The Sovereignty Goddess: What She Actually Means and Why She Keeps Showing Up
She shows up in Irish mythology more than almost any other figure. She’s at the gates of kingship in one story. She’s a hag who becomes a beautiful woman in another. She’s a queen who demands that her husband prove himself capable. She’s a...
How to Read the Mabinogion (And What to Actually Look For)
The Mabinogion will confuse you the first time through. That’s not a knock on you. It’s a feature of the text. These are medieval Welsh tales that preserve mythological material considerably older than the manuscripts that contain them, written for an...
Creating a Celtic Seasonal Altar: A Guide for Each of the Four Festivals
Before we get into what to put on a seasonal altar, it’s worth being clear about something: the altar is not the practice. This matters because modern pagan culture has a tendency to make the altar the centerpiece of observance, as if the right arrangement of...
The Sacred Well in Modern Practice: How to Work with Water in Any Celtic Tradition
Water is the most consistent thread running through Celtic religious practice. Not fire, not the seasonal festivals, not even the gods themselves. Water. Every branch of the Celtic world, from the Gaulish inscriptions naming river goddesses to the Irish cosmology...