Deep dives into the gods, heroes, monsters, and mysteries of Irish & Celtic mythology & folklore (and adjacent topics)
andsoon,whichcouldbeclearlyapprehendedasvisiblethings.Anideacomparativelysoabstractasthedawnseemsnottohaveoccurredtothepoetsasanobjectofinterest;hencealsothereis nosuchthingforinstanceassongstothenight.If thepaganIrishhadeverhadgodsorgoddessesofthedawn,day,andnight,whichis doubtful,theywereforgottenbeforewritten...
tales and legendary myths seem to be what people enjoy the most. Some of them were true, while other tales were only the production of some creative writers. However, mythology plays a significant role in shaping how people think and behave. Since it is also highly related to gods and god...
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses ContentsAsk the Chatbot a Question William Butler Yeats, c. 1915.(more) Irish author and poet Print Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether...
‘Kalevelis’, an insertion in a 13thC Slavic manuscript translation of the 6thC ByzantineMalala Chroniclecontains an early account of the names of Lithuania’s principle pagan gods. The insertion mentions a god calledTeliaveliswho forged the sun (Saulė) and threwherinto the sky. The 13thC...
It is more than likely that this process involved worshippingCeltic Gods and Goddesseslong before Christianity arrived in Ireland. It would have taken a long time to break any tradition completely, and we already know that many Celtic traditions were adjusted but preserved. ...
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but if so it’s interesting to learn that the people of the Arabian Peninsula in prehistoric times worshipped a trio of goddesses known as Manat, Al-Uzza and Al-Lat and that their symbol for these goddesses was the three-leafed shamrakh. The word seamróg is a diminutive of seamair (cl...
holy places, more pagan than Christian. In 1867, when Yeats was only two, his family moved to London, but he spent much of his boyhood and school holidays inSligowith his grandparents. This country—its scenery, folklore, and supernatural legend—would colour Yeats’s work and form the ...
Some myths suggest that Pookas are the descendants of theTuathaDé Danann. The Tribe of Danu, as they were also known, were theancient Celtic Gods and Goddesses of Ireland. According to myth, they were supernatural figures who once lived inGaelic Irelandlong before our ancestors’ arrival. ...