Cult Accessories CT054
Celtic Tomes
This chapter covers Temples, Altars, Images, Symbols, and the Cult of Weapons of the Ancient Celts.
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Festivals CT053
Celtic Tomes
The Celtic year was not at first regulated by the solstices and equinoxes, but by some method connected with agriculture or with the seasons.
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Tabu CT052
Celtic Tomes
The Irish geis, pl. geasa, which may be rendered by Tabu, had two senses. It meant something which must not be done for fear of disastrous consequences, and also an obligation to do something commanded by another.
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Sacrifice and Prayer CT051
Celtic Tomes
The Celts offered human victims on the principle of a life for a life, or to propitiate the gods, or in order to divine the future from the entrails of the victim. We shall examine the Celtic custom of human sacrifice from these points of view first.
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Cosmogony CT050
Celtic Tomes
The Celts may have possessed the Heaven and Earth myth, but all trace of it has perished. There are, however, remnants of myths showing how the sky is supported by trees, a mountain, or by pillars.
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Animal Worship CT049
Celtic Tomes
Animal worship pure and simple had declined among the Celts of historic times, and animals were now regarded mainly as symbols or attributes of divinities.
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Tree and Plant Worship CT048
Celtic Tomes
The Celts had their own cult of trees, but they adopted local cults. This chapter also details how the Celts made their sacred places in dark groves, the trees being hung with offerings or with the heads of victims.
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River and Well Worship CT047
Celtic Tomes
Among the Celts the testimony of contemporary witnesses, inscriptions, votive offerings, and survivals, shows the importance of the cult of waters and of water divinities. This chapter also details the many fairies and folklore creatures associated with water.
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Primitive Nature Worship CT046
Celtic Tomes
McCulloch talks about animism, where everything was a person and the greater objects of nature were worshiped for themselves alone.
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The Cult of the Dead CT045
Celtic Tomes
The custom of burying grave-goods with the dead and other grave customs is the subject of this chapter. McCulloch also talks about the role of fairies and the festival of Samhain.
info_outlineHousehold Ghosts and Hidden Treasure
British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881)
Book 2 Chapter 2
by
Wirt Sikes
In this superb chapter, we learn about how Welsh ghosts are involved with revealing hidden treasure! Sikes tells us about the ghost of St. Donat, Anne Dewi's ghost, and the ghost on horseback. We also hear about how often Ghosts with their fairy allies transport people through the air - much as occurs within modern American Spiritualism. In addition we learn much of the superstitions surrounding Hares as well as how to exorcise a haunting spirit.
Running Order:
- Household Ghosts and Hidden Treasures 1:31
- The Miser of St. Donat's 3:24
- Anne Dewy's Ghost 5:26
- The Ghost on Horseback 8:07
- Hidden Objects of Small Value 10:13
- Transportation through the Air 12:44
- From Breconshire to Philadelphia, Pa., in Thirty-Six Hours 14:19
- Sir David Llwyd, the Magician 18:13
- The Levitation of Walter Jones 20:09
- Superstitions regarding Hares 22:27
- The Legend of Monacella's Lambs 23:14
- Aerial Transportation in Modern Spiritualism 25:38
- Exorcising Household Ghosts 28:23
- The Story of Haunted Margaret 29:50
Names Used in this Section
All proper names, and words in Welsh or other languages, are recorded here in the show-notes and we've done our best to get the pronunciations right for you.
Ogmore, Glamorganshire
Llantwit Major
cwm
Llywel parish
Thomas Richard, Towy
Anne Dewy
Tafarn y Garreg
Rev. Thomas Lewis
Attoch chwi, syr
Clifford Castle, Radnorshire
Fair Rosamund
King Henry II
Ty'n-y-Twr, in Carnarvonshire
Crumlyn, Monmouthshire
River Taff
Boobach
Apollo to Phaeton
'In medio tutissimus ibis'
Ystradgynlais, in Breconshire
Thomas Llewellyn
Philadelphia in Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Gething
Ystrad-gynlaisians
Sir David Llwyd
Lanidloes town, Montgomeryshire
Prophet Jones
Henry Edmund, of Hafodafel
Charles Hugh, of Aberystruth
Lanhiddel
Landovery, in Carmarthenshire
Charles Hugh
Langattock Crickhowel
Richard the Tailor
Walter Jones
Newport
Risca
Michabo
Hottentots
Monacella's Lambs
Pennant
Melangell
Brochwel Yscythrog, Powys
Mr. Home
Mr. Guppy
Highbury Park tolamb's Conduit Street, London
'de(acute)shabille'
Chicago to Milwaukee
Illinois
Simon Magus
Lord Bacon
Sir Matthew Hale
Addison and Wesley
Sgilti Yscawndroed
Haunted Margaret, or Marget yr Yspryd
Panteg
Mrs. Hercules Jenkins, at Trosdra
British Goblins can be found on Archive.org
You can find out more about Wirt Sikes on Wikipedia.
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