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callumreuben · 6 months

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thechemistryset · 6 months

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Neepy Lantern, Hallowe'en, 2023

#neepy lantern #jack o lantern #hallowe'en #ysbrydnos #nos galan gaeaf #cymru #wales #neep

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mildlyoccultish · 1 year

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Hagging out

I started my Samhuinn with buying a house.

Seriously, the offer we put in on a house was accepted, so the early afternoon was a write off.

Starting closer to supper, I started my Samhuinn cider. I have been making a hot cider for Samhuinn for about 20 years. Every year is slightly different, depending on what I have in the house. I feel like it's based on need rather than recipe.

This year I had cider from a local orchard. I added clove and allspice, sliced clementine, and cinnamon.

After letting that simmer a few hours, my partner and I went out to the cemetery to lay offerings on my ancestor's graves.

It was a beautiful night.

We came home, had some cider, and settled in for a movie.

I usually have more planned, but house hunting took up most of my available brainspace for the past few months. But there is nothing wrong with simplicity.

#samhain #samhuinn #all hallows eve #hallowtide #nos galan gaeaf #witchcraft #hagging out #hagging out october 2022

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ofbloodandfaith · 6 months

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I attended one of the 'Halloween Nights' in St Fagans, where they explained the history of the 'Wickerman' we made little ones to burn alongside the big one and made a wish for the year.

#wales #wickerman #nos galan gaeaf

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lovelessbachelor · 6 months

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NOS GALAN GAEAF HAPUS I PAWB!!!

RYDW I'M DDIM ANGHOFUS! MI RHEGI.

dydd 31 am Inktobertale!!1!!! woooohoooooo!!!!

aaahehehehejfejdsciebunsdflkfniu.....syniad i wedi cael mis o hyd....hvjfndekai....hehehe... Ink fel Broomie...ac i'r gwrthwyneb....lmaooo...

Ink a Broomie yn perthyn i @/Comyet

Nos Galan Gaeaf Hapus! Nos Da Pawb <3333

#ink!sans #ink sans #inktobertale #inktobertale2023 #inktale #inktobertale day 31 #halloween #nos galan gaeaf hapus #!!#decided to do this post yn cymraeg...with help from my fav ap geiriaduron a google translate a some website i found....hope its okayy #wanna start improving my literacy again. didn't get that B in GCSE just to say cwtch instead of hug. c'mon now.

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tinylilemrys · 6 months

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I forgot to write something for Halloween so here, have the one Halloween fic I've written because I love it a lot. 🎃🖤🧡🦇

Rating:

Teen and up

Fandom:

BBC Merlin

Relationship:

Arthur Pendragon/Merlin

Tags:

Alternate Universe – Reincarnation | Fluff & Angst

Summary:

Merlin knows from the heart-stopping moment that the fallen branch impales and rips his tent almost in half, that he hates, nay loathes camping and to his horror, it's the annoyingly posh rich bloke with the top-of-the-range camping gear who comes to his rescue. However, it soon becomes clear that there's a reason that the two of them ended up at the camping ground next to what is rumoured to be one of the most haunted and powerful forests in Britain on the last day of October, and it's far bigger than either of them could have ever imagined.

#merthur #merthur fic #merthur fanfic #bbc merlin #arthur pendragon #merlin #halloween #your reminder that i will always be a merlin girlie no matter what fandom i'm in 😄

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heathergorse · 1 year

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Last minute Samhain

Those pesky pixies are insisting on being included in my Samhain preparations, but they seem to be enjoying themselves so who am I to complain?

Samhain (along with Yule) is simultaneously the most observed and most ignored of all the stops on the wheel of the year. Halloween is a massive commercial entity and cultural touchstone, but that doesn't mean it's the same thing as Samhain. You can celebrate Halloween without celebrating Samhain (and vice versa) or of course you can celebrate both!

What if you want to add some simple ways to mark Samhain to your day, but you don't know much about it? Read on for a couple of ideas...

Samhain is the gaelic languages (remember, gaelic =/= automatically equal celtic; in Welsh 31st October is called Nos Galan Gaeaf and Welsh is an even more ancient language than the gaelic languages) name for the festival that marks the celtic new year.

A central part of the festival was the belief that this time (along with its polar opposite festival, Beltane) the veil between this world and the otherworld was at its thinnest. It was a time to connect with the "good spirits" of ancestors as they were at their closest to us, but equally the "bad spirits" were close too. So, the ancestors were to be honoured and welcomed, the bad spirits were to be scared away and in this part the modern festival of Halloween has its root.

Ancestors would be welcomed around the hearth at the centre of the home with some form of depiction or item that belonged to them in order that they could help those living today. The tradition is still a part of many cultures today and is included in almost all neopagan descriptions of samhain celebrations.

