Dive into ancient Irish mythology this #BookologyThursday with the legendary #Dagda the all-powerful father figure of the Tuatha Dé Danann! Known for his boundless strength and wisdom, the Dagda wields a magical harp, #Uaithne. This mystical instrument, linked to the fairies, holds the power to control the seasons and emotions, bringing joy, sadness, or slumber with its enchanting melodies. #IrishMythology #Bookchatweekly #FairyFolklore
#MythologyMonday: `The cauldron was both a domestic object, used in the home for brewing and stewing, and a sacred one, the secret place where new life was brewed and stewed. As such, it was a symbol of great power to the #Celts. ...
The cauldron’s basic meaning was fullness and abundance; Ireland’s “good god,” called the #Dagda, had a cauldron forever filled with good things, while the Welsh goddess #Ceridwen used hers for cooking up a broth that endowed drinkers with unfathomable wisdom. Yet even abundance and plenty could be mismanaged. In the Welsh Mabinogion, we find a cauldron of rebirth—Irish in origin—wherein soldiers’ bodies were thrown so that they might come back, alive yet soulless, to fight again.` #Celtic
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#WyrdWednesday: `Once the Fomorians captured the #Dagda's harp, and carried it away to hang in their feasting-hall. But the Dagda, with some companions, went in pursuit of it, and when they reached the hall the Dagda called to his harp, saying: "O holder of summer and winter, of sleep and joy and sorrow, come to me." Immediately the harp rushed down from the wall and hurried to its master, killing those of the Fomorians who were in its way. Then the Dagda touched the magic wires, and the first music that he played made the Fomorians sorrowful; the women and children, and even the great warriors, wept and lamented as though all they held dearest had gone from them. Then he played the second strain, and they all ceased their weeping and laughed for joy. He played again, and this time a deep sleep fell upon all who heard the music, and the Dagda and his companions left the hall and went back in safety to their own people.` #Celtic
Source: Heroes of the Dawn by Violet Russel
La religion des celtes de Georges Dottin
Une étude sur la religion des #Celtes. On y aborde les Dieux, les pratiques et les croyances religieuses, et enfin les #druides et le #druidisme.
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/1720268169
#Celte #Druide #Irlande #Bretagne #Lug #Samildanach #Dagda #Ogme #Nuada #Goibniu #Credne #Luchta #Diancecht #Airmed #Miach #Oirmiach #Mac #Oc #Oengus #Brigit #Étain #Eithne #Boand #Morrigan #Samain #Beltaine #Religion #Religions #Mythe #Mythes #Mythologie