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/major-hunter-gatherer-settlement-in-galway-ireland/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/major-hunter-gatherer-settlement-in-galway-ireland/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:36:35 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=1975 Pic: Joe O’Shaughnessy A Connemara archaeologist says that the recent discovery of two stone axes in Galway city and county points to a ‘major’ hunter-gatherer presence on the Corrib catchment up to 9,000 years ago. The axes were found in Ballybane and in the garden of a private house in Clifden, Co Galway (Ireland), and [...]]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/major-hunter-gatherer-settlement-in-galway-ireland/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-fairy-queen-of-midsummer/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-fairy-queen-of-midsummer/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:23:15 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=333 A Celtic goddess of love, harmony and fertility, Aine of Knockaine is an Irish fairy queen and is associated with the great Celtic mother goddess, Dana, She was once the wife of the Earl of Desmond, and promised to stay with him as long as he kept his word to never show surprise at any [...]]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-fairy-queen-of-midsummer/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/new-research-for-bru-na-boinne/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/new-research-for-bru-na-boinne/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:51:51 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=969 The Bend of the river Boyne, or Brú na Bóinne in Co Meath Ireland, contains over forty archaeological sites and has been an important ritual, social and economic centre for thousands of years. Many of the tales we have told and will tell are based in the Bru na Boyne area. e.g Episode 021 Fostered by Milk [...]]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/new-research-for-bru-na-boinne/feed/ 1 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/bronze-age-burial-ground-discovered-in-ulster/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/bronze-age-burial-ground-discovered-in-ulster/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:44:14 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=2085 The team behind the dig at the A1 Loughbrickland road scheme has uncovered not just a Bronze Age burial ground but also a Neolithic settlement dating back some 6,500 years.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/bronze-age-burial-ground-discovered-in-ulster/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-secrets-of-knowth/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-secrets-of-knowth/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:44:11 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=888 Forty years ago, archaeologist George Eogan became the first person in centuries to see the underground passage tomb at Knowth in Meath (Ireland), part of Brú na Bóinne (Bend of the Boyne), now a Unesco World Heritage site. A year earlier, in 1967, the Knowth excavation had uncovered a smaller underground passage leading in from [...]]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-secrets-of-knowth/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:44:10 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=799 Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot. We see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! The tradition of Guy Fawkes-related bonfires actually began the very same year as the failed coup. The Plot was foiled in the night between the 4th and 5th of November 1605. Pic: James Michael [...]]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/top-ten-scariest-monsters-and-demons-from-celtic-myth/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/top-ten-scariest-monsters-and-demons-from-celtic-myth/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:44:09 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4696 The ancient Celts had hundreds of deities, but as with most cultures, they had their demons as well. Some of the Celtic “monsters” were originally gods, but were later demonized as pagan creatures when many of the Celts became Christians. But the Celtic culture has always feared an array of evil forces.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/top-ten-scariest-monsters-and-demons-from-celtic-myth/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/scotlands-treasure-trove-laws-updated/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/scotlands-treasure-trove-laws-updated/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:30:54 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=1226 Pic: Bogensfreund The first ever Code of Practice for Treasure Trove in Scotland is designed to ensure everyone involved with found objects of archaeological, historical or cultural significance understands the procedures which enable them to be claimed on behalf of the public. Since ancient times, the common law of Scotland has been that Treasure Trove [...]]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/scotlands-treasure-trove-laws-updated/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/wiltshire-residents-commission-replica-of-iron-age-cauldron/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/wiltshire-residents-commission-replica-of-iron-age-cauldron/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:35:52 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4812 A full-size replica of an Iron Age cauldron which was found in a Wiltshire field is being commissioned by residents. The large cauldron is one of 12 found by a metal detector enthusiast near the village of Chiseldon in 2004. British Museum.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/wiltshire-residents-commission-replica-of-iron-age-cauldron/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/cornish-translation-of-bibles-old-testament/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/cornish-translation-of-bibles-old-testament/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:11:45 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4804 Cornish speakers can now read the complete Bible - An Beybel Sans - in their chosen language. The New Testament was translated into Cornish by Professor Nicholas Williams and published in 2002. It has taken him about six years to translate all the books of the Old Testament, using a variety of versions, including Hebrew and Greek texts.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/cornish-translation-of-bibles-old-testament/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/kristen-stewart-twilights-star-films-at-beach-in-west-wales/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/kristen-stewart-twilights-star-films-at-beach-in-west-wales/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:20:40 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4794 BBC Wales tells us: An adventure film starring Twilight actress Kristen Stewart and Oscar winner Charlize Theron has been shooting in Pembrokeshire. A crew of hundreds has been at Marloes Sands near Milford Haven for the last week making Snow White and the Huntsman.Up to 80 horse riders in costume have been charging up and down the beach.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/kristen-stewart-twilights-star-films-at-beach-in-west-wales/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/fish-farmer-claims-to-have-captured-picture-of-nessie/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/fish-farmer-claims-to-have-captured-picture-of-nessie/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:16:53 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4768 It's been said before and it's being said again .. Nessie is alive under the waves of Loch Ness. Once more the notoriously shy Loch Ness monster has been reportedly sighted in Scotland's deepest loch. This time close to a commercial fish farm. Jon Rowe, from nearby Lewiston in Drumnadrochit, took the eerie snaps moments before the mysterious shape slipped beneath the water. ]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/fish-farmer-claims-to-have-captured-picture-of-nessie/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/excavation-of-islands-around-britain-to-establish-origins-of-neolithic-period/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/excavation-of-islands-around-britain-to-establish-origins-of-neolithic-period/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:33:16 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4758 Archaeologists in Southampton and Liverpool are investigating three island groups around Britain to help understand why people changed from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to farming the land. Academics from the Universities of Southampton and Liverpool are hoping to shed new light on the longstanding debate about whether this change around 4,000BC was due to colonists moving into Britain or if the indigenous population of Britain gradually adopted the new agricultural lifestyle themselves.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/excavation-of-islands-around-britain-to-establish-origins-of-neolithic-period/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/21st23rd-september-harvest-time/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/21st23rd-september-harvest-time/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:00:16 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4707 The Autumn Equinox or Harvest Home is also called Mabon, pronounced 'MAY-bon', after the Welsh god Mabon ap Modron, which means literally 'son of mother'.Mabon appears in 'The Mabinogi tales. Some Druids call this celebration, Mea'n Fo'mhair, and honour the Lord of the wild wood , by offering libations to the trees. Other Druids use the Welsh 'Alban Elfed', meaning 'light of autumn'. This is the point of the year when once again day and night are equal - 12 hours, as at Ostara, the Spring Equinox. The Latin word for Equinox means 'time of equal days and nights'. After this celebration the descent into winter brings hours of increasing darkness and chiller temperatures. It is the time of the year when night conquers day.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/21st23rd-september-harvest-time/feed/ 0 http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/william-wallace-letters-going-on-show-in-edinburgh/ http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/william-wallace-letters-going-on-show-in-edinburgh/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:50:28 +0000 Ruth http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/?p=4720 A pair of letters directly connected to Scottish revolutionary Sir William Wallace are to be displayed side-by-side for the first time in Edinburgh. A 700-year-old letter from King Philip of France will be seen alongside the famous Lubeck letter, next summer.]]> http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/william-wallace-letters-going-on-show-in-edinburgh/feed/ 0