Article - Sacred Sites: Pilgrimage In Ancient Europe - Megalithic And Celtic Sacred Space
For many thousands of years our ancestors have been visiting and venerating the power places of Europe. One culture after another has oft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lugus: Encyclopedia Ii - Lugus - Etymology
Lugus's name has been interpreted as deriving from the Indo-European root *leuk-, light, and he has long been considered a sun god. This ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lugus: Encyclopedia Ii - Lugus - Survival Of The Name In Toponyms
His name was commemorated in numerous place-names, such as Lugdunum (Celtic *Lugdunon or *Lugudunon, "fort of Lugus"; modern Lyon, France...   » Read the article

Article - Sacredspace: Creating Sacred Space In Your Home
Creating Sacred Space In Your Home Many modern Celtic pagans today are faced with a difficult question: how can I bring my religio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abandinus: Encyclopedia - Abandinus
Abandinus is an obscure Celtic deity, possibly a river-god. He is currently known only from a single inscription from Godmanchester in Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avalon: Encyclopedia - Avalon
Avalon (from the Celtic word abal: apple) is a legendary island somewhere in the British Isles, famous for its beautiful apples. It is so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Callanish: Encyclopedia - Callanish
The Callanish stone circle is situated in the village of Callanish (spelled Calanais in Gaelic) on the west coast of the Isle Of Lewis, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bangor Wales: Encyclopedia - Bangor Wales
Bangor, in north Wales, UK, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. It is a university city with a population of around 20,0...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capitoline Hill: Encyclopedia - Capitoline Hill
The Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus Mons), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the most famous and highest of the seven hill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess: Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess
A mother goddess is a goddess portrayed as the Earth Mother who serves as a general fertility deity, the bountiful embodiment of the eart...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Urnfield: Encyclopedia - Urnfield
The Urnfield culture (c. 1300 BC - 750 BC) is a pre-Celtic culture of central Europe, considered by some scholars to mark the origin of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lugus: Encyclopedia Ii - Lugus - Gaulish Mercury
Julius Caesar in his De Bello Gallico identified six gods worshipped in Gaul, giving the names of their nearest Roman equivalents rather ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilrijk: Encyclopedia Ii - Wilrijk - Evolution Of The Population Size
Wilrijk - 19th century. Wilrijk - 20th century until fusion with Antwerp. ... See also:Wilrijk, Wilrijk - Overview, Wilrijk - Demo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilrijk: Encyclopedia Ii - Wilrijk - History
Wilrijk - From a Celtic settlement to a modern suburb. Probably the first time people lived in this area was around 600 BC. In 1003 the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilrijk: Encyclopedia Ii - Wilrijk - Lange Wapper
Lange Wapper is a mythical being that appears in a lot of folk tales in Flanders. According to belief (especially from people living in W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilrijk: Encyclopedia Ii - Wilrijk - Cultural Activities
Wilrijk - Goat parade Geitestoet. In the period that Wilrijk was still a poor town, a lot of people kept a little goat at home, to give...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Modern Remnants
The indigenous Celtic beliefs and ways have had a large impact on the modern Celtic cultures. Mythology based on (though, not identical t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Modern Remnants
The indigenous Celtic beliefs and ways have had a large impact on the modern Celtic cultures. Mythology based on (though, not identical t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mórrígan: Encyclopedia Ii - Mórrígan - The Sources
Mórrígan - Ulster Cycle. Her earliest apearances are in stories of the Ulster Cycle, in which she has an ambiguous relationship with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mórrígan: Encyclopedia Ii - Mórrígan - Nature And Functions
The Mórrígan is often considered a triple goddess, but her supposed triple nature is ambiguous and inconsistent. Sometimes she appears ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mórrígan: Encyclopedia Ii - Mórrígan - Etymology Of The Name
There is some disagreement over the meaning of the Mórrígan's name. It can be straightforwardly interpreted as "great queen" (Old Irish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northamptonshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Northamptonshire - History
Main article History of Northamptonshire Pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples settled in the region, and there are some traces of Roman settleme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosham: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosham - History
The site has been inhabited since Roman times, and is close to the famous villa at Fishbourne. The Romans were responsible for the villag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lugo: Encyclopedia Ii - Lugo - Situation And Features
Located on a site above the Minho river and named after the Celtic god Lugus, it is the only city in Europe to be surrounded by completel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Donau-ries: Encyclopedia Ii - Donau-ries - History
