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...
Read MoreDec 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...
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 MoreApr 16, 2022 | Betrayals and Treachery, Dark History, Martyrs, Orkney, Protestant Reformation, Saint Magnus, Vikings
Saint Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, is an old building. By 1919, it was in urgent need of...
Read MoreDec 29, 2020 | Christmas and Yule, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Orkney, Shetland, Trows, Vikings, Winter Solstice
The Yules was the old festive celebration in Orkney and Shetland derived from the old Norse...
Read MoreDec 20, 2019 | Calanais, Chambered cairn, Maeshowe, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Orkney, Prehistory, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice
Anyone who has lived in Scotland can tell you that the Winter Solstice can be a tough time of the...
Read MoreDec 27, 2018 | Dragons, Myths and Legends, Orkney, Vikings
Does Orkney’s Tale of the Stoorworm have its origins in Viking Folklore? You may never have heard...
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