Earthsongs: Whisperings

WHISPERINGS FROM THE WEB ARCHIVES

All of these links were compiled by Earthsongs staffers over a period of two and a half years. Some of these links may be dead but many are still live. We have too few volunteers to keep these links up to date, if you would like to volunteer to keep these links up to date, click here to volunteer.

Brighid, Bright Goddess of the Gael
      I'm sure after that you read this webpage you will all agree that Branfionn NicGrioghair has done plenty of research about our fair lady Brighid. Branfionn NicGrioghair's sources are are listed at the end of the website, for further research.

An Imbolc Meditation (To meet Brighid)
      This webpage, by Fiona Fitzgerald Broome, is a step-by-step Meditation to meet Brighid at Imbolc, or any time you need to feel refreshed.

The Two Faces of Brighid
      Here is a well written story of how Brighid lives in one Bard's life with every breathe he takes. We can learn much about our own lives and how Brighid is with us, whether we acknowledge her presence or not.

Brigid: Flame of Two Eternities
      This very informative article covers topics from ancient customs to honor Brighid, all the way through to her role in our lives today.

Other links of interest...

The Celtic Pantheon
      Here you will find a fairly thorough dictionary of the Celtic Pantheon -- from Gods and Goddesses to the characters of the Celtic Myths.

Wicca of the Cymry Home Page
      I know that some of us are not Wiccan, but this site has 'THE LARGEST' amount of varied information: including Shamanism, Celtic resources, healing the Earth, Mythology, herbal resources, finding your way in the woods, legal rights etc. I could spend days here. I set this link to take you to their site index but if you like pictures you may want to like directly to their 'HOME' as soon as you get there.

Enchanted Encounters - Herbal Resources

This page includes an intro to Herbs, Magickal Terms and Tools, Medicinal Terms To Know, Magickal Herbs, Herbal Recipes, Herb of the Month and a neat Tip of the Day.

FES/Bach Flower Remedies

Here, I found a wonderful encyclopedia (if you will) filled with info for the begining to intermediate Herbalist. There are articles on where and when the FES and Bach Flower Remedies came to us, how they changed medicine and which herbs/flowers to use for which problems/health/mental issues. There is an animal herbal section as well.

The Witch's Cauldron - Herbs, Incense, and Oils Page

This website has numerous articles for the Shaman searching for herbal information. From tools needed to uses...

The Druids and Celtic Mysticism

This site is filled with text after text of information including spirituality, oghams, elements, beliefs, magic, history to Faery Faiths. A definite must see!

Here are some General Herbal Resources on the Web.

Grieve's Herbal A Modern Herbal, first published in 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve, contains Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs.
Culpeper's Herbal Takes a long time to download because of all the frames. Be patient. This herbal caused an uproar in the medical community when it was first published in 1649. It was the first English Herbal and the doctors were upset because Culpeper made knowledge of herbs available to anyone who could read English. Prior to this Herbals were in Latin or Greek.
Beautiful watercolor paintings of herbs are found at Carl Axel Magnus Lindman: Bilder ur Nordens Flora (1901-1905). These pictures are stunning. Any one would make a great wallpaper.

Here are some sources for those looking for information on the names of Celtic Herbs and interested in knowing what Herbs are native to the Celtic Islands.

An English to Gaelic Primer of Plant Names transposed from The Gaelic Names of Plants by John Cameron, published 1883 by William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh.
List of Native Vascular Plant Species of the British Isles (including Ireland and the Channel Islands), compiled by Professor Clive Stace of the University of Leicester for the FFF conference on Native Plants held at the Linnean Society of London, June 1997.

      Mythical Ireland, Stone Age Astronomy in Ireland Wow...! Ancient Ireland, explanations, graphics, you will not want to miss this one!
      Celtic Skies from House Shadow Drake. Myths and lore connected to Celtic tradition.
      Intellicast's Star Cast features how to articles, satellite imagery, and night sky forecasts for the stargazer.
      Explore the Solar System -- neat interactive solar system you can manipulate with your mouse and see different views. Be sure to click on "Welcome to our Planets" great pictures of the planets also.
      At Your Sky, John Walker has designed a page where you can make a 'star map' for your location. Yes, even for folks in the Southern Hemisphere! If you don't know your specific longitude and latitude there is a nice feature that allows you to set the map for a large city near your home.
      From the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, great pictures to make those shinny lights in the sky seem more 'real'.

