As with my earlier post in August on Irish pregnancy traditions there is not a lot of information to be found on traditional pregnancy(…)
Category Archives: By Land Sea and Sky
The Story of my Odin Staff, or Why it’s Okay to Ask the Gods to Help
One of the physical object that I would describe as my most precious possession is an ash staff hand-carved with images relating to Odin. The staff was made by the amazing Paul Borda, of
Children’s Yule Songs, Parodies of Traditional Songs
This first one is a children’s version of a parody I did several years ago….
The 12 Days of Yule-tide for Children
On the twelfth day of yule-tide, my family gave to me
twelve holiday movies (…)
Karma, Wyrd, and Dán, oh my!
It seems that many cultures have some concept relating to a person’s purpose or destiny in life, and in American paganism and its many sub-branches these culture specific terms tend to get used interchangeably, often equated to the term “fate”.(…)
Hammer – a Poem
I have a couple longer posts in the works but nothing is quite where I want it to be yet. This morning I was looking through an old notebook I have some poetry in and stumbled across a poem I wrote in early 2007, so I decided I’d share that today while(…)
View of Witches in Irish Folklore
The final chapter of Kevin Danaher’s book Irish Customs and Beliefs begins with an anecdote from the author’s youth. He relates encountering an old woman named Nellie while on a family vacation in Clare, who, he discovers later, is known through(…)
A Short Poem to Odin as Oski
Hail Oski,
Generous gift-giving God,
Who brings joy at Yule
With wishes well granted,
Weilding wonderous Wunjo,
Bright blessings of joy
In needs more than met,
Hail the Wish-giver,
Hail Oski!(…)
An Dagda
One of the most well known Gods of the Tuatha de Danann is the Dagda. He can be found under many variations of the name and under many by-names, such as Daghdae, Dagdai, Daghdo, Daghdou, Dagdae, Dagdhua, Dagdhae, Dagda Mor, Dagda Donn and(…)
The Four Treasures
“305. There were four cities in which they [the Tuatha de Danann] were acquiring knowledge and science and diabolism: these are their names, Failias, Goirias, Findias, Muirias. From Failias was brought the Lia Fail which is in Temair, and which used to(…)
Kids and Faith
There are certain questions that are commonly asked within the pagan community, and one that I see repeated at least once every few months is about raising children pagan. The exact phrasing of the question may change, but its always expressed in two(…)