Turning the Wheel of the Year
The turning of the wheel of the year is something which is always with us. At the summer solstice,...
Read MoreSep 18, 2023 | Beltane, Calanais, Chambered cairn, Druids, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Fire Festivals, Imbolc, Lughnasadh, Lunastral, Lammas, Maeshowe, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Orkney, Prehistory, Samhain and Halloween, Stenness, Stone Circle, Summer Solstice, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice
The turning of the wheel of the year is something which is always with us. At the summer solstice,...
Read MoreAug 1, 2023 | Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Lughnasadh, Lunastral, Lammas
Lughnasadh is a festival where the first fruits of the harvest are celebrated on the 1st August....
Read MoreJul 20, 2023 | Cailleach, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Grin Iron Wife, Myths and Legends, Sea witch, Summer Solstice
Grin Iron Wife lies waiting. Sometimes she waits on the skerries, sometimes she lurks on cliffs...
Read MoreJun 21, 2023 | Cailleach, Calanais, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Lewis, Maeshowe, Myths and Legends, Neolithic, Prehistory, Stone Circle, Summer Solstice, Witches
Many people visit the Calanais Stones, on the Isle of Lewis at sunrise on the Summer solstice....
Read MoreApr 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...
Read MoreJan 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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