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Fomorians: Mysterious Race Of Terrifying Monsters Who Inhabited Ireland And Scotland

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Long before any other groups set foot on Irish soil, the mysterious Fomorian tribe called the land their own. However, they lived mainly in the s...

Ireland had vampires, demons and a headless horseman long before Halloween

From the blood-draining Dearg Due to the wailing Banshee, these are the ten most terrifying creatures in Celtic mythology.

Seven Irish legends to tell your kids as the dark evenings close in

A wailing fairy woman who appears in three forms, four children cursed into swans, and a boy who earned his name by killing a guard dog with a hurl and a sliotar.

The Irish legend of Tír na nÓg and the warrior who lost 300 years in one moment

Oisín rode across the silver seas to a land where no one ever ages, but one fall from a white horse cost him everything he left behind.

The ancient Irish alphabet read from the bottom up and still carved into stone

Ogham, the so-called Celtic Tree Alphabet, survives on hundreds of standing stones across Ireland and Britain, yet scholars still cannot agree on who created it or why.

Samhain is coming! One of eight sacred days that shape the Celtic year

The old Celtic calendar runs from St Brigid’s Day in February to the solstice sunrise at Newgrange in December, and the marker at the end of this month opens the darker half.

COMPLETE NORSE MYTHS

With its vibrant tapestry of giants, trolls, Valkyries, witches, gods, elves, dragons, and monsters, Norse mythology delivers an exhilarating mix of adventure, heroism, trickery, b...

A stumble into faeryland

IrishCentral Contributor Kevin O'Hara recounts the fantastic faery tales he heard from a stranger, Belfast man Martin Bailey.

Irish bog bodies suggest the Celts killed their kings when the harvests failed

Ancient Irish bog bodies reveal telling evidence that the Ned Kelly of the National Museum of Ireland believes the Iron Age men pulled from the midland bogs were not murder victims...

How a Sligo monk founded Celtic FC to feed Glasgow’s starving Irish families

Brother Walfrid set up the club in 1887 as a charity for impoverished Irish immigrants, and his Irish fingerprints are still all over Celtic Park today.

Three spirals, one unbroken line and centuries of guesswork about the meaning

From the triskelion to the triquetra, the designs survive from a world that left almost no written record of what it intended by them.

Ireland's druids were judges and doctors long before they were wizards

The word now suggests robes and spell books, but in Celtic society the druids were the top rank of the educated class, split between bards who carried the stories, ovates who heale...

Halloween belongs to the Pooka, the shape shifting trickster of Irish folklore

As the dark half of the year closes in, Irish tradition hands the countryside over to a jet-black phantom with burning eyes that can appear as a horse, a goat, a hare, or a handsom...

The Role of Gaia in Modern Pagan and Earth-Based Traditions

In recent decades, the resurgence of contemporary paganism and earth-based spiritual traditions has brought renewed attention to ancient mythologies and deities that embody the nat...

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Samhain: Meaning, Rituals, and Symbols for Witch’s New Year

Plus some tips on how to refresh your altar for the holiday. The post Samhain: Meaning, Rituals, and Symbols for Witch’s New Year appeared first on The Pagan Grimoire.

Why Greek Mythology Refuses to Fade From Modern Pop Culture

Greek mythology's enduring relevance stems from its expansive narratives of gods, heroes, and moral complexities. By allowing modern reinterpretations in literature, film, and gami...

MYTHICAL LEGENDS

Following the success of last year's Connected Icons, Bar Prince at The Balmoral invites guests into a world of myth, magic and storytelling with the launch of its newest cocktail...

American Myths

Karl E.H. Seigfried travels through American landscape and American history, and considers how Heathen values reflect and intersect with both. Continue reading American Myths at Th...

Samhain Rituals for Solitary Practitioners and Covens

From protective rites and divination to leaving food out for the dead, here are modern and traditional rituals for Samhain. The post Samhain Rituals for Solitary Practitioners and...

Meet the Catholic priest turned Celtic monk who has lived on Inis Mór for more than 40 years

In his new book, Dara Molloy — a former Catholic priest turned Celtic monk who has lived on Inis Mór for more than 40 years — explores Ireland’s ancient spiritual soul. Echoing the...

The Last Celtic Voice in Anatolia: What a Sixth-Century Monk Tells Us About the Ancient Galatian Language

Languages disappear twice. First, people stop speaking them. Later, the archive makes the disappearance look cleaner than it ever was. A language used in homes, markets, jokes, arg...

Druids Are Back

Maggie Phillips, Tablet Magazine When the sun set on Salisbury plain June 20, it was the eve of the longest day of the year. A crowd had gathered from all over the world, an esti...

Music, myths and magic in Meath: Everything you need to know about Púca Festival 2026