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#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `All alone, without a single friend, #Cuchulain, the king of Erin's mighty heroes lay, dying upon the plain. …But the Grey of Macha, the King of Erin's steeds, found him where he stood, and came up, dragging the spear that still held in his wound; and it laid its head upon #Cuchulain's breast, weeping great dropping tears of dusky blood. And all about his shoulders hovered carrion birds, yet still the host dared not venture nigh, for the hero's light shone from his forehead, and they knew not whether he were alive or dead.`
Source: Cuchulain, The Hound of Ulster, by Eleanor Hull; Illustrated by Stephen Reid
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#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `At the third time, the Wild Women-Goblins of the Blast, who watched the fight, screaming above the slain, swooped down. Into the hands of Luga and young Ere, but late ascended Tara's royal seat, and into the dread hand of dark Curoi, they placed the venomous spears of magic might brought out of fairy-land. "The time is come," said they ; "take these and strike; with each of these three spears a king shall fall."
Together those three foes drew near, and first Curoi threw his weapon, aiming it at #Cuchulain. But from his mantle once again it swerved, missing its mark. But glancing off from him, it pierced the Grey of Macha, pinning the gallant creature to the ground. Cuchulain, when he saw his steed transfixed, without a thought for his own safety, bounded from his chariot, and stooped to draw the weapon from the wound; but for all he tugged and pulled, he could not get it out.`
Source: Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook
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#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Cuchulain’s chariot-steeds, like horses god-possessed, trampled their men to death; the fire breathing from their nostrils consumed all who ventured near. Thus through the hosts from side to side #Cuchulain urged his steeds, and all his way was heaped and piled with dead. Twice seemed it that the victory was his, but at the last, the warriors rallied and held him back.`
Source: Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory
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#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `When #Cuchulain saw his chariot standing ready for him, and Laeg therein awaiting him, and the noble steeds pawing the ground, the phantoms of his brain passed away from him, and his warrior strength and joyousness of mind came back, and he donned his armour with good-will and gladness, and made to spring into the chariot. But for the first time since the day when they rose out of the magic lake, the steeds obeyed not his hand, but started from him and turned the chariot round, evading him. And when Laeg drew them back, and Cuchulain prepared to spring again into the chariot, they fled away before him. "How now, how now is this, good steeds?" said Laeg ; "full oft before ye two came bounding at your master's call, nor ever turned away. Ill deed is this of thine, for never upon any former day did he and I need help from you as now we need it. Presage of evil is this freak of thine!" This when the Grey of Macha heard he stood quite still, the Black Steed by his side, and they let Cuchulain mount into the chariot; but even as he sprang to take his seat, his weapons all fell down about his feet; to him a grim foreshadowing of ill. He saw, moreover, that from the horses' eyes and down their cheeks coursed tears of dusky blood.`
Source: Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook
Here’s the backstory: @NeuKelte@hear-me.social

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Gloomily and sadly #Cuchulain sat down, nor would he play or listen to the music of the bards, or hold sweet converse with the women, but all that night, till break of day, he tried and proved his weapons, and his spears and sword he polished lovingly, and he sent Laeg out to catch his chariot-steeds and bring them to the green beside the house. And his heart revived within him when he heard without the neigh of the Grey of Macha and the Black Steed of the Glen.`
Source: Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook
Here’s the backstory: @NeuKelte@hear-me.social

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We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy and #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries 🙏
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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The thrice repeated notes of five sounds, with an abrupt note at the end, of which the cooing of the wood pigeon consists, have been construed into words, and these words differ in different places, according to the state of the country, and the prevailing sentiments of the people.
In the cold spring days, when food is scarce and the wood pigeon cold, it forms good resolutions, and says:—
Yn yr haf
Tŷ a wnaf;
Gwnaf.
In the summer
I’ll make a house;
I will.
Source: Welsh Folk-Lore a collection by the Rev. Elias Owen

