He’s the mythical Celtic warlord who held out against the Anglo Saxon invasion of Britain. His right-hand man was a wizard, ...
Celtic blessings are the perfect way to describe the dark element of this Irish festival and we hope that this poem and blessing will bring you a very spooky but happy Halloween. The ancient ...
Budapest has an obscure, 2,000-year-old link to Halloween, which it celebrates annually amid archaeological remains connected to magicians, death hexes, and naked cult rituals. Each October 31, this ...
In fact, it dates back more than 2,000 years, to Ireland and an ancient Celtic fire festival called Samhain. The exact origins of Samhain predate written records but according to the Horniman ...
Halloween’s Ancient Celtic Beginnings ... Although Halloween has become synonymous with American culture, it’s celebrated in ...
But it’s shamefully recently that I learned about the ancient Celtic roots of Halloween ... and a more widespread appreciation for the culture we lost in Ireland through colonisation ...
They were part of a tradition known as the Beaker Culture ... in Britain enabled the spread of Celtic languages. Dr Lara Cassidy, an expert on ancient DNA from Trinity College Dublin, who was ...
Drawing on the origins of the Christmas tree tradition, the Electric Nemeton referenced the forest groves used as gathering places in ancient Celtic culture, reimagined with geometry, colour and ...