The Winter Solstice: The World’s Oldest Festival
The World’s Oldest Festival occurs at the Winter Solstice. The ancient ones were hunters and spent...
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Category: Cailleach
Grin Iron Wife: Witch, Ghost or Goddess?
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
Many people visit the Calanais Stones, on the Isle of Lewis at sunrise on the Summer solstice....
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Beltane Brìde
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.
Imbolc is a festival which pre-dates the arrival of Christianity in Scotland. The Coming of...
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Cailleach Nollich : The Burning of the Old Woman of Winter
The Cailleach Nollich or the Yeel Carlin is Scotland’s version of the Yule Log. This centuries old...
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