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `Hares, the heralds of spring, are among the few native Irish mammals remaining, and have been here since before the ice covered the land, although their fur no longer goes white in the winter. In March they go a bit mad and have boxing matches and arguments with each other, hence the phrase, "as mad as a March hare"!`
Source: https://emeraldisle.ie/the-irish-hare

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `In Scotland `the old people believed that somewhere in the west the spirit of Spring had its hiding-place, and they imagined this hiding-place to be a green floating island on which the sun always shone and flowers were always blooming.`
Source: Donald A. Mackenzie, Wonder tales from Scottish Myth & Legend

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `Dandelion, or Caisearbhán in Irish, is often one of the first flowers to appear in spring, and so is associated with Brigid.`
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The willow has abundant, watery sap in spring which allows for fairly easy harvesting of the bark. Once removed, the bark can be rolled and dried, and stored for weaving. The sap contains salycilic acid, which is the active agent in the medicine, aspirin.`
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack

This is your personal invitation to discuss the draft of the Nua-Celtic Manifesto with me on https://zotum.net/profile/ncm.
We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy and #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries 🙏
#CapitalismKills #TaxTheRich #MakePollutersPay #FridaysForFuture #ClimateEmergency #ClimateJustice #ClimateActionNow #greedflation #ecocide #stopoil #endfossilfuels #cooltheclimate #JustStopOil #PeopleOverProfits

SIPRI: Arms imports by states in Europe more than trebled
https://www.sipri.org/publications/2026/sipri-fact-sheets/trends-international-arms-transfers-2025
We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy & #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries, please! 🙏
#TaxTheRich #MakePollutersPay #CapitalismKills

Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/11/australian-governments-subsidising-fossil-fuel-use-by-more-than-30000-a-minute-analysis-finds
We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy & #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries, please! 🙏
#TaxTheRich #MakePollutersPay #cooltheclimate #CapitalismKills

Capitalism and communism are obsessed with generating economic growth.
Read https://www.monbiot.com/2019/04/30/the-problem-is-capitalism/!
We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy & #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries, please! 🙏
#TaxTheRich #MakePollutersPay #cooltheclimate #CapitalismKills

Don't Just Tax the Uber Rich, Reform the Corporate Structure That Creates Them | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/reform-corporate-structure
We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy & #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries, please! 🙏
#TaxTheRich #MakePollutersPay #cooltheclimate #CapitalismKills

`By capitalism we mean something very odd and very specific: an economic system that boils down to a dictatorship run by the tiny minority who control capital – the big banks, the major corporations and the 1% who own the majority of investible assets.`
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2026/feb/12/capitalist-model-climate-growth-capitalism-species-humanity
We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy & #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries, please! 🙏
#TaxTheRich #MakePollutersPay #cooltheclimate #CapitalismKills

This is your personal invitation to discuss the draft of the Nua-Celtic Manifesto with me on https://zotum.net/profile/ncm.
We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy and #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries 🙏
#CapitalismKills #TaxTheRich #MakePollutersPay #FridaysForFuture #ClimateEmergency #ClimateJustice #ClimateActionNow #greedflation #ecocide #stopoil #endfossilfuels #cooltheclimate #JustStopOil #PeopleOverProfits

#FindsFriday #Celtic: `Architectural remains of farms and rural dwellings, although incomplete, demonstrate the wide variety of these establishments. This is particularly evident in the size of their enclosing ditches. While the structures appear comparable at first glance, this superficial similarity conceals their differing functions, and a complex social hierarchy. Smaller farms often survived for only one or two generations while, at the other end of the scale, more extensive establishments which could almost be described as ranches, grew ever larger over time, with some developing into imposing rural fortresses.`
Source: Centre d'interprétation Alesia

#FindsFriday #Celtic: `In rural sites it is extremely rare to find large numbers of coins, but occasionally hoarded collections are discovered. Where did this money come from? In his writings, Caesar mentions particularly wealthy local aristocrats collecting customs duties from merchants. It is possible that some of the hoards discovered are revenue from tax collectors who made money not simply from agriculture.
Source: Centre d'interprétation Alesia