Tumgik
#druidism
malefixium · 2 years
Text
Tumblr media
32K notes · View notes
aleck-le-mec · 2 months
Text
“Where are your pagan gods now?”
Tumblr media
Gardening
Tumblr media
Comforting your abandoned dead
Tumblr media
Reclaiming
Tumblr media
Rerooting
Tumblr media
882 notes · View notes
thegoodmorningman · 8 months
Text
Tumblr media
You like this picture? I "drew it"!
1K notes · View notes
honorthegods · 6 months
Text
I started wearing devotional jewelry when I worked in direct patient care at a large regional hospital because I wanted pagan patients to feel represented and comfortable in the healthcare setting. Fortunately, the hospital chaplains championed religious diversity, so I faced no repercussions for wearing a pendant with the image of Asclepius.
Quite a few patients asked about my necklace, and responded favorably to my explanation - although one patient assumed and didn't ask: "I like your pendant of Mother Mary!" They just nodded with wide eyes when I responded, "Oh, no, it's Asclepius, the Greek and Roman god of medicine."
As a result of wearing devotional jewelry at work, I was quickly recognized as pagan by other pagan staffers, as well as pagan and polytheist patients. Coworkers would occasionally ask whether anyone would be interested in joining a prayer circle before the work day began and I participated as often as my duties permitted, offering a prayer to Asclepius and his retinue and explaining their importance to healthcare. The response was 100% positive, as many were familiar with (or happy to learn about) Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, who are addressed in the Hippocratic Oath.
I feel privileged to have had the freedom to be so open about my religion in the workplace. Having left there a decade ago, I hope this sort of freedom still exists for those who work there now - but in the current political climate, I fear it may depend on the beliefs of one's supervisor or the decision of the hospital's board of directors.
430 notes · View notes
aodhan-art · 5 months
Text
Tumblr media
A commission of Brigid for @bloodtreachery (awww, it was SUCH a pleasure to do it!). I put an emphasis on her aspect as a poet, hence the fire of poetry ablaze! The poem in the flames is a liberal translation of these lines from The Hosting of the Sidhe into Old Irish (courtesy of my wonderful husband):
...if any gaze on our rushing band, We come between him and the deed of his hand, We come between him and the hope of his heart.
306 notes · View notes
id-rather-be-a-druid · 5 months
Text
Touching grass is not enough, I need to become a Druid
209 notes · View notes
jstor · 5 months
Text
Tumblr media
Seventeenth-century English antiquarians thought that Stonehenge was built by Celtic Druids. They were relying on the earliest written history they had: Julius Caesar’s narrative of his two unsuccessful invasions of Britain in 54 and 55 BC. Caesar had said the local priests were called Druids. John Aubrey (1626–1697) and William Stukeley (1687–1765) cemented the Stonehenge/Druid connection, while self-styled bard Edward Williams (1747–1826), who changed his name to Iolo Morganwg, invented “authentic” Druidic rituals. Druidism has come a long way since. In 2010, The Druid Network was listed as a charity in England and Wales, essentially marking the official recognition of Druidism as a religion. (74,000 called themselves Druids in a recent census.) Historian Carole M. Cusack positions Druidism as one of the branches of the tree of Paganism and/or New Age-ism(s), which burst into all sorts of growth during the twentieth century. Modern Druidism fits into the smorgasbord of what Cusack calls the “deregulated spiritual marketplace” of our times. But there’s a disconnect here. In the popular imagination, Stonehenge and Druidism now go together like tea and crumpets. Historically, Stonehenge, a product of Neolithic Britain, predates Caesar by thousands of years. It had nothing to do with Druids and certainly nothing to do with modern Druidism. “The false association of [Stonehenge] with the Druids has persisted to the present day,” Cusak writes, “and has become a form of folklore or folk-memory that has enabled modern Druids to obtain access and a degree of respect in their interactions with Stonehenge and other megalithic sites.”
Learn more from our friends at JSTOR Daily in “Stonehenge Before the Druids (Long, Long, Before The Druids)” by Matthew Wills.
Image credit: Spectators gather at Stonehenge to watch a group of Druids carry out the Dawn Ceremony on the summer solstice, or longest day of the year, 1956. Getty.
394 notes · View notes
greenmansgrove · 8 months
Text
“Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me.”
—Stone Butch Blues, Leslie Feinberg.
307 notes · View notes
gothcowgrimm · 8 months
Text
What we know about the Ogham alphabet is wrong.
well, some of it.
We know that a lot of what the Druids practiced is shrouded in mystery because they didn’t use written word. We know they’ve been around since at least the first century BC, but a lot of what we know now is thanks to outsiders, especially the Romans.
That being said, there are modern scholars who have done their due diligence in interpreting Ogham, and there are many theories on what the letters refer to. Of course, the overarching agreement is that each letter refers to a tree, but I think it is important to recognize that that is technically wrong.
According to scholars like McManus, only 8 of the letters actually refer specifically to trees.
While this is true, it is also important to realize that the kennings often allude to trees or possibly allude to them.
A different scholar, MacCoitir, has re-interpreted the old-irish kennings, specifically in reference to trees.
