of Herakles`, and on this road, the traveller, whether native or Greek, is watched by the neighbouring tribes so that he may receive no injury; for those amongst whom the injury has been done must pay a penalty.`
Source: Graham Robb `The Ancient Paths` 
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Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday : The old #Gaelic term for the #SummerSolstice was GREINATAROSTAMI `sun standing`, while the #Gaulish name was SONNOTAROSTAMI.
Source: Michel-Gérald Boutet `The Calendar And Almonach of The Ancient Druids`
#Celtic #Knowledge

Avoid meetings and work async in an effort to be fast, nimble, and efficient with Bubbles.

#Celtic   #WyrdWednesday   #SummerSolstice   #LegendaryWednesday : The  #Irish  goddess  #Áine  [ˈaːnʲə]) is sometimes represented by a red mare. The feast of Midsummer Night was held in her honor. As the goddess of love and fertility, she had command over crops and animals and is also 
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#LegendaryWednesday
In #Galicia there are many purification and healing rituals related to the dew of St. John's morning, which is said to have magical properties. One of them, according to my grandmother, consisted of getting up at dawn and lying naked on the dew-covered grass.

Great review of my book
'Dark Fairytales of Fearless Women'
in the current issue of 'Folklore',
official journal of the UK's The Folklore Society

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#FairyTaleTuesday #mythologymonday #folklorethursday #LegendaryWednesday

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#legendarywednesday
RUNES
.. the alphabet, probably from Scandinavia, and often used in magical charms, for protection and healing. They can be carved into wood, bone, shells, paper and stone. The Hagalaz rune is one of the most powerful symbols in the Norse Alphabet..

#Celtic   #WyrdWednesday   #LegendaryWednesday : Near the centre of the #oppidum of #Bibracte there`s this basin made of pink granite. Its lateral axis `is the line of the #SummerSolstice sunset and the winter solstice sunrise. The oval itself is the result of complex geometrical
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Summer Scene by Jean Frederic Bazille, 1869 #LegendaryWednesday #WyrdWednesday

🌿☀️🌿Folklore warns against sitting beneath a Hawthorn tree on Midsummer Day - a time when the veil between the mortal realm and the Otherworld is thin - as you risk being enchanted or stolen away by the Fae.
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #SummerSolstice

Bryn Celli Ddu is a Neolithic chambered tomb on Anglesey, in Wales. The name translates as 'the Mound in the Dark Grove'. It is is aligned so that the rising sun on the summer solstice shines directly down the passage into the burial chamber.
#LegendaryWednesday #WyrdWednesday

The summer solstice is a liminal time of the year, and folklore says that fairies and other supernatural beings may cross over into the human world. It was believed that carrying oatmeal in your pockets could offer protection against fairy mischief.

#LegendaryWednesday

Banks have lost nearly $1 trillion in deposits over the past year as money flowed into higher-yielding money-market funds. One company grabbing some of the cash: Apple.

On the #SummerSolstice , the veil between our world & the Otherworld is at its thinnest…

Hang birch, lavender, marigold, rosemary & sage over your front door, and keep watch at dawn and dusk for our fairy friends!

#LegendaryWednesday #WyrdWednesday #Folklore

Summer MET ca 1775 #LegendaryWednesday #WyrdWednesday

#LegendaryWednesday
One tradition connected to #Midsummer was for young women to wear garlands, made of herbs and flowers, in their hair. This was to bring good luck and protection from evil spirits.
#SummerSolstice

🎨 Hubert von Herkomer.

The Sun as God. #SummerSolstice #SummerSolstice 2023 #sun #art Image: Edvard Munch, 1909
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday

Happy Litha! 🔥☀️🔥☀️🔥

#Litha #midsummer #SummerSolstice #WyrdWednesday
#WitchyWednesdays
#wheeloftheyear #pagan
#LegendaryWednesday

#LegendaryWednesday
#mitologiagrecaeromana
On 21 June the Cardeas festival was celebrated, in honor of Cardea. Cardea or Carda was the ancient Roman goddess of the hinge (Latin cardo, cardinis), Roman doors being hung on pivot hinges. 👇

#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #SummerSolstice #LegendaryWednesday : „In #Irish #mythology , the #TuathaDéDanann were said to have played hurling with their enemies, the Fir Bolg, before the Battle of Moytura commenced.
According to Lady Gregory in her book, Of Gods and Fighting Men,
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#LegendaryWednesday Once the Republic was established, Brutus became consul and made the people swear that Rome would never again have a king. When his sons attempted the restoration of the Tarquins, Brutus condemned them to death.
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Celtic God Angus Og, Putting a Spell of Summer Calm on the Sea John Duncan 1908 #LegendaryWednesday #WyrdWednesday

The Man The Myth The Legend.
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#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday : According to Olmsted's derivation, 'prinni' means way, course or path, 'loudin' increasing or waxing and 'laget' decreasing. Thus he sees the course of the sun mapped by the six-month interval. Prinni laget in the month of
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The Birch, tree of creativity & discipline, was sacred to the Celtic bards - the story tellers & poets who learnt & orally passed on the lore of their people. Trained bards always carried a silver branch, probably a birch, to help them with clarity. #LegendaryWednesday

Reconstruction of the murus gallicus ('Gallic wall') of the oppidum of Bibracte, atop the Mont Beuvray, in Burgundy.