#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `#Tlachtga gave birth to three sons, the result of the rape by the three sons of Simon Magus. It was a long and difficult delivery on the Hill of Tlachtga during which all her energy ebbed. The daughter of Mog Ruith ( […]
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#FolkloreSunday: `The goddess #Tlachtga is said to have traveled to Italy to study with the great magician Simon Magus, from whom she learned to make a flying wheel or roth ramach, with which she was able to sail back to the Hill of Ward in #Ireland.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic […]
If you're coming to the Púca Festival to celebrate Samhain, look out for the book that brings a púca to Tlachtga. Mythology, horror, farming, the celebration of life, death and spirituality, all explored in a story inspired by the origins of #Halloween.
#SpeirGorm #PucaFestival #Samhain #Tlachtga
Alt-Text: An image of the cover of the book set against a background similar to that used on the cover, a dark sky over a field, under the words 'Who would want to steal a bunch of bone fragments?' The front cover itself features a púca, the mythical Irish shape-changer, as a muscular human figure with a goat's head. He's standing in a field in darkness, with a fire blazing in front of him. Inset in the dark sky above and behind him are a pair of yellow goat's eyes. The title is in orange against the sky, and my name is in black against the fire.
Near the town of Athboy in Meath, lies the site called #Tlachtga, where the first fires of Samhain were lit to mark the onset of winter. And it has attracted an ancient evil.
#Halloween #Samhain #SpeirGorm
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The First Fire of Halloween is currently nearly 30% off on Amazon.ie . . . but you can find it on other book sites too, if you want to avoid contact with the Evil Empire!
#Halloween #Samhain #Tlachtga #SpeirGorm
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The full cover, back and front, of my book, The First Fire of Halloween. The front features a púca, the mythical Irish shape-changer, as a muscular human figure with a goat's head. He's standing in a field in darkness, with a fire blazing in front of him. Inset in the dark sky above and behind him are a pair of yellow goat's eyes. The title is in orange against the sky, and my name is in black against the fire. On the back cover, the blurb reads: Thief. Trickster. Murderer. Humans have forgotten why they once feared the púca. But he will make them remember. In the small Irish town of Athboy, there is a hill where the first fire was once lit each year to mark the beginning of Samhain. Bonfires would then be lit across the country, launching a festival to celebrate the last harvest before the harsh months of winter. On the night when the boundary with the Realm of the Dead was at its thinnest, it was believed that the spirits of the dead wandered the land. In recent years, that fire has been lit again every Halloween night. Jamie Sheldon is an American girl visiting the town with her parents for an archaeological dig. Rone O’Callaghan lives on a farm near Tlachtga, the ancient site on the Hill of Ward. Both teenagers are close by when a local man is murdered. The circumstances suggest the killer may be acting out some ancient ritual. The truth is even more macabre. This Halloween, as humans wander the streets wearing monster masks, there is a monster among them wearing a human mask. The most treacherous of all the ancient faerie folk . . . The shape-changing púca.
Is this the MOST Halloween book you'll ever read? Maybe, but it IS set around the Irish hill where the bonefires were first lit. It is a story about the very roots of Halloween; the horror, mythology, and the harvest festival that lies between life and death.
#Halloween #Samhain #Tlachtga #SpeirGorm
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday: `Simon Magus‘ three sons raped #Tlachtga. She fled back to Ireland, where in time she gave birth to three sons on the Hill of Tlachtga. It was a long and difficult delivery during which all her energy ebbed. She was buried where she died, and the area took her […]
Tlachtga was a powerful Druidess.
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#ireland #ireland2024 #irelandtrip #irishsky #irelandsky #meath #tlachtga
Tlachtga aka The Hill of Ward in County Meath. Her turning men to stone makes her the Irish Medusa in my book.
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#ireland #ireland2024 #medusa #witchsky #pagansky #irelandtrip #irishsky #irelandsky #meath #tlachtga
Tlachtga Hill of Ward
Tlachtga Hill of Ward
Tlachtga Hill of Ward
Tlachtga Hill of Ward
Last Day in Ireland…😭 I started my day where Samhain was started at Tlachtga aka The Hill of Ward in County Meath. I honored my Irish ancestors going here. Tlachtga was a powerful Druidess.
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#ireland #ireland2024 #irelandtrip #irishsky #irelandsky #meath #tlachtga
"The rituals and ceremonies carried out here by the pre-Christian Irish, offered assurances to the people that the powers of darkness would be overcome, & the powers of light and life would, once again, be in the ascendancy."
www.newgrange.com/tlachtga.htm #Tlachtga #Eire #Ireland #Celtic #Samhain
#Halloween returned to where it all began last night for the first time in many centuries. A hill top in Ireland saw the #Samhain fire lit once more and hundreds gathering to mark the night. https://youtu.be/hJs5xGGvCSo
#Athboy #Tlachtga