It would certainly be nice to say there is one definitive and correct way to interpret the kennings and what their correspondences are, but the cryptic nature of the Bríatharogam lists leave things somewhat open to interpretation. Unfortunately, the most common Ogham list is based on evaluations of translations of medieval Irish into modern English. This standard list has not been challenged for a long time, but that changed in 2003 with the publication of Niall MacCoitir’s work.
What MacCoitir has done is return to the early legal tracts such as Bretha Comaithchesa, cross-referencing it with the oldest extant versions of the Bríatharogaim Maic ind Óc, Bríatharogaim Con Culainn and Bríatharogaim Morainn mic Moín. He also points out that much of the terminology surrounding Ogham refers specifically to the parts of trees/bushes, which is further indication that the alphabet is almost definitely a tree alphabet.
The letters themselves are referred to as feda or fid in the singular, which means respectively ‘wood’ and ‘tree’. The consonants are also called táebomnai, which translates into ‘The side of a tree-trunk’. The druim (edge/ridge) on which the letters are written was originally vertical, like a tree trunk, with the horizontal druim coming into favour with the use of paper or vellum. The spines or lines that comprise the individual letters (on the druim) are referred to as flesc, which translates as twig. So from the above terminology it is quite clear that the alphabet has a connection with trees and bushes.
Even with this knowledge, the most common Ogham lists include plants - vine, ivy, heather, fern, reed, and honeysuckle. Reed and fern do not have either a trunk or twigs, so we can immediately dismiss them. Heather does not have a trunk, and whether you could define its low, fine growth as twigs remains something to be debated. The remaining plants are not trees. They are parasitic in as much as they need a host to climb up – either a wall or a tree in most cases.
On the basis that the plants mentioned above are not trees and do not possess the qualities associated with the Ogham terminology one is left with the task of looking for viable alternative interpretations, based on the source material – which is exactly what MacCoitir has done.
From here, I will give a simple list of what should be replaced, and what the replacement is. If you would like to read why, you can find the post below
• Nin/Nuin - re-translated to ‘staple enjoyment or supply of the otherworld’, ‘boast of women’ and ‘boast of beauty’. The widely accepted tree for this is Ash, but MacCoitir replaces it with Cherry.
• Muin - re-translated to ‘Strongest in action’, ‘Most noble goodliness’, ‘Proverb of slaughter/rottenness’ and ‘Path of the voice’. Can also mean ‘neck’, ‘love’, ‘trick’ or possibly ‘thicket’. The widely accepted plant for this is Vine, but MacCoitir replaces it with Buckthorn.
• Gort - re-translates to ‘Sweetest grass’, Greenest pasture’, ‘Suitable place for cows’ and ‘Satisfaction of all’. The widely accepted plant for this is Ivy, but MacCoitir suggests Gorse.
• Onn - re-translates to ‘Wounder/helper of horses’, ‘Smoothest of Craftmanship.’ and ‘Sustenance of warriors’. The widely accepted plant for this is Ivy, but MacCoitir suggests Ash.
• Úr - re-translates to ‘In cold dwellings’, ‘Most devoted sharing’, ‘Propagation/dripping of plants’ and ‘Shroud of a lifeless one’. The widely accepted plant for this is heather, but MacCoitir suggests Elm.
Of the five supplementary letters, used for rendering Greek and Latin words, MacCoitir disagrees on two of the commonly accepted list.
• Uilen - retranslates to ‘elbow/angle’ and ‘most fragrant tree’. The widely accepted plant for this is honeysuckle, but MacCoitir suggest Juniper.
• Emancholl - re-translates to ‘twin of hazel’. The widely accepted tree for this is Beech, but MacCoitir suggests Hazel.
This list by no means is meant to replace the current meanings, but is meant to encourage a re-evaluation of the most commonly accepted Ogham list(s).
199 notes · View notes
eternalmooncanvas · 5 months
Text
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
New Patreon post up now for members! If you like what you see and what access to more exclusive content then consider joining our Patreon! As always thanks for your support and much love 😘
109 notes · View notes
malefixium · 1 year
Text
3K notes · View notes
bubble--cosplay · 5 months
Text
Tumblr media
Into the dream~
100 notes · View notes
vox-anglosphere · 4 months
Text
Tumblr media
The summer solstice has dawned over Stonehenge for millennia.
77 notes · View notes
wolfmoonsnownight · 1 month
Text
Hi all! I'm new here! Not so much new to tumblr, but new to this side of it. I don't really have anyone to learn this stuff from irl so I'm hoping to make some friends here and get to learn more about my new community!
You can call me Wolf, Moon, Snow, Night, or any combination of them. I'm strongly drawn to druidism and witchcraft, although I feel it somewhat stronger towards druidism. I love all things nature.
I'm very open to making new friends, even from outside the druid or witch communities, so please don't be shy!
47 notes · View notes
nmnmrsz · 2 years
Photo
Tumblr media
1K notes · View notes
palkiapng · 2 years
Text
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
something something love knows no boundaries etc.
hey it’s been a while here’s some art
969 notes · View notes