for food at the feast he gave […]

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Jamesfranklingresham, Manannans Cloak - An Anthology of Manx Literature, cut out by 1. NeuKelte, CC BY-SA 3.0

#LegendaryWednesday: `It is said that #Manannan, taking in the shape of a mortal called Oirbsiu, was killed by Uillen Red Edge at the battle of Cuillen. Loch Corrib rose where his blood spilled, bringing his mortal flesh back into the watery, immortal world […]

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Manannan mac Lir, Giants Causeway Visitor Centre, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#FairyTaleTuesday #FairyTaleFlash: Eithne Massey calls #Manannán a trickster, “changing shape as often as water – sometimes an old man in a grey cloak, sometimes a great warrior riding the waves like horses.” #Celtic
Source: Eithne Massey `Legendary Ireland`

#Irish #pagan #witchsky #Irishpagan #paganism #Celtic #Celticpagan #morrigan #dagda #manannan #manannanmaclir #paganart

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#BookologyThursday: #Cliodna, wife of the sea-god #Manannan, had three magical birds: `One was blue with a crimson head, one was red with a green head, and the third was speckled with a gold head.` Their gifts were instruction, entertainment and healing sleep. But rare was to hear their singing […]