Category: Bride

The Winter Solstice: The World’s Oldest Festival

Dec 21, 2023 | Bride, Cailleach, Chambered cairn, Christmas and Yule, Druids, Fire Festivals, Hogmanay, Maeshowe, Neolithic, Orkney, Shetland, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

The World’s Oldest Festival occurs at the Winter Solstice. The ancient ones were hunters and spent...

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Beltane Brìde

Apr 30, 2023 | Beltane, Bride, Cailleach, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Myths and Legends

In Scotland, Beltane and May Day are almost synonymous. May Day is a Spring holiday celebrated...

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From Imbolc to Candlemas; From the Goddess Brìde to Saint Brigid.

Jan 30, 2023 | Beltane, Bride, Cailleach, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Imbolc, Lughnasadh, Lunastral, Lammas, Myths and Legends, Samhain and Halloween, Summer Solstice, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

Imbolc is a festival which pre-dates the arrival of Christianity in Scotland. The Coming of...

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The Dragon’s Hole: Beltane Revelries and Saintly Slayings

Apr 30, 2022 | Beltane, Bride, Cailleach, Dragons, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Myths and Legends, Protestant Reformation

The Dragon’s Hole was said to be the den of a deadly dragon during the 6th Century. The beast...

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The Bodach- Ancient God, Folk Myth or Malevolent Ghost?

Sep 21, 2021 | Bodach, Bride, Cailleach, Nine Maidens

Tigh nam Bodach is an ancient pagan shrine built to the Bodach and his wife, the Cailleach, in one...

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Scottish Myths and Legends

Feb 17, 2018 | Bride, Cailleach, Cryptozoology, Dragons, Haunted, Mythical creatures, Myths and Legends, Nine Maidens, Sith (fairies), Waterhorse

From before the dawn of history, the early ancestors of the people we now know as the Scots, built...

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