From Palaeolithic times on the Nördlinger Ries was a very attractive site for human settlement. The valley of the Danube was abounding w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Budapest: Encyclopedia Ii - Budapest - History
Budapest's recorded history begins with the Roman town of Aquincum, founded around 89 AD on the site of an earlier Celtic settlement near...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avignon: Encyclopedia Ii - Avignon - History
Avignon - Early history. The site of Avignon was settled very early on; the rocky outcrop (le Rocher les Doms) at the north end of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Budapest: Encyclopedia Ii - Budapest - History
Budapest's recorded history begins with the Roman town of Aquincum, founded around 89 AD on the site of an earlier Celtic settlement near...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Budapest: Encyclopedia Ii - Budapest - History
Budapest's recorded history begins with the Roman town of Aquincum, founded around 89 AD on the site of an earlier Celtic settlement near...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianization: Encyclopedia Ii - Christianization - The Christianized Calendar
Several Christian feasts occupy moments in the year that were formerly devoted to pagan celebrations. Familiar examples are the Roman Sat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nantes: Encyclopedia Ii - Nantes - History
Originally founded as a town by the Celtic tribe named the Namnètes around 70 BC, it was conquered by Julius Caesar in 56 BC and named P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nantes: Encyclopedia Ii - Nantes - Miscellaneous
Formerly the capital of Brittany, Nantes was separated from the region by the Vichy government in June 1941. Although the city has been p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Llandeilo: Encyclopedia Ii - Llandeilo - History
Llandeilo is named after one of the better known Celtic Saints of the sixth century, Saint Teilo. The Welsh word "Llan" means a religious...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metz: Encyclopedia Ii - Metz - History
In ancient times Metz, then known as Divodurum (the town at the holy mountain), was the capital of the Celtic Mediomatrici, and the name ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glanum: Encyclopedia Ii - Glanum - History
The city, founded by Celto-Ligurians and subsequently Hellenised, was already old when it became a Romanised settlement in the 1st centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Td Banknorth Garden: Encyclopedia Ii - Td Banknorth Garden - History
When constructed to replace the aging Boston Garden as the home of the Boston Bruins hockey team and the Boston Celtics basketball team, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianization: Encyclopedia Ii - Christianization - The Christianized Calendar
Several Christian feasts occupy moments in the year that were formerly devoted to pagan celebrations. Familiar examples are the Roman Sat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bardsey Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Bardsey Island - Attractions
Attractions on the island include a thirteenth century bell tower, several Celtic crosses, and a wealth of birds. Bardsey is a National N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Druid: Encyclopedia Ii - Druid - Social And Religious Influence
The Druids' influence was as much social as religious. They not only performed roles similar to modern priests, but were often the philos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carmarthen: Encyclopedia Ii - Carmarthen - History
When Britannia was a Roman province, Carmarthen was the civitas known as Moridunum (meaning sea fort) of the Celtic tribe known as the De...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bridgend: Encyclopedia Ii - Bridgend - Culture
Bridgend has its own commercial radio station: 106.3 Bridge FM. Bridgend is twinned with Langenau, Germany and Villenave D'Ornon, France....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wiltshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Wiltshire - History
Wiltshire is particularly well-known for its pre-Roman archaeology. The mesolithic, neolithic and bronze age Celtic tribes that occupied ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genoa: Encyclopedia Ii - Genoa - History
Genoa - Ancient history. Genoa's history goes back to ancient times. A city cemetery, dating from the 6th and 5th centuries B.C., testi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Sacrifice: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Sacrifice - Sacrifice In The Classical World
Ancient Greeks practiced human sacrifice; references exist to sacrifice of maidens to Artemis. According to Roman sources, Phoenicians an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rijeka: Encyclopedia Ii - Rijeka - History
Rijeka - Ancient and medieval times. Though traces of Neolithic settlements can be found in the region, the earliest settlements on the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bran Barr: Encyclopedia Ii - Bran Barr - History
Bran Barr was created in 1994 by Aed Morban (drums) with Yoltar (vocals and piano) and Morrigan (guitar). Brennus (guitar) and Fir'Doirtc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rijeka: Encyclopedia Ii - Rijeka - History
Rijeka - Ancient and medieval times. Though traces of Neolithic settlements can be found in the region, the earliest settlements on the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Tyneside: Encyclopedia Ii - South Tyneside - History
Celtic traditions, Roman settlers, Angles, Saxons and Jutes, Viking invasions, Irish immigrants, Arab seafarers and more recently the set...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St. Asaph: Encyclopedia Ii - St. Asaph - History
