#brythonic paganism

[arthurgernow]

REX BELLUM, ARTHUR GERNOW

[ID: A looping gif of waves at sea. before the viewer are smaller, daker blue waves, while behind lighter blue waves with white crests crash against once another. The scene is peaceful, yet chaotic.]

To the once and future king. Arthur, the vicious in battle and kind pagan warlord.

Dydh Da and welcome to my devotional blog to Arthur 'paganus' as I call him; essentially worshipping the religious pagan version of Arthur. Let this be a collection and discussion of essays, devotional works, personal experiences, Arthur in myth, and Arthur's various manifestations in Brythonic and greater Celtic cultures. This will largely be a focus on Kernow, as I am part Cornish, but I will include other regions featuring him such Wales, Yorkshire, Brittany, and more.

Along with this menagerie, veneration of brythonic deities and brythonic polytheism. This blog includes both Arthur the hero and Arthur as a deity, an in-between, and Arthur as a faery.

May the dead king of war rest in his grave, let us carve a future for ourselves that he will never have to return to fight for. Dead men should rest, but let it be known for him to inspire, and for our darkest hour, he shall return.

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[hesy-bes]

O' Andraste,

Bringer of Victory,

Lead the battle in my heart,

calm my mind of it's woes,

and bring me peace from the war within.

Combat my inner foes,

and march upon my mind.

To you I offer this blessing,

and ask you bless me in return.

[wolverinesorcery]

Montol Lowen and oh please let the sun rise

[pysksos]

The Bucca's Stone

In Cornwall the shadow of the old gods is never far away. In the mines, offerings would be left to the Bucca and his faery kin "The Knockers", in the fields he stood as a scarecrow by day but by night lead the "Pisky" revels, but as lord of the seas and the storms he took his most majestic form.

Legend has it he was chased out of Newlyn by Paul Choir. Before he took to the air he chanted his name three times...BUCCA, BUCCA, BUCCA! But in the commotion he dropped his nets. As living proof of this take his nets still mark some of the stones around these parts...and this is one of them

from the Museum of Magic and Folklore, Aberfala, Kernow.

[divine-crows]

Attention Fellow Celtic Pagans!

I am dying to see more celtic pagan content in my following tab so I would love it if some celtic pagan folks (of any celtic pagan sect or walk of faith!!!) would interact with this post so I can follow more people.

Especially interact if you:

- post devotional content

- follow/are a devotee to lesser known celtic deities

- post informational content

Please like/reblog so I can follow to my hearts content!

[ivyandbone]

Haven't been walking as much since i started my temp job because i like walking at night and my shift starts at 7am, but I did tonight because of the full moon.

10pm and still 95°f outside. Miserable, but doable.

I went to the places I've been going to to commune and talk with Nodens. Usually there's a bit of a breeze since it's next to the water. I poured out my offering of Arizona green tea to him and sat for a few minutes and asked for a breeze.

It wasn't until I finally actually sat and meditated, closed my eyes and just listened to all the frogs and bugs, that i finally felt a breeze.

I've begun to associate him with breezes. Mostly ones that carry the scent or feel of water/moisture but also in general and now they make me think of him.

[alephskoteinos]

If there's one good thing about Britain it's the diversity of its pagan past more than anything, and the fact that there's still so much to be found and rediscovered. Before Christianity, the land was home to countless pagan gods from numerous different cultural backgrounds. This includes not only Celtic, Brythonic, or later Anglo-Saxon gods, but also Roman gods and the gods of any number of foreign cults that came to Britain during the Roman era, as well as the Norse gods who were still worshipped by Vikings some time after Britain became Christian.

I guess the main virtue of that is that any number of gods have a place here.

[dairedara]

T-shirt that says “Gwydion fab Dôn did my top surgery”

[dare-valley]

Calan Mai Hapus

Or

Blessed Beltane

This is the bonfire (very small campfire 🔥) I lit today in gratitude and celebration of the start of Summer, and to give my thanks and love to the many gods that hold this day as significant in the Brythonic pantheon, as well as the spirits of this place (the river, mountain and forest), and my ancestors.

As an offering I gave the river a fiery orange crazylace agate stone that I've had for a few years, when my eye was drawn to this tiny spiral in the water, and I found this fossil!

[weirdantlers]

It's weird starting to read more about the Celtic side of things* and trying to reconcile that with the Germanic things. Mostly folklore about the daoin sí and álfar and their relationships with humans. Also it seems like people have a different take on the gods and how they interact with this world compared to Germanic archeology and folklore. Does anyone have advice or resources? Or even UPG to share? I'm reading a lot but I'm always eager to learn more.

*Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and Gaulish. I couldn't decide where to start so I just sort of went all things Celtic with easily accessible resources

[arthurgernow]

one of my favourite aspects of Arthur is that he was not a king until later co-opting and appropriation of Arthur by the English. Instead, one of the first mentions of Arthur calls him dux bellorum, a general, fighting along with kings and leading their armies to victory. His place lays in 4-5th century romanised Brythonic lands, not in the legends of England.

[hesy-bes]

O' Hound-Lord,

Lead my soul towards the beyond,

guide my in the dark,

your light leading the way.

You bring me strength,

and fill my heart with joy.

You hunt the horrors of the night,

and keep me safe towards a new dawn.

[wolverinesorcery]

If you're going to bat for regions and nations called celtic, take a second and remember that's MORE than just gaelic nations, lol, brythonic groups (cornish, Welsh, breton) need as much support and solidarity.

[pysksos]

Had the most wonderful Goal Est today, had my own version of a feast and plenty of alcohol to celebrate the summer harvest. Bucca is so delighted and I love their straw coat for this time of year, but we're both starting to prepare for the rundown through Guldize and into Allantide.

[themodernsouthernpolytheist]

Hi! I'm hard of hearing and I'm having a hard time trying to understand how Rhitta Gawr is pronounced. Can you help me with this if possible? Thank you!

Hello! So, Welsh isn’t my strong suit lol, but I found an audio file online that should help! Welsh has kind of a rolled r (I think the term is trilled), but not like Spanish and “w” makes an “oo” sound. But once you learn the phonetics, it’s a lot like Irish and Spanish in that it’s very regular (unlike English which does whatever tf it wants 😂). So I recommend doing some beginner welsh lessons online, preferably with native speaker audio, to help you out more than I can. But I’m so glad you asked! I’ve been working on my ability to pronounce Welsh lately, too 😊

ETA: I forgot to include the freakin audio 😂 It’s here!

ETA2: I totally spaced on the HoH part! I’m sorry, I hope I didn’t come off as an asshole. 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ I answered this in like 3 separate chunks of time and just forgot. Ok, so, let’s start with the first word: Rhitta. This is the giantess’ name. The “r” at the beginning is trilled (if I’m using the right word) so, it’s like a breathy sound followed by the tongue vibrating against the teeth (as opposed to the palette like in Spanish). The vowel there is long, so “eeeee” and the rest is pretty close to English.

For “Gawr,” this seems to mean giant and it’s a typical G sound, “aww” for the vowel. The “w” adds an “oo” sound after the “aww” sound and then the final r is trilled again.

I hope that’s a better explanation! And again, so sorry for my space casing on this!

[poeticnorth]

Another Hymn for another Brittonic deity