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artifacts-archive · 2 days

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Ritual Celt

Olmec, Mexico, 1200-600 BC (Early-Middle Formative)

Carved in the form of the primary field clearing tool, the chopping celt, this enlarged version made from precious green stone connotes the power of the ruler who wielded it. Its functional reference and its green color imply the ruler's shamanic ability and responsibility to ensure agricultural success. The celt form as a ritual object also alludes to decapitation sacrifices for the gods who controlled nature and the growth of crops. Celts are occasionally found in burials, but most come from ritual deposits placed in pyramids, plazas, and sacred springs. The caches often contain a large number of celts arranged in rows or geometric patterns, and sometimes laid within specially colored clay or sand. Most celts are plain, as is this example, but others are incised with images of Olmec deities such as the maize god. The celt's seedlike shape, green color, and its "planting" in the ground indicate an agricultural ceremonial meaning for these special deposits. The multiple references to fertility, regeneration, and maintenance of the balance of nature would have had powerful connotations for the person wielding the ceremonial celt as an implement of political office.

#artifact #Olmec #Mexico #pre columbian #celt #green stone

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thesilicontribesman · 10 months

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Roman Portable Shrine, Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire

One of several small altars believed to be deliberately portable, and so able to travel with individuals or families, The god is believed to represent Mars Lenus, a deity who was a Roman and Celtic amalgamation. The recessed dots would have been filled with colour, marking out the eyes, nipples, navel and genitalia.

#roman #romans #roman belief #roman living #roman army #roman design #roman archaeology #roman culture #stonework #stonecarving #celtic gods #celt #celtic #archaeology #Chedworth Roman Villa #Gloucestershire #relic #artefact

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lunarsigilart · 5 months

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Celtic bird. My artwork

#celtic ornament #celtic art #celtic #celt #celtics #celtic tattoo #celtic bird #celtic style #celtic design #celtic illumination #кельты #кельтское искусство #кельтика #кельтский орнамент

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wearemercs · 1 year

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celtic warrior elf girl by piratajurasico

#piratajurasico #elf #celt #barbarian #fighter #shield #spear #sword #warpaint

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danila-golmanov · 1 year

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Celtic warrior

#art #painting #digital art #artwork #character design #warrior #celt #celtic #my art #artists on tumblr #illustration #spear #oc #concept #spearman

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theemeraldforestgazette · 9 months

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Witches in Britain fall on either side of the divide and the divide runs along the border of Wales and the Highland line of Scotland. So on one side the Scottish Highlands and islands and Wales, and the other side is lowland Scotland and England. And they are actually two different cultures when it comes to witch hunting - they are two different cultures in other ways as well. What they have in common, although with great variations between them, is that they are Celtic societies. In Celtic speaking societies there doesn't seem to be a disposition to hunt witches, instead, misfortune tends to be blamed on land spirits - faeries.

Professor Ronald Hutton puts forward his theory for why, historically, there was a lack of witch hunts in the Celtic speaking societies of Britain, in comparison to the non-Celtic parts i.e England. Transcription from the podcast series 'Witch' - Episode 2 - Natural Magic. Full series can be found here

#witches #pagan #celtic #wales #cymru #scotland #highlands #witch trials #witchy #land spirits #faeries #celt #professor ronald hutton #ronald hutton #witch hunt #celtic nations #history #culture #emeraldgazette

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raven-runes · 3 months

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Brigid,

May my forge be fed by your flame,

May my quill be guided by your spark,

May my flesh be healed by your embers.

May the harsh winter give birth to a fertile spring and a calmer earth, may your sun shine on the struggles and acts of solidarity that are preparing the world of tomorrow.

#imbolc #pagan #pagan witch #paganism #celtic #irish #irish paganism #brigid #brigitte #wheel of the year #Candle #Poem #Prayer #Blessing #Saint #Gaelic #Celt #Beard #Witch

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barbucomedie · 9 months

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Antenna Dagger from Hallstatt, Austria dated between 600-400 BCE on display at the Museum of Natural History in Vienna, Austria

Many grave goods found in Hallstatt were made far away. This indicates a large trading network which covered practically the whole of Europe in the Early Iron Age. Between 600 and 400 BCE contacts to the east (Carniola, modern day Slovenia) and the southeastern Alps (today Italy) intensified.

Photographs taken by myself 2022

#sword #art #celt #celtic #ancient #iron age #archaeology #austria #austrian #military history #museum of natural history #vienna #barbucomedie

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dasenergi · 5 months

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Perhaps a word needs to be said concerning the distinction between the terms Celtic and Druid.

Celtic refers to the people, the culture. Where as Druid refers to the religion of the people, their priests.

Simply put: All Druids were Celts, but very few Celts were Druids.

#druid #druidism #celt #celtic

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arjuna-vallabha · 1 year

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Asparn Zaya replica of a Celtic sanctuary, Austria

#celt #celtic #Cernunnos #austria

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stairnaheireann · 2 months

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Ancient Irish Law

‘Irish law is the oldest, most original, and most extensive of mediaeval European legal systems. It is a unique legal inheritance, an independent indigenous system of advanced jurisprudence that was fully evolved by the eighth century. It is also far less well-known than it deserves.’ ‘Early medieval Ireland evolved a system of law (often called ’Brehon’ law, from the Old Irish word brithemain…