The Dragons of Celtic Mythology

The Dragon, a Creature of Myth and Legend is found in almost every Culture of the World in some form. In Celtic Mythology, The Dragon was believed to be of a World that was parallel to the Physical World.

It was thought by The Druids that the Dragon’s Power affected the lay of the Land. They believed that the path The Dragons took was important to the Flow of Energy through the Physical World. Areas where a Dragon passed often, where Dragon paths crossed or places a Dragon stopped to rest became more powerful than the areas surrounding it.

There are two types of Dragons in Celtic Lore. There is the standard Winged Version with four legs that most people are familiar with and there is a Sea Serpent that is depicted as either a Giant, Wingless Serpent or Huge Serpent with Wings, but no legs. The Dragon was a Gatekeeper to other Worlds and Guardian to the Secrets and Treasures of the Universe.

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

~ Mark Twain

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕋𝕣𝕚𝕦𝕞𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖

Going though life sometimes is like a voyage in the open ocean.
With no land around, how can one navigate?
All you have to do is look up toward the heavens and let the sun, moon and stars (the Gods and Ancestors), which will guide you to your destination (destiny)!

Gods guide you on your life's voyage. You are never lost when Gods guide your footsteps!

Dismayed at the alarming amount of anti-Nietzsche comments presently on Twitter, I’ve decided to freely provide this rare and rather expensive essay on the history and symbolism of the eagle and the serpent in mythology, with particular emphasis upon how they are used by Nietzsche in his Zarathustra. I’m happy to provide translations of the occasional German and French used in the essay for those interested — simply DM me on Twitter. If there is enough interest I’ll create a supplement with all of the translations into English and post it here. It’s one thing to thoughtfully critique a philosopher of the first rank, it’s pure ignorance to simply dismiss one because he rigorously challenges one’s own beliefs…

“This morning, one of our companie looking over boord saw a Mermaid, and calling up some of the companie to see her, one more came up, and by that time she was come close to the ship’s side, looking earnestly on the men: a little after, a Sea came and overturned her: From the Navill upward, her backe and breasts were like a woman’s (as they say that saw her) her body as big as one of us; her skin very white; and long haire hanging down behinde, of colour blacke; in her going downe they saw her tayle, which was like the tayle of a porposse, and speckled like a Macrell. Their names that saw her were Thomas Hilles and Robert Raynar.”

- From the logbook of Henry Hudson, June 15, 1608.

Selkie
by TravJames

A dear friend of mine made this song for me

"Life doesn’t have to be so complicated. We need to figure out the people we want to spend our time with and what we want to accomplish. We need to examine our commitments and declutter our lives."

– Phil Robertson

"But if it is in our power to do and to refrain from doing right and wrong, and if, as we saw, being good or bad is doing right or wrong, it consequently depends on us whether we are virtuous or vicious."

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (Hθικὰ Νικομάχεια)
Book 3, Chapter V

🇸🇪 Runestone set in the wall of a church.

"At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead. The hard thing is finding the courage to do it."

– Suzanne Collins, "Catching Fire"
(The Hunger Games, #2)

Recently picked up a copy of "The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus," in which this is the dedication page.

It has a verbatim translation alongside the original old French verses, exactly as they appeared in the Macè Bonhomme edition published in Lyons in 1568.

Povitrulya

Air-maidens, or povitrulya, are Ukrainian mythological beings very similar to swan maidens or valkyries. They are capable of flight and often end up living with men who steal their skin/clothes.

This is similar to the stories of how Wayland the Smith and his brothers stole swan garments from a group of valkyries. Following is an excerpt from the tale of wife-povitrulya:

The lad was wandering the forest and saw a group of twelve air-maidens bathing in a lake. They left their clothes on the shore. He took and hid one. The maidens got out of the lake. Eleven flew off, while one stayed there naked. She asked the lad to give the clothes back, but he didn’t and took her home.