The town is believed to have developed around a 6th-century Celtic monastery founded by Saint Kentigern, and is now home to the small 14t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walton Merseyside: Encyclopedia Ii - Walton Merseyside - History
To the Saxons, the original Celtic Britons were 'Walas' or 'Wealas', from which the name Wales derives. Similarly the Walton could be 'Wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hainburg An Der Donau: Encyclopedia Ii - Hainburg An Der Donau - History
The first settlers in the area were the Illyrians and the Celtic people, who lived in Braunsburg. The today's city is next to ancient Rom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iona Abbey: Encyclopedia Ii - Iona Abbey - History
In 563 AD, Saint Columba came from Ireland to Iona. He founded a Monastery on this site. The abbey grew quickly and soon became one of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitcham: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitcham - History
The name "Mitcham" is Anglo-Saxon in origin and is believed to mean big settlement. Even before the Romans and Saxons were present, there...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyonesse: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyonesse - Lyonesse In Arthurian Legend
According to Arthurian legend, Lyonesse is the birthplace of Tristan, son of King Meliodas (or Rivalen). One of the signs of King Arthur'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nic Jones: Encyclopedia Ii - Nic Jones - Discography
Nic's first four albums were originally released on vinyl and have never been reissued, making them rather sought after. The label that n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Paris - Ancient Paris
The area of modern Paris has been inhabited since at least the fourth millennium BC, although little is known about these early inhabitan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Limerick: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Limerick - Viking Origins
The earliest provable settlement dates from 812; however, history suggests the presence of earlier settlements in the area surrounding Ki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Vienna: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Vienna - Roman Beginnings And Early Middle Ages
As is shown by the pre-Latin, the Celtic name for the civilian settlement in the area was Vindobona, which demonstrates that the region m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyon: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyon - History
Lyon was founded as a Roman colony in 43 BC by Munatius Plancus, a lieutenant of Caesar, on the site of a Gaulish hill-fort settlement ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Würzburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Würzburg - History
By 1000 BC a Celtic fortification stood on the site of the Fortress Marienberg. It was christianized in 686 by the Irish missionary Kilia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Glasgow History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Glasgow History - 1100-1199
1114: Glasgow is a farming village, with a monastic church and water mill; the reach of Glasgow's bishops extends to Cumbria; the church ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Würzburg: Encyclopedia Ii - Würzburg - History
By 1000 BC a Celtic fortification stood on the site of the Fortress Marienberg. It was christianized in 686 by the Irish missionary Kilia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Isle Of Wight: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Isle Of Wight - Medieval
After the Norman Conquest, the title of Lord of the Isle of Wight was created and William Fitz-Osborne who subsequently founded Carisbroo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London: Encyclopedia Ii - London - History
The name London is commonly thought to have come from the Latin name Londinium, as London was founded by the Romans during their reign ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London: Encyclopedia Ii - London - History
The name London is commonly thought to have come from the Latin name Londinium, as London was founded by the Romans during their reign ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London: Encyclopedia Ii - London - History
The name London is commonly thought to have come from the Latin name Londinium, as London was founded by the Romans during their reign ov...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rath: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Rath
RATH: A circular earthen fortress sometimes outlined with rocks. These ancient sites, found all over the Celtic lands, are sacred to t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Megaliths: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Megaliths
MEGALITHS: The large standing stones of the Celtic countries which were probably erected as holy sites or for astronomical observation...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Megaliths: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Megaliths
MEGALITHS - the large standing stones of the Celtic countries which were probably erected as holy sites and for astronomical observati...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Druid: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Druid
Druid (Celtic, "true seer") A member of the priestly and intellectual elite of the Celts.   Druids were the religious ...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Viii - L
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VIII - L . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article