#celtpol

[dairedara]

Ode to Brighid

"O Brighid, fair daughter of the Good God,

Smith of shining silver and silvered songs,

The badgers, the snowdrops, they breach the snow:

Winter's crystal mantle, to welcome you,

Goddess! Patron of poets and plowmen alike

Take my prayer, let it be fuel for the flame."

[original composition]

#celtpol #brighid #brig #brigit #brigid #imbolc #saint brigid #prayer #pagan prayer #pagan poetry #tuatha de danann #from the writing desk

[flowersandfigtrees]

The Celtic goddess Sequana in her duck-boat.

Bronze, Gallo-Roman era, Archaeological Museum of Dijon

#cultus deorum #celtic #celtpol #gaulpol #gallo-roman #archaeology #roman archaeology #celtic art #sequana #polytheism #gaulish polytheism #gaul #oh she comin #the duck is holding a ball in its mouth #also the boat is LITERALLY a duck #it doesnt get better than this my friends

[catdraiochta]

manannán mac lir altar update! there's a cat in the house now, so I had to rearrange the whole shelf, including moving my altar our of her little paw's reach.

#manannan mac lir #gaelpol #celtpol #irish paganism #irish polytheism #altars

[ceallaighcreature]

Wishing everyone a good harvest of whatever kind this Lúnasa.

#lúnasa #lughnasadh #celtpol

[poeticnorth]

Another Hymn for another Brittonic deity

#north sea poet #poetry #my poetry #nico solheim-davidson #brittonic gods #brittonic polytheism #brittonic #brythonic gods #brythonic polytheism #brythonic #BritPol #celtic gods #celtic paganism #celtic mythology #CeltPol #Celtic #my poem #my own poetry

[to-lugh-devoted]

Imbolc shona daoibh!

(“Im-Olk Hunna yee-v”)

#imbolc #imbolg #gaelpol #brighid #brigid #saint bride #saint brigid #celtpol #gaelic polytheism #celtic polytheism #paganism #gaelic paganism #gaelic gods #celtic gods #celtic paganism #gaelic pagan #ireland #irish holidays #spring #spring aesthetic #grass aesthetic #nature aesthetic #ireland aesthetic #imbolc aesthetic #witchcraft #witchblr #moodboards #devotional moodboard #devotional moodboards

[bean-na-farraige-agus-foraoise]

One thing that I have to keep reminding myself, is that it’s still okay to worship even if you can only put in minimal effort on a given day. Consistency in worship, even on days when the first item on your to-do list is faceplanting into your mattress is important. The gods will see you making the choice to say a prayer, or light a candle, or leave an offering no matter how small or brief or unplanned. 

And it can be hard- so often our connection to others in our faith communities is online, and many of us post our more impressive offerings, our polished prayers, our cleaned and organized altars- anything else feels unfinished or unworthy, but in my experience one of the most important parts of worship is showing up in the first place. Making the effort, no matter how little effort you have left to give can expand your relationship with a deity. A thirty second but heartfelt prayer, lighting a candle for them while doing something else, leaving them a piece of a chocolate bar that you’re eating as a pick me up because your day’s just been that bad. 

Some of the most refreshing and meaningful connections I’ve made with the gods have come in moments where I thought I had nothing meaningful to contribute to my worship of them but chose to worship anyway. I’m not here to tell you how to worship, or what’s the least amount of effort you can put in, I’m just here to tell you, that it’s okay to worship even when you feel like you don’t have enough of yourself to offer- the gods decide what is enough, it’s not our place to determine what they will accept.  

#musings #prayer #devotion #offerings #paganblr #pagan #polytheism #gaelpol #celtpol #my writing

[caraecethrae]

Among the Celts, sexual roles were not as strictly defined as they are in modern society. Where moderns might identify as heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual, the Celts did not appear to have categories and classifications of sexuality. Warriors in the field slept with one another without comment. Even the Greeks, whose penchant for same-sex love was well known in the ancient world, commented on the fact that Celtic warriors slept so often with other men. We know less about the sexuality of women, as they were less often discussed by ancient authors, but we can guess that they may have had a similar range of choices in their affections. Hints in the tales show the powerful presence of female sexuality, and it was often equated with the land itself.

