#welsh polytheism

[ofbloodandfaith]

[arawnsworn0vate0poc]

Happy Black History Month

It's Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyallau; Imbolc ; Groundhogs Day Eve.

Remember to honor the gods, goddesses, and divine in your life with respect that my people don't take tablescraps and work for less than what we are worth.

[nehalenniaspeil]

— A little prayer to Rhiannon and Epona 📜

🌞 🌿 TO RHIANNON

Bright Rhiannon

Full of grace

Maiden of otherworld

Shining in the light of Bealtaine

The power is within

Be with us now and always

Blessed be

🏛️ 🪙 TO EPONA

Hail Epona

Noble and bright

Shining in the light of Winter

Holy mother

Queen of horses

The power is within

Be with us now and always

Blessed be

[childofflamesandmoonlight]

Are there any deities that are associated with mushrooms/fungi?

[dairedara]

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

[catdraiochta]

i felt mabon's presence with me while watching game grumps and having some whiskey, strangely. i could feel him laughing, so I poured him a bit of my whiskey, and we spent an hour or two together. how lovely is that!

[hesy-bes]

Following the Hunt

I follow the hounds, red-eared, teeth bared. I bound through the brush, leaping like stag, and follow the call of your hunting horn. O’ Gwyn ap Nudd, Leader of the Wild Hunt, I dance through the trees with you, comforting the souls that come to your care, knowing when my time comes, I will journey to Annwn, safe in your arms.

[altar-of-ace]

I feel like making more colour themed moodboards for Aphrodite or Cerridwen, which colours should I do? I’ve already done red and pink for Aphrodite

[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!

[ofbloodandfaith]

DYDD GŴYL DEWI

[arawnsworn0vate0poc]

What is the most important part of your daily ritual?

Prayer obviously is the core of any theology. This is something I've done from sunrise to sunset. This is because of liminality, the space between this waking world and the sleeping one, and over meals I've prepared for myself and / or more junk food.

A simple 'cellsing' means Hail in cymraeg; does the trick.

I tend to put on some sort of clean 100% cotton garment over my head. Plastic/polyester is a plant and animal killer and destroys natural land made for land fills. (Though you can obviously DIY things, i dont recommend all of it being resin, or digital even if its what you can afford at the time) I have a prayer book I keep under lock and key. And my shrine for the divine in question faces to the left of my living space. This is due to both Arawn being of the left hand path and natural sunlight replacing an electric bulb that would not have been needed nor invented during midevil wales.

[satinsparring]

I didn't even notice it was Gwyl Awst until someone liked my post from last year.

With that said, no matter where you are or what you're harvesting, I hope it's bountiful.

If you're like me, spending this time, what you feel like should be a time of celebration, alone and afraid and in pain, know that I'm here. And we have sown seeds of happiness over the last year, whether we noticed or not. And I hope that our harvests are bountiful and beautiful when we need them most.

[nehalenniaspeil]

An altar for Rhiannon ♡

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[balladblood-aesthetics]

Tri Thiws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain | Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain Series: 1/13  - Dyrnwyn, the Sword of Rhydderch Hael

The Dyrnwyn ("White-Hilt") is said to be a powerful sword belonging to Rhydderch Hael,[3] one of the Three Generous Men of Britain mentioned in the Welsh Triads. When drawn by a worthy or well-born man, the entire blade would blaze with fire. Rhydderch was never reluctant to hand the weapon to anyone, hence his nickname Hael meaning "the Generous", but the recipients, as soon as they had learned of its peculiar properties, always rejected the sword.

[blackcrowing]

Would you happen to know of any Welsh reconstructionist blogs?

@ofbloodandfaith would be a good place to start! I also suggest you poke around #cymraeg paganism!

[hesy-bes]

What's in a name?

Given to you at birth, bestowed in later life, names are divine, identifying, yet your name, Morfran, was taken from you. Morfran snatched, replaced by Afagddu. What is in a name? Does this new title define you? Or do you reach towards the past, groping for Morfran again? I see you as Morfran, Sea Raven, the comorant on the coast. This you shall be.