http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog Bringing the Tales and Stories of the Ancient Celts to your Fireside Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:42:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/sacred-sites-bridging-heaven-and-earth-by-guest-glenn-broughton/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/sacred-sites-bridging-heaven-and-earth-by-guest-glenn-broughton/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:39:16 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5021 Interestingly, more people than ever before are now visiting and interested in ancient sacred sites across the globe. Stonehenge in England, the Pyramids in Egypt and Machu Picchu in Peru, are household names. What is it that is attracting so many people to check out these places? Who built these ancient temples and why? ]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/sacred-sites-bridging-heaven-and-earth-by-guest-glenn-broughton/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-bbc-declares-scotland-and-wales-regions/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-bbc-declares-scotland-and-wales-regions/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:27:05 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=1344 The observant Welsh Ramblings blog has spotted a stupendous goof over at the BBC as they decide that two of the Six Celtic Nations are merely 'Regions' of the UK.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-bbc-declares-scotland-and-wales-regions/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/glastonbury-abbeys-excavation-records-are-being-re-examined-for-new-information/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/glastonbury-abbeys-excavation-records-are-being-re-examined-for-new-information/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:27:04 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5017 West Cloister © Linda Witherill Pic: Glastonbury Abbey Symposium From 2009 to 2012, the current Glastonbury Abbey Excavation Archive Project is studying and analysing the records of archaeological excavations on the site since 1904 and will provide new information about the Abbey. The project is an exciting collaboration between the Abbey and the Archaeology Department [...]]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/glastonbury-abbeys-excavation-records-are-being-re-examined-for-new-information/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/saint-brigit-of-kildare-patroness-of-ireland/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/saint-brigit-of-kildare-patroness-of-ireland/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:12:56 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5009 Thanks to the wonderfully informative Kildare Town website, and in particular the section devoted to the Heritage Centre, we have some superb information about Saint Brigit for La Feile Bride or Saint Brigit's Day on February 1st.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/saint-brigit-of-kildare-patroness-of-ireland/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/king-arthur-at-parliament-welcomes-sir-tristram/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/king-arthur-at-parliament-welcomes-sir-tristram/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:05:19 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5001 This is the second part in our new series of animated stories of King Arthur based on artwork found around the Houses of Parliament, courtesy of a wonderful Virtual Tour found at explore-parliament.net.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/king-arthur-at-parliament-welcomes-sir-tristram/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/nicol-williamson-the-greatest-merlin-ever-passes-from-us/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/nicol-williamson-the-greatest-merlin-ever-passes-from-us/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:15:15 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4992 It is with incredible sadness yesterday that we heard that the great Nicol Williamson, muilti-talented actor and musician, whose portrayal of Merlin in the genre-breaking Excalibur broke the mould for many of us, had passed away.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/nicol-williamson-the-greatest-merlin-ever-passes-from-us/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-glorious-book-of-kells-comes-to-sacred-texts/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-glorious-book-of-kells-comes-to-sacred-texts/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:29:11 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=3424 During the dark ages the arts of bookmaking, illustration and manuscript illumination were preserved in remote Irish abbeys. This book by Edward Sullivan (1920) includes an extended introduction to the Book of Kells, along with its historic and linguistic background and is now available for us all to read and marvel at on the Sacred Texts website.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-glorious-book-of-kells-comes-to-sacred-texts/feed/ 1 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/build-your-own-stonehenge/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/build-your-own-stonehenge/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:29:10 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=132 Gadget Champ has found this great item from Think Geek. Fancy a Stonehenge on your desktop? In the year 10,000BC, aliens from Uranus landed on Earth. They didn’t find anyone cool to talk to, so they just added graffiti to the countryside and left. That graffiti is Stonehenge. Since that time, druids and scientists have [...]]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/build-your-own-stonehenge/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/new-celtic-myth-podshow-episode-new-year-show-for-2012-now-available/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/new-celtic-myth-podshow-episode-new-year-show-for-2012-now-available/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:29:09 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4979 In this show, we follow the trail of the Wild Hunt as it leads through 5 fantastic pieces of music, through a poem and discussion of the Yule Log, via a wonderful story by our Bard, Chris Joliffe, about Midwinter and on into the origins of the Wild Hunt.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/new-celtic-myth-podshow-episode-new-year-show-for-2012-now-available/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/celt-corpus-of-electronic-texts/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/celt-corpus-of-electronic-texts/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:53:53 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=448 CELT is a searchable online corpus of multilingual texts of Irish literature and history. In 2000, it had 2 million words of text. Now it has over 11.5 million words available, and is growing. From February 2006 to July 2008, our corpus has grown by over 3.3 million words in 255 new texts. We have [...]]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/celt-corpus-of-electronic-texts/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-way-of-brigit-an-ancient-route-to-self-transformation/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-way-of-brigit-an-ancient-route-to-self-transformation/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:53:52 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4543 We're proud to bring another post by Guest Blogger, Ishtar from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon blog and Ishtar's Gate about the ancient Celtic Goddess Brigit, Brighid or Bride. As Imbolc/Imbolg, the 2nd of February - which is the Fire Festival associated with her - is rapidlly approaching, this is an especially relevant post! Thank you, Ishtar :) Ever wonder where the word ‘Britain’ comes from? It originated with Brigit of the Fae, whose name the Romans, for reasons best known to themselves, combined with that of another indigenous spirit, Ana, to create Britannia. They changed her sun disc into a shield and her wand into a sword, and thus almost managed to emasculate the true spirit of these isles.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-way-of-brigit-an-ancient-route-to-self-transformation/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/king-arthur-at-the-english-parliament-a-new-series/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/king-arthur-at-the-english-parliament-a-new-series/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:30:31 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4972 This is the beginning of a new series of animated stories of King Arthur baseds on artwork found around the Houses of Parliament, courtesy of a wonderful Virtual Tour found at explore-parliament.net. The first story, which is based on a piece called "Generosity", takes place near the end of Malory's Morte D'Arthur and is about how Arthur wages war on Lancelot in jealousy.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/king-arthur-at-the-english-parliament-a-new-series/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/episodes-cmp-028-and-cmp-029-are-available-again/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/episodes-cmp-028-and-cmp-029-are-available-again/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:43:33 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4970 So, if anyone has had a problem downloading episodes CMP 028 & CMP 029, please try again. There has been a problem with the files and I've re-uploaded them.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/episodes-cmp-028-and-cmp-029-are-available-again/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/taliesin-and-the-battle-of-the-tress-by-our-dear-friend-celestial-elf/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/taliesin-and-the-battle-of-the-tress-by-our-dear-friend-celestial-elf/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:38:56 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4964 The Book of Taliesin is attributed to the 6th C. poet Taliesin and preserves a few hymns, a small collection of elegies and also enigmatic poems such as The Battle of Trees and The Spoils of Annwfn, in which the poet claims to have sailed to another world with King Arthur and his warriors.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/taliesin-and-the-battle-of-the-tress-by-our-dear-friend-celestial-elf/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/celtic-myth-podshow-home-page-6/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/celtic-myth-podshow-home-page-6/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:28:57 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=361 BBC News reports that a Devon author who took more than 20 years to complete a book has won the UK’s oldest children’s book award. Philip Reeve was awarded the Carnegie Medal for Here Lies Arthur, an adventure story for teenagers. The legendary figure of King Arthur is presented in Reeve’s tale as a war-mongering, [...]]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/celtic-myth-podshow-home-page-6/feed/ 0