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The History of Celtic Tattoos by Guest Blogger
Celtic history goes back thousands and thousands of years. Their artistic symbols was passed on from one generation to the other despite lack of written history. This was made possible through tattooing, thus giving rise to the infamous Celtic cross and Celtic knots tattoos.Score: 10.0 (1 vote cas …
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CMP SP15 - Samhain 2009
This is the Samhain Holiday Special featuring 6 wonderful pieces of music, a fantastic section of the Celtic novel for Young Adults, "Rowan of the Wood" and an in-depth study on the Celtic Hag Goddess, the Cailleach. We are also very proud to bring you a world exclusive preview of a track from Damh …
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Celtic Symbols – The Spirals of Life
Spirals are some of the oldest known Celtic symbols. Prominently displayed on ancient artifacts dating long before the written word in Ireland, the symbols of the Celtic Spiral are second only to Knotwork designs as the symbols most associated with Celtic Art. The Triple-Spiral, otherwise known as t …
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The Samhain Holiday Special and our first Wallpaper!!
New wallpaper for Irish Battle of Moytura, delay in summary show.Score: 10.0 (1 vote cast)
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How To Buy A Celtic Wedding Ring
Key Points in understanding when considering a Celtic Ring for your Wedding BandScore: 0.0 (0 votes cast)
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Tara Symposium – LIVE! Webstream
This year's Tara Symposium will be streamed live across the Internet, on the 23rd-26th October 2009. The stream can be found on the UCD website and there is a full programme available as a PDF.Score: 10.0 (1 vote cast)
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Swords of the Bronze Age and Iron Age
Swords were created with stone and bones, but were not a very effective weapon. However with the discovery of metal during the Bronze Age, swords became more useful. It wasn't until the discovery of iron that swords became the great weapons that went on to conquer lands across the world.Score: 0.0 ( …
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Exit Doctor Who – Enter Merlin!
Felix in his wonderful Gaming Blog, tells us that straight after the final episode of Doctor Who the BBC ran a (very) short trailer which basically consisted of the following screen. He also found two Guardian news artciles that reveal some interesting facts. First Announcement 2005 The BBC is d …
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The Triple Spiral Celtic Symbol
The triple spiral or triskele is a Celtic and pre-Celtic symbol found on a number of Irish Megalithic and Neolithic sitesScore: 0.0 (0 votes cast)
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Celtic Dagger – A Symbol of War
Celtic warriors lived for war. Boasting about their victories in gory detail was part of a warriors' rituals. It was also not unusual for warriors to fight amongst themselves, and in fact regarded this as an important part of their lives. To understand the dagger it should first be explained how the …
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The Five Invasions of Ireland By Steve Blamires (Article)
rish Mythology has no creation myth which explains how things came into being. The world, or more specifically, Ireland, was always there. The Mythology states that, before the Celts, there were five waves of invaders. Each had a profound effect on the land. Irish Mythology has no creation myth whic …
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Bullfinch’s Mythology is now available on the Web
This is an 1881 compilation of Thomas Bulfinch's previous writings: The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes (1855); The Age of Chivalry, or Legends of King Arthur (1858); and Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863) which is now available at Project Gutenberg. Of particul …
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Celtic Vampires rise from the Dead
Pic: deadeyebart a.k.a Bretts The Sunday Herald reports that a 4000-year-old vampire grave, believed to be the worlds first burial place for one of the presumed undead, has been discovered in eastern Europe. It bares spookily similar hallmarks to Celtic tombs in the British Isles designed to prevent …
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Celtic Religion in the Iron Age
Skulls weren't always associated with cults or religion. Celtic warriors were head-hunters who'd display the heads of their enemies above the gates of their hill-forts. A bloodthirsty relic was found at Stanwick in Yorkshire, the Brigantian stronghold. A skull with three wounds, one of which was fat …
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Little Red Riding Hood may be much older than previously thought
The Telegraph reports that popular fairy tales and folk stories are more ancient than was previously thought, according to research by biologistsScore: 0.0 (0 votes cast)
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Stonehenge, Woodhenge and now.. Bluehenge?
Bluehenge was put up 5,000 years ago - around the same time as work began on Stonehenge - and appears to have been a miniature version of it. Score: 10.0 (1 vote cast)
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The Significance of Faerie Prohibition
"The Forbidden" is an archetypal element in so many mythic and fantasy tales. What is its significance, symbolically?Score: 0.0 (0 votes cast)
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Contriversal Book Claims “Merlin Is From Glasgow Not Camelot” !
Legendary wizard Merlin lived in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland, and not in Camelot, a new book has claimed.Tradition has it that King Arthurs magician was either English or Welsh. But Scots advocate Adam Ardrey, who spent six years researching Merlin, claims he actually lived in what is now …
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Celtic Myth Podshow on Facebook
We thought you might like to know that we've set up a Fanpage on Facebook.Score: 0.0 (0 votes cast)
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Finding Celtic Tattoos On The Internet – Locating Good Celt Artwork
Finding Celtic tattoos on the internet can be just about impossible, I know, especially when you only want to top notch Celt artwork out there. Some people just go ahead and give up completely on their search, while other folks even settle on designs they aren't 100% in love with, which no sane per …
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