#WyrdWednesday Wyrd Wednesday #Celtic: `Beira was regarded as a hard and cruel old woman, and the story of her exploits is the story of the ##weather conditions in winter and early spring. 1/3

#WyrdWednesday Wyrd Wednesday #Celtic: `#Scairbhín is the name given to a unique #Irish weather phenomenon that takes place during the last fortnight of April and the first fortnight of May. 1/3

#WyrdWednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social #Celtic: `The Sea Mither (hear-me.social/@NeuKelte/11...) is a peaceful entity that controls and calms the sea, she can even occasionally control the Nuckelavee and sometimes prevent him from taking out his wrath on the innocent humans. 1/3

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#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `So long was it until Mael Duin and his men saw the next land that their stomachs thought their mouths had been sewn up, but there was a house ahead on a deserted island - within they found food, and shortly after an island with a tremendous apple tree. 1/2

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `Three days after their encounter with the giant ants, food for Mael Duin and his men was running short, for no fish would take a line and they hadn't planned on being away for so long, but thankfully they came to an island of great trees and terraces aflutter with 1/3

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `Lost at sea Mael Duin and his men flew across the waves, seeking in vain for land under a sky of slate and grey clouds, with no sun nor stars nor rising moon to guide them, and they came to a strange island ahead. "Is this the home of those blackguard pirates?" 1/3

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: Mael Duin had vowed vengeance of his father (hear-me.social/@NeuK...). `He picked his men with care and had his currach well stocked with provisions, weapons and all the needs of his voyage when he heard behind him his foster brothers shouting from the shore, crying 1/4

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#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `#Fionn washed his face at the little stream flowing through the forest, and made a scanty breakfast from some nuts and late blackberries he found in a sheltered hollow, then he began to retrace his way to Tara.` Source: Heroes of the Dawn by Violet Russel

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `The Carle was in the midst of eating porridge mixed with blackberries when Cael appeared, charging furiously along the hill-road, his sword bare in his hand and his eyes blazingred, like the eyes of an angry dog. 1/3

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `The Fians hailed the arrival of the Carle with shouts and exclamations of relief and delight, asking for news of Gael, but the Carle placed his load of blackberries on the ground and sat down beside it, saying`: "Whatever information I possess I will impart to you 1/3

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `The Carle commenced running again as though some demon possessed him, and never slackened speed until he came to a hill a few miles from Ben Edar. Then, feeling hot and thirsty, he plucked and ate blackberries until his thirst was assuaged. 1/3

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: During his footrace against Cael (here’s the backstory: hear-me.social/@NeuK...), the Carle took a break when `he came to a road edged with high blackberry bushes, and here and there clumps of tall pink foxgloves growing in the hollows. 1/3

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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The Birnam Sycamore, is a "mere" 300 years old, but even larger than the Birnam Oak. The information board nearby tells us that it is 25ft in circumference.` Source: www.pkct.org/dunkeld...

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The sole survivor of the Birnam Wood that played a significant part in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Birnam Oak, is believed to be part of the wood from which Malcolm III's soldiers cut branches to disguise their attack on Macbeth at Dunsinane Hill.` 1/2

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `Tradition has it that Shakespeare was inspired to write the tragedy Macbeth after visiting the area of Birnam Wood as an actor. 1/2

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `Although the Birnam Oak looks as if it has been here since the 11th century, the period in which 'Macbeth' was set, it's unlikely to be quite that old. But it is one of the last trees of Birnam Wood, which played a crucial role in Shakespeare's play. 1/3

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The Birnam Oak is old, a living relic of Birnam Wood, the medieval forest that once grew along the banks of the Tay. The wood was immortalised by Shakespeare in his play about the Scottish king Macbeth. 1/3

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Percentage of the population under severe water scarcity at least one month in a year: www.waterfootprint.o... We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy & #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries, please! 🙏 1/2

Annual damages owed by the global 10% are $1.7–$5.7 trillion, equivalent to $2.3k–$7.5k per person: www.nature.com/artic... We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy & #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries, please! 🙏 1/2

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#FindsFriday #Celtic: Bronze purse with small gold coins and a so-called rainbow bowl Source: Celtic-Romans-Museum in Manching, Bavaria

#FindsFriday #Celtic: `During the Bibracte era, contacts with Mediterranean regions were on the increase. The proof can be seen in the amphorae used to transport wine from Roman Italy. 1/4

#FindsFriday: ‘The #Celtic coins recovered from the battlefields within the oppidum on the Kulm (Styria), usually found alongside deformed weapon parts, not only provide evidence of military engagements but also demonstrate the trade links between the inhabitants of the Kulm and other regions 1/2

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#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `…in the midst of a large valley you will find a tall tree, whose branches are greener than the greenest pine-trees. 1/4

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `In some parts of #Ireland, thunderstorms are referred to as battles between #Lugh and Balor, which would imply that he was actually a storm god. 1/4