Honouring ancestors then is a large part of Samhain, but what if this means nothing to you? Perhaps you're young and haven't lost anyone close to you yet. Perhaps you're happily exploring neopagan spirituality and all your ancestors were very strongly christian. Perhaps your ancestors were horrible racists, sexists, homophobes, transphobes etc and you don't want that in your life. Perhaps there's even more reasons why connecting to ancestors isn't something that you feel you can engage with or have any enthusiasm for.

So pick your own ancestors.

'Why not? The belief in ancestors is that they have made us who we are today and, with a little thought, it is easy to think of people from the past who have made us who we are today. What about the author of a favourite book? Why not even one of the characters from that book? This is about choosing for yourself, not having the decisions made for you. Just like we can choose our friends but not our families, we can choose to honour those who have helped to make us who we are today. So, if you don't have ancestors you wish to honour then pick the ones you do want to honour. Be grateful for those authors, artists, world-changers and creatives who make you feel good about yourself. Pick a favourite character who taught you to be a better person. Celebrate who you are!

Samhain is also a new year, so its a good opportunity in the year to try to be better. You never have to wait for a specific date to try and improve, but this is as good a line in the sand as any other. Is there anything you want to differently, or perhaps there's something you want to make better. Samhain is a good time to begin that.

Its the time of the year when the rule of the night over the day becomes longer and longer. Samhain is a good time to embrace that and embrace your night self. Step into the Samhain night (if its safe to do so) and feel the difference in all your senses between the night and the day. There's long nights to come yet, so make friends with the night if you can.

(One quick extra - if you've carved a pumpkin lantern don't just throw it away! Its food that can be easily roasted and pureed and can make some great recipes, so take the time to do a quick search for pumpkin recipes - and especially don't leave your pumpkins out on the ground outside as wildlife like hedgehogs can become very ill from eating them.)

However you're planning to spend your Halloween or mark Samhain this year, I wish you a happy and blessed one that is just how you want it to be.

#samhain #halloween #samhain 2022 #halloween 2022 #eclectic pagan #paganism #wheel of the year #fire festival #witch #witchy things #witchblr #witches of tumblr #the study #mine

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glynmostyn · 2 years

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I watched a video yesterday about the story of Angelystor, a spirit that appears both at the church and the boughs of the oldest yew tree on Nos Galan Gaeaf and lists the names of those in the town of Anglesey who are destined to die in the next year, and Sion ap Robert, a man that doesn't believe it exists.

Fun little story.

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ivyandbone · 6 months

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Okay, I've been being good this year. Yes it's Halloween or Samhain for those observing, but for me it's Nos Galan Gaeaf, which means tomorrow...

WINTER TIME WITCHES

2 MONTH YULETIDE BLAST ❄️🌲❄️🌲❄️🌲🎄🌬️❄️❄️❄️❄️🌲❄️🌲❄️☃️❄️

#ignore that i live in Texas and it will most likely not snow #also yes I'm ignoring Thanksgiving. I've never liked that holiday.

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callumreuben · 6 months

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wetdesertslut · 1 year

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Nos galan gaeaf!!!

Would you want to know how and when you die?

#welsh halloween

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satinsparring · 2 years

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So realistically I won't be spending nos galan gaeaf doing much other than baking and just enjoying the night with my gods. HOWEVER. I think it would be really funny to start working with spirits

#jesper howls #do i have the necessary things in place to feel comfy doing it? no!#would it be really funny to me to start spirit work on international spooky night? yes!

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zombieee-queen · 2 years

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This was my tarot spread from Nos Galan Gaeaf/Halloween/Samhain when I talked to my ancestors.

They really did call me out huh?

#tarot #witchcraft #Divination #My stupid life #Nos Galan Gaeaf

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lovelessbachelor · 6 months

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scheduled a post ar Nos Galan Gaeaf... so i dont forgor......i cymraeg.......hhh.ht.e.h..df....achos pam lai............

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chapelinthegreen · 3 years

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To all those lost this past year due to the pandemic of our time and of pandemics ages past partake in gifted home brewed whiskey.

For ancestors visiting when the veil is thin, under this hunter's blue moon, feel welcome. For spirits with fair intent welcome and have at whiskey, apples and ham.

Arawn, Gwyn, Vindonnus ride with your wild hunt, gather souls and howl with the wind.

#samhain #gwyn #wild hunt #the wild hunt #wyld hunt #deerkult #Nos Galan Gaeaf #Noson Galan Gaeaf

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glynmostyn · 1 year

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Nos Galan Gaeaf hapus

#//it's 6:30 and I'm in the designated parking lot waiting to be picked up and taken to the job site

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