Freedom monument in Riga, Latvia, where the goddess Milda, the Baltic goddess of love, courtship, friendship and freedom, stands proudly atop. She carries three stars in her hands that represent Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
The Hosting of the Sidhe
THE HOST is riding from Knocknarea
And over the grave of Clooth-na-bare;
Caolte tossing his burning hair
And Niamh calling Away, come away:
Empty your heart of its mortal dream.
The winds awaken, the leaves whirl round,
Our cheeks are pale, our hair is unbound,
Our breasts are heaving, our eyes are a-gleam,
Our arms are waving, our lips are apart;
And if any gaze on our rushing band,
We come between him and the deed of his hand,
We come between him and the hope of his heart.
The host is rushing ’twixt night and day,
And where is there hope or deed as fair?
Caolte tossing his burning hair,
And Niamh calling Away, come away.
- WB Yeats
THE HOST is riding from Knocknarea
And over the grave of Clooth-na-bare;
Caolte tossing his burning hair
And Niamh calling Away, come away:
Empty your heart of its mortal dream.
The winds awaken, the leaves whirl round,
Our cheeks are pale, our hair is unbound,
Our breasts are heaving, our eyes are a-gleam,
Our arms are waving, our lips are apart;
And if any gaze on our rushing band,
We come between him and the deed of his hand,
We come between him and the hope of his heart.
The host is rushing ’twixt night and day,
And where is there hope or deed as fair?
Caolte tossing his burning hair,
And Niamh calling Away, come away.
- WB Yeats
Csillagösvény (Star Trail) by Bertalan Székely 1890. In Hungarian mythology, Prince Csaba was the youngest son of Attila, King of the Huns. A fierce and skilled warrior, he led the Huns to victory in battle.
After Csaba's death, the Huns had no one to take up the mantle. The Huns’ enemy launched an assault on their kingdom. As they met on the field of battle, the enemy generals mocked the Huns, saying "and who will save you now that Csaba is gone?" After those words been spoken, a bright pathway consisting of stars appeared in the night sky and Csaba rode down at the head of an army from the heavens.
After Csaba's death, the Huns had no one to take up the mantle. The Huns’ enemy launched an assault on their kingdom. As they met on the field of battle, the enemy generals mocked the Huns, saying "and who will save you now that Csaba is gone?" After those words been spoken, a bright pathway consisting of stars appeared in the night sky and Csaba rode down at the head of an army from the heavens.
Csaba and his army routed the Frankish invaders and saved the Huns once again, and three more times he returned down the "Skyway of the Warriors" to defend his people, and according to some versions of the legend, he was seen once more several centuries later leading Árpád and the Hungarians, brother tribe of the Huns, over the Carpathians and into the land that is today known as Hungary.
The Hungarian name Csaba (Csaba - "A gift from the sky" or "A gift from the heavens") is said to have come from this legend."
The Hungarian name Csaba (Csaba - "A gift from the sky" or "A gift from the heavens") is said to have come from this legend."
We have watched this film, and it is delightful. Great one to view with the children.
Forwarded from ᚪOLK CINEᛗA
The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King • Askeladden: I Dovregubbens Hall (2017)
Norway
A tale of Norwegian folk hero, Espen "Ash Lad", who embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King.
ModernFilm
Norway
A tale of Norwegian folk hero, Espen "Ash Lad", who embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King.
ModernFilm
The burry man custom that takes place annually in South Queensferry, Edinburgh, Scotland, is believed to be an ancient tradition as it is thought to be thousands of years old.
It is a custom which is said to symbolize rebirth, regeneration, and fertility, upon which the burry man holds similarities to the widely known green man.
For the event, a volunteer is suited up in a suit made up of burrs that give good luck to the town, which belief is held that bad luck sticks to his burrs. Giving money or whisky, is essentially paying him to take the bad luck onto his own head. When he is chased out, or ceremonially de-burred, the collective misery is removed from the town.
It is a custom which is said to symbolize rebirth, regeneration, and fertility, upon which the burry man holds similarities to the widely known green man.
For the event, a volunteer is suited up in a suit made up of burrs that give good luck to the town, which belief is held that bad luck sticks to his burrs. Giving money or whisky, is essentially paying him to take the bad luck onto his own head. When he is chased out, or ceremonially de-burred, the collective misery is removed from the town.
“The chief most figure was a lad dressed in loose garments, which were covered over with burrs from the thistle or burdock (the arctomus bardana).
When the burry man, encased as if he were in armor in his suit of close-sticking burrs, grasping staves adorned with flowers, marched through the town, shouts were raised at every door, and the dwellers came forth with greeting and money to wish him well.”
-Folktales in Lowland Scotland, 1908, Eve Blantyre Simpson
When the burry man, encased as if he were in armor in his suit of close-sticking burrs, grasping staves adorned with flowers, marched through the town, shouts were raised at every door, and the dwellers came forth with greeting and money to wish him well.”
-Folktales in Lowland Scotland, 1908, Eve Blantyre Simpson