Hi A / xthanex, That's a great compilation of the holidays! RE: "AUGUST 1, (sometimes running from July 15th to August 15th) Lughnasa / Lammas CELTIC: Harvest...
... the data about Tailtiu, and ignored similar reports about other figures. ... honour of Tailtiu, without exaggerating the importance of her local fair and...
In a message dated 2/11/2006 10:22:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, xthanex@... writes: Anyway, I would love to gather any further info on this holy-day...
Hi Aydan, RE: "Thank you for the input and kind words. I had not come across the info you added (my understanding of Celtic myth is limited) I'd love to get...
I'm actually doing a presentation on the "Folkloric Calendar" of the Balts at an upcoming Pagan Conference here in Toronto. My notes should be ready by the...
Something I've been tossing together about cross cultural theme in which the Axis Mundi is depicted as a rotary quern. As such it has a flat, circular,...
... This brought o mind something about Perun: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/srp/srp05.htm "White-Russian traditions, says Afanasief, describe Perun as tall...
I maybe digressing but I thought I'd mention that: 1. Baba Jaga flies with the aid of a mortar and pestle. 2. The sky is viewed as a spinning wheel around the...
... Thanks for mentioning that Sarah....there was something eating the way at the back of my memory and that was it! Whenther it is helpful or not at least it...
Hi Sarah, I'm a european descent my farther came from belgium and my grandparents where french, danish and german, Cornwall, Ireland and north of england. I...
Dear all, Just wanted to let you know I have established a new group on Ancient Mediterranean History. As I believe the Mediterranean Sea to be the the major...
Hi Dvalin, You sound like me including the ancestry. A funny thing, while doing my genealogy I found that one English line was originally from Scotland and...
Wow. That's quite a line well travelled. I only know my line going back to my great grandparents on one side and grandparents on the other. It's odd because on...
Have all ya'll seen "Hamlet's Mill"? It covers this topic.... http://edj.net/mc2012/mill1.htm "Professor de Santillana worked on editing von Dechend when he...
... sick and near death, and so this book is not the best expression of their theories. Encyclopedic, but rambling, it is often as chaotic as it is cranky....
«This day, the Terminalia, is the last day of the sacral year, or the annual cycle of religious holidays. Ovid says the rites of the Terminalia form the close...
Just some quick points to fuel thoughts on the World Mill. In my opinion, there appears to be three sacred material arts employed by the gods to form the...
Following up on what Sarah said.... ... which can be viewed as turning of the sky and rotation of the heavens around the pole star and grinding motion which...
Greetings all, I'm trying to gather info on the Celtic perspective of the World Tree. Here's what I have so far: In "Celtic Mythology" by Proinias Mac Cana...
You may find the book Hamlets Mill interesting it is the authors investiagtion into the various related mill wheel stories. He goes into the many cognate...
In a message dated 3/1/2006 7:21:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, xthanex@... writes: If anyone could clarify the references or provide additional Celtic ...
Try as I might, I haven't been able to find the source for the reconstruction of *(e)gwhent ogwhim. Was it originally by Calvert Watkins? I've rummaged ...
Hi Ceisiwr, ... The reconstruction is in Watkins, pg. 154 (1995). However, it also appears in Gamkrelidze and Ivanov pg. 735 (1995) (in glottalic, of course)...
Hej , Hamlet's Mill by Giorgio de Santilliana and Bertha von Duchend. Wassail, W. Author of: Viktor Rydberg's Investigations into Germanic Mythology, Vol. II,...
... Ceisiwr, A belated thank you for all the excellent information. I hope to follow up on this topic once I get some breathing room - hopefully next weekend...
... follow ... Wel... err... I had intended some sort of follow up to this, but eventually I realized all I can really say is thanks! The info has been very...
