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Post by lorna on Mar 11, 2017 11:05:21 GMT -1
Have put Megli's Blodeuwedd post up today. No rush with Nodens - better to get it right than rushed - we've only got our deadlines to work to!
Thanks for the advice on the oak flower spotting, Heron. I'm determined to see some this year!
Yes, it's interesting Blodeuwedd's flowers come from different bioregions. I wonder if it's essential she's shaped from these exact flowers for the magic to work or there are other possibilities?...
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Post by lorna on Mar 21, 2017 6:52:16 GMT -1
The Spring Equinox post is up, meaning we have completed our festival calendar Lee, are you ok with uploading the blog posts to the website? Let me know if you need any help. Also, I have made a small update to 'Last Harvest and Gwyn's Feast'. I found out some further information that connects Gwyn with September in the Brythonic traditions. In Cornwall, September is called Gwynngala - 'white or blessed straw'. So I've added this to the post. Here's the full paragraph for your interest - the author also draws on the Gwyn/Michaelmas link - 'Gwynngala, the Cornish language word for September is beautifully poetic and meaningful; translating as white or blessed straw. The cereal harvest completes during September and the white straw stubble is left in the fields. The transformation of grain into food is underway and we are heading straight into autumn's decay. Yuri Leitch has connected Gwyn to North Cornwall at St Nectan's Glen via Gwyn’s father Nudd otherwise known as the ancient river god Neath or Nodens (4). He may also be connected to Carn Marth, a high hill in south west Cornwall which rises to 235 metres. The hill is part of the Carnmenellis plateaux, an area of rough moorland which includes other notable hills such as Carn Brea. The hill lies close to the village of Gwennap, and again Yuri Leitch suggests that this area echoes the ancient cries of Gwyn. So it seems that Gwyn may preside over parts of Cornwall, and I am tempted to link the autumn equinox with Gwyn via Gwynngala. It seems only right to have Gwyn as patron of September and autumn, as the Cornish language name for the month may suggest. It is also interesting to note that the feast of St Michael is celebrated on September 29th. Michael has replaced Gwyn at some of his ancient sites (such as Glastonbury Tor) and in many ways Michael and Gwyn share similar attributes. For example - Michael guards the gates of heaven, whilst Gwyn presides over the Celtic otherworld of Annwn. Both have fiery, glowing energies and both preside over high hills and mysterious places of immense power.' mirrorofisis.freeyellow.com/id598.html
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Post by lorna on Apr 2, 2017 9:02:13 GMT -1
Solsdottir, whenever your early April post is ready please could you either post it here for one of us to add, or e-mail it to me?
Alternatively, if you'd like to become a regular contributor we could add you to the Brython blog as an admin so you can post yourself? (If this is ok with Lee and Heron - what do you think?)
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Post by Lee on Apr 2, 2017 12:10:21 GMT -1
The Spring Equinox post is up, meaning we have completed our festival calendar Lee, are you ok with uploading the blog posts to the website? Let me know if you need any help. I will try to set time aside over the coming week or two - certainly by the time the end of year post goes up, to transfer over the festival posts onto the main website. I will also get any posts pertaining to gods and goddesses we mention on the main site also transferred, these two primarily to flesh out the main website where we already have some content. The question then, is whihc other blog posts should we look to migrate over as stand alone essays?
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Post by lorna on Apr 5, 2017 10:44:00 GMT -1
A quick look back at non-festival posts brings up the following... where they go will be dependent on how we plan to structure the site in future. Maybe something to discuss at the meeting?
*What Blodeuwedd Never Said To Lleu (on a deity page for Blodeuwedd - if we agree she's a deity?!)
*The Gods: Nature or Culture (under Gods and Goddesses?)
*Brythonic Polytheism in the Lancashire Landscape (this could perhaps go under a header 'The Land' and hopefully be accompanied by other folks' BP in their own landscapes in the future?)
*Gwynn's Guest (Gwyn's page) (permission needed)
*Cares y Bwlch (under a 'Giants' section?)
*Ritual Spaces - Gwyn's Feast (either Gwyn's page or ritual?)
*The Lord of the Waters (Nodens' page)
*Bards who sing Bards who praise (under a Brythonic lore section?)
*Two Giantesses: Moll and Melangell (under 'Giants')
*Brigantia: Tribal Goddess (Brigantia's page) (permission needed)
*The Sleeping Giant of Cribarth ('Giants') (permission needed)
*Ritual (ritual section)
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Post by solsdottir on Apr 15, 2017 16:19:11 GMT -1
Sorry to be so long, but Cernunnos/Flidais is now done. I've mailed it to Lorna as a word document. If you want it as a "blog post" with hyperlinks and such, let me know.
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Post by lorna on Apr 16, 2017 12:30:54 GMT -1
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