“It stood near a celebrated well, which for centuries was a favourite resort for Londoners. The water was slightly medicinal, and having effected some cures, the name Holy Well was applied.” J. Diprose’s 1868 Some account of the Parish of St Clement Danes Past and Present, a local in...
Votive fingurine of a ‘healing dog’ (Museum of Wales) I’ve but barely scratched the vast surface on this topic. For some, there is this assumption that ancient medicine was somehow false, crude and barbaric. But modern western medicine owes much to the Greeks and Romans, civilian and ...
The B>V>Ph lenition of the initial consonant of his name demonstrates the potential connection to Volund/Weland. He is a mythological figure embodyingsacrifice. The name also appears cognate with the Old Norse word for the dead (or ‘fallen’) –valorvol, seen in the name of the otherworld...
InWales: The prehistory of Wales …against the broader background of British prehistory, for the material remains of the period 3500–1000bceespecially funerary monuments, provide regional manifestations of features characteristic of Britain as a whole. The Celtic origins of Britain, probably to be ...
a 关于万圣节由来的,传说最多的版本认为,那是源于基督诞生前的古西欧国家,主要包括爱尔兰、苏格兰和威尔士。这几处的古西欧人叫德鲁伊特人。德鲁伊特的新年在十一月一日,新年前夜,德鲁伊特人让年轻人集队,戴着各种怪异面具,拎着刻好的萝卜灯(南瓜灯系后期习俗,古西欧最早没有南瓜),他们游走于村落间。这在当时实...
Sherds has recently been working on a response to the Welsh Government’s consultation on its draft Culture Strategy. This has been an opportunity for the arts, heritage, and culture sector to reflect on questions that are not just relevant to Wales. ...
There is a feeling of mystery about the name, of power, and perhaps of dread. How is that? It’s just a name after all, isn’t it? Not really. It’s much more than that. Mycenae. It echoes in the mind, in the memory of time. For me, it is something of a sign post in ...
I.A.Richmond writing in 1963 discusses the discovery of a lead pig from A.D. 74 in Flintshire, northeast Wales, but then goes on to say:“The next group of lead pigs is the small group from Yorkshire, which also carry the tribal name of the area, in the form Brig, for metallum ...
The author of this website is located in South Wales, UK, and it is aimed at anyone who resides within the UK who may be interested in the Orphic tradition. For any queries regarding the tradition presented on these pages, please contact me at ariadnerainbird@mail.com ...
Antimony compounds have been known since ancient times and were powdered for use as medicine and cosmetics, often known by the Arabic name kohl.[5] The earliest known description of the metal in the West was written in 1540 by Vannoccio Biringuccio. China is the largest producer of ...