Category: Summer Solstice

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

Feb 1, 2026 | 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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Turning the Wheel of the Year

Sep 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,...

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Grin Iron Wife: Witch, Ghost or Goddess?

Jul 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...

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Calanais: The Sun, The Moon, The Goddess and The Stones

Jun 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....

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