http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog Bringing the Tales and Stories of the Ancient Celts to your Fireside Mon, 21 May 2012 21:46:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/burning-the-wicker-man-on-stage/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/burning-the-wicker-man-on-stage/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 12:00:15 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=705 Pic: Geof Teague Jason from the Wild Hunt reports that The Wicker Man is to be a Rock Opera. He reports: After the dreadful abomination that was the 2006 remake of “The Wicker Man” are we really ready for another treatment of this pagan musical cult-classic? Foul Play SF and The Dark Room certainly hope [...]

]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/burning-the-wicker-man-on-stage/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/disneypixar-bring-the-celtic-scots-back-to-the-family-with-new-film-brave/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/disneypixar-bring-the-celtic-scots-back-to-the-family-with-new-film-brave/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:29:26 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5689 In Scotland, stories of battles and legends have been passed through generations. Merida (Kelly Macdonald), a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson), is determined to prove her worth.

]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/disneypixar-bring-the-celtic-scots-back-to-the-family-with-new-film-brave/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/flag-fen-treasures-dsicovered-with-bronze-age-boats-and-nettle-stew/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/flag-fen-treasures-dsicovered-with-bronze-age-boats-and-nettle-stew/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 13:27:03 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5680 An archaeological dig that took place back in December 2011, revealed many buried treasures from the edges of the Flag Fen Bronze Age site reported the Obersver. They revealed that six boats hollowed out of oak tree trunks are among hundreds of intact artefacts from 3,000 years ago that have been discovered in the Cambridgeshire fens.

]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/flag-fen-treasures-dsicovered-with-bronze-age-boats-and-nettle-stew/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/face-to-face-with-death-episode-2-in-the-welsh-tales-is-here/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/face-to-face-with-death-episode-2-in-the-welsh-tales-is-here/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 15:31:04 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5677 In the last episode, Pwyll had gone hunting in the Woods of Glyn Cuch and had been beaten to the kill by a stranger pack comprising even stranger dogs. Having decided that the kill was rightfully his, he had driven off the other pack and set his own dogs upon the prey. It was at that moment that a stranger, the Shadowed Hunter, has appeared and was even now turning his dread gaze upon Pwyll.

]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/face-to-face-with-death-episode-2-in-the-welsh-tales-is-here/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/om-to-ogham-guest-blogger-robert-baird/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/om-to-ogham-guest-blogger-robert-baird/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 15:42:52 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=2500 The cover up of Kennewick Man is no where near as important as the cover up of Ogham or Rongorongo.

]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/om-to-ogham-guest-blogger-robert-baird/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-flag-fen-funding-window-is-extended-but-time-is-running-out/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-flag-fen-funding-window-is-extended-but-time-is-running-out/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 15:42:51 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5665 As we reported in our earlier post, the immensely important Celtic site of Flag Fen is in serious danger of decaying within the next twenty years! Digventures have annouced several amazing new developments in the project.

]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-flag-fen-funding-window-is-extended-but-time-is-running-out/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/rare-iron-working-furnace-found-in-water-pipe-evaluation/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/rare-iron-working-furnace-found-in-water-pipe-evaluation/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 13:10:31 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5656 An ancient Iron Age settlement has been uncovered by archaeologists working for South West Water in Devon.

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]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/8/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/in-memory-of-john-bruno-hare-creator-of-the-sacred-texts-archive/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/in-memory-of-john-bruno-hare-creator-of-the-sacred-texts-archive/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 09:03:52 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5630 John Bruno Hare, creator of the Archive, passed away on April 27, 2010. His vision included a sacred text archive of largely Public Domain works that would remain accessible worldwide, and would be forever free to read.

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]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/olympic-flame-will-go-to-stonehenge/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/we-celebrate-beltane-in-style-with-the-albion-interview-show/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/we-celebrate-beltane-in-style-with-the-albion-interview-show/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:50:34 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5636 In this show, we hope to bring you the second of our special features about the mythic film, The Spirit of Albion: the Movie and celebrate Beltane along the way! We meet Damh the Bard, who created the songs used in the films and Gary Andrews, the Director, Author and Editor for the film.

]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/we-celebrate-beltane-in-style-with-the-albion-interview-show/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-fox-and-the-mark-of-a-druid-behind-the-scenes/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-fox-and-the-mark-of-a-druid-behind-the-scenes/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:09:26 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=1141 This is a first for us. Our very first interview in the field of Celtic Mythology and what a great interview it is! We are very privileged to bring you an interview with famous authors and podcasters, Rhonda R. Carpenter and Arlene Radasky. You may remember in yesterday’s post we brought you news of these [...]

]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-fox-and-the-mark-of-a-druid-behind-the-scenes/feed/ 3 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-welsh-alphabet-by-lorin-morgan-richards-told-by-guest-blogger-iantopf-or-daibanjo/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-welsh-alphabet-by-lorin-morgan-richards-told-by-guest-blogger-iantopf-or-daibanjo/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:09:25 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5464 We're very proud to be able to show you our Guest Blogger, iantoPF, in action reading out the Welsh Alphabet poem as written by Lorin Morgan-Richards and telling stories at the saame time. A true bard in action! :)

]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-welsh-alphabet-by-lorin-morgan-richards-told-by-guest-blogger-iantopf-or-daibanjo/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/take-part-in-the-amazing-opportunities-in-the-archaeology-of-flag-fen/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/take-part-in-the-amazing-opportunities-in-the-archaeology-of-flag-fen/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:22:42 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=5598 From now until the 1st May 2012, a unique opportunity will become available for folks to contribute to the new Flag Fen Archaeological Dig! Watch the video above to learn how important the Bronze Age site of Flag Fen is and how endangered it has become. Starting in July of 2012, as much archaeological work as can be done will be done to resuce, preserve and maintain the remains.

]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/take-part-in-the-amazing-opportunities-in-the-archaeology-of-flag-fen/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/living-as-an-ancient-celt-in-an-online-world/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/living-as-an-ancient-celt-in-an-online-world/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:26:39 +0000 Gary http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/2008/01/30/living-as-an-ancient-celt-in-an-online-world/ Do you fancy playing an online game as an ancient celt in the worldof the Mabinogion? Nexus are developing a computer game called ”Mabinogi” in which you can play online with thousands of other people also trying to survive and better themselves. These types of games are known as MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game), [...]

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