Excerpt From: "The Well of Five Streams Essays on Celtic Paganism" by Erynn Rowan Laurie. Scribd.

#the greeks were particularly scandalized bc the celts werent pedastic #they didnt understand why two masculine adult men would sleep together #gaelic polytheism #celtic reconstructionism #gaelpol #celtpol

[lexiconofhope]

Nos Galan Mai hapus! Be safe this ysbrydnos.

#ysbrydnosau #i know it’s early morning in Wales but oh well #cymru #wales #cymreig polytheism #celtic polytheism #celtpol #lexiconofhope

[tighearnmhas]

Good returns

just finished my thesis entitled “Our Lady of the Underground: Iconology of Divine Femininity in Atlantic Europe”, which is about prehistoric Celticity, Celtic religion, and the process of Christian conversion within Celtic social structures

most of all it’s about the place of the Goddess in Celtic cultures, her ultimate suzerainty and her supplication to male figures under patriarchy

If anyone has any questions about Celtic goddesses and their role in Celtic cosmology and religious worship, I’d be happy to discuss and offer my resources that I’ve compiled while writing.

#im also in the illdaechas discord now #gaelpol #gaelic polytheism #celtic polytheism #celtpol #celtic mythology #celtic paganism

[moonchaser-magpie]

Fresh bread made for nà Morrígna.

#gaelpol #celtpol #ná Morrígna #gaelic polytheism #polytheism #offerings

[dairedara]

To the struggling pagan, a quote from Ovid’s Tristia, book II (“His Loyalty”):

"but as a god’s won by red blood of a hundred bulls,

so he’s won by the smallest offering of incense."

Whatever you offer, no matter how much or how little, it is accepted all the same <3

#pagan #polytheist #helpol #celtpol #cultus deorum #polytheism #paganism

[tyrs-warrior]

So this might be a stretch, but do any Celtic/Gaelic pagans who also practice Norse paganism really associate Ogma with Odin? It could just be my personal connection, but they almost feel like aspects of each other when I pray and offer to them.  

#open for discussion! #norse paganism #celtic paganism #celtic polytheism #gaelic polytheism #gaelpol #celtpol #heathenry #norse polytheism

[catdraiochta]

i felt mabon's presence with me while watching game grumps and having some whiskey, strangely. i could feel him laughing, so I poured him a bit of my whiskey, and we spent an hour or two together. how lovely is that!

#mabon deity #deity diary #mabon ap modron #welsh polytheism #welsh paganism #celtpol #celtic polytheism #celtic reconstructionist

[pagantantrumhole]

Person: I'm more attracted to Sumerian mysteries and Kemetic then my own Irish heritage, maybe I should read more...

Me: Yeah you should read The Tain, its a very classic Irish tale, the big epic tale. Its about a cattle raid...

Person: Oh I am getting a very Erishkergal the heavenly bull vibe from this you know from Sumeria...

Me: Put Sumeria out of your mind, this is an Irish epic and the Bulls are very different from the Heavenly Bull. There are not many similarities between the two systems. These are literally the most recent forms of two herdsmen who had it out for each other.

Person: But its similar because there is a bull.

Me: Bulls are where the similarities really end here...like it was two herdsmen who turned themselves into wolves, eels, and worms to fight each other...

Person: So they were representing a de-evolution of the body, that is fascinating...

Me: No...

#gaelpol #pagan #irish mythology #shouting #celtpol #Ireland

[to-lugh-devoted]

Tá mo chroí istigh ionat, Aengus Og. 

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(This is a devotional aesthetic, please do not reblog to OC or roleplay blogs)

#aengus og #gaelpol #celtpol #devotional moodboard #paganism #gaelic paganism #pagan #celtic paganism #gaelic polytheism #celtic polytheism #love aesthetic #lover aesthetic #lovecore #ireland #irish deities #irish gods #irish mythology #celtic deities #aengus og deity #witchcraft #witchblr #paganblr