You meet a lurg in the dark woods, wdyd?!
#Kromlech #swordandsorcery #swordsandsorcery #UE5 #unrealengine #unrealengine5 #gamedev #celts

The Chieftain gave us a chance for a nod towards a Sword and Sorcery classic. :)
#Kromlech #swordandsorcery #swordsandsorcery #UE5 #unrealengine #unrealengine5 #gamedev #celts #KingConan

#FolkloreThursday: `While in Judeo-Christian cosmology heaven is usually seen as the abode of the dead and of the divine forces, the #Celts located both in the #Otherworld, which could be found out to sea, under a hill, or in an invisible universe parallel to ours, but never in the sky.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

The most potent magic of the great Welsh magician Gwydion was turning plants into people. He worked with his uncle Math to transform a bunch of flowers into a wife for his ward Lleu Llaw Gyffes, and later turned a grove of trees into an army to fight an invading fairy host.
Dreoilin

I am currently weaving a reconstruction of the Hallstatt 126520 band (in different colours though), which was found in 2019 during excavations in the Hallstatt salt mine and probably dates back to the Early Iron Age/Celtic period. The band shows several seemingly random sequences of patterns, which makes it unique for this period, as the other known woven bands show a regular repeat of the same pattern.

#FindsFriday: `The helmet from Canosa di Puglia comes from the far south of Italy and shows just how far the #Celts got.` #Celtic
Source: Information screens at Navan Fort

Celtic culture shown to be matriarchal, as evidenced by genetic study in cemetary
#matriarchy, #FLR, #history, #celts,
https://apnews.com/article/celtic-women-iron-age-britain-89c1cc54090afe389fdf61594986851b

#Celts #matriarchy #archeology

"Celtic society in England was female-focused 2,000 years ago, a genetic study of Iron Age skeletons reveals. DNA analysis of dozens of ancient burials uncovered a community whose lineage could be traced back to one woman, and showed that men joined the group upon marriage."

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/were-the-celts-matriarchal-ancient-dna-reveals-men-married-into-local-powerful-female-lineages

Ancient DNA suggests women were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain | AP News

Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women were closely related while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage.

https://apnews.com/article/celtic-women-iron-age-britain-89c1cc54090afe389fdf61594986851b

Archaeoethnologica: Palaeohispanica Nº 24 - 2024

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/01/palaeohispanica-n-24-2024.html

Archaeoethnologica: Iron Age Wetland Deposition - Book / Depósitos Aquáticos na Idade do Ferro - Livro

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2024/12/depositos-aquaticos-na-idade-do-ferro.html

In Welsh folklore, corpse candles are strange lights that flit around the home of someone fated to die or travel the path that the person's body will take to the cemetery. Sometimes they stop to hover over where the grave will be dug. Corpse candles vanish if approached.

Archaeoethnologica: Traditional Wrestlings in the Iberian Peninsula / Lutas Tradicionais na Península Ibérica

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2024/12/lutas-tradicionais-na-peninsula-iberica.html

#763 R.J. Stewart - Celtic Gods, Celtic Goddesses. Blandford, an imprint of Cassell, London, 1991, 1st edition, reprint. #RJStewart #BlandfordPress #Celts #Celtic #Mythology #BookOfTheDay

Sulis (a goddess of healing and cursing) is one of the few Celtic deities mentioned in surviving British folklore. When Bladud (Britain's mythical wizard-king) discovered a group of hot springs with healing powers, he built the city of Bath over them, along with a temple to Sulis.

King Arthur left ancient trail across Britain. Experts say it offers clues about the truth behind the myth
https://www.cnn.com/travel/king-arthur-tintagel-wales-cornwall-celtic-britain/index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42162210

* mythic Celtic (ancient Britons) warlord
* held off 5th century Anglo Saxon invasion of what would become England
* fierce pockets of resistance f. Celts esp. Wales, Cornwall
* myth likely rooted in an amalgamation of various historical characters

The most sadistic villain in Welsh mythology was the British prince Efnysien. When he heard his sister was marrying the Irish king, Efnysien was so consumed by jealous rage that he mutilated all of the Irish king's horses, cutting off their tails, ears, and eyelids.

During the day, owls are often attacked by other birds. According to Welsh myths, this is because the wizard Gwydion transformed the woman Blodeuwedd into an owl after she tried to murder Gwydion's ward Lleu. Part of her curse was that all other birds would hate her.
Yuri Leitch