Encyclopedia.com - Results for ancestor worship Ancestor worship is the ritualized propitiation and invocation of dead kin. Ancestor worship is based on the belief that the spirits...

Ancestor Worship Chapter Six: Ancestor Worship. Introduction. The Value of Family History. A Sermon for All Time. Introduction. The interests of dedicated...

Ancestors in Africa Information about mortuary customs and beliefs, ancestor worship, death, and dreams. Created by David Zeitlyn as part of the Experience Rich Anthropology Project.

Ancestor Worship Ancestor Worship: A religious form of worship which emphasizes the influence of deceased relatives on the living. The worship is not a religion in and of itself, but a facet of religious ex

Anphari Ancestor Worship EVERY household has somewhere within its doors a small shrine, in which are deposited small statues representing the ancestors, and some record of all deceased members of the family who have passed away after the age of infancy. Suranpha lineages often...

Animism Animism, with ancestor-worship, is the primitive belief of the Thai and their neighbors as well, and this formed the first layer of Thai religion.

Adoption Network for Search Reunion and Support - Home Page, for Links to Adopt Here you find Ginni Snodgrass' information relating adoption search reunion support reform stories poems and research. As well as links...

Electric Scotland Researching Scottish and Irish Clans & Families? Here you will find some great historical accounts of over 240 Scots and Irish clans and families. Most of our material comes from antiquarian books published in the 1800's. There are many references to clans in our History section as well and do use our search engine! Everything you ever wanted to know about the Clans and more.

Local Ireland Genealogy, maps, county by county information, news, chats, forums, too many features to mention. If you want to learn about Ireland today and delve into your Irish roots - start here!

Rath of Brighid Ritual, prayer and poetry in dedication to Holy Brighid and to the Gods of the Celts. There are links to a number of good articles, poems honouring Brighid and great artwork.

Our Bright Fire Brighid Very nice page with lots of information on Brighid Goddess and Brighid Saint. Wonderful and unusual links to more information on Brighid.

Brighid, Bright Goddess of the Gael by Branfionn NicGrioghair. Good, comprehensive article on Brighid.

Brighid's Fire Features interesting articles and great art. Poetry & Prose, A Virtual Altar, Candle Magic. Very nice site.

Brigid's Altar This page is quite simply wonderful to look at. The graphics are simple but elegant as are the words. I enjoyed my visit to this altar.

Daughters of the Flame Newsletter and articles from this devotional order dedicated to Brighid Goddess and Saint. Nice page. Good writing that is very personal and meaningful.

The WIC - History of Women Through Art page on Brighid listing the symbols most often associated with Her and featuring a nice painting.

Invocation to Brighid from "The Witches' Goddess" by Janet and Stewart Farrar.

"I Will Not Harm the Serpent ....." Brighid and St Bride By Kate Westwood. A really wonderful article that goes into amazing detail comparing the Goddess Brighid and Saint Bride traditions. Excellent reading.

Spirals... An interesting article for health 'How to Use Spiral Dynamics for Well-Being'... http://www.healingintent.com/article1034.html

Spirals all around us... We have found pictures and links of spirals. http://www.notam02.no/~oyvindha/loga.html

An article for the spiral enthusiast... 'The Wise Woman Tradition is a Spiral' by Susun Weed http://www.herbshealing.com/article1006.html

For the Arts and Crafts... Here I have found a few freeware patterns for beadwork, needlepoint, cross-stitch etc. Enjoy!
http://www.aon-celticbin.com/free/cfreewarexstitch21a.html

Tatoo's and some histoy... The history of Celtic art in the form of a tatoo shop. Alot of neat designs and artwork as well.
http://www.tribal-celtic-tattoo.com/tribal-history.htm

Wealth of Information... Celtic Digital Libraries, a source for Celtic Information on the World Wide Web. http://celtdigital.org/

Here are some amazing Folklore links.

Celtic Folklore A truly excellent page with many links to General and Fairy Folklore of the Celtic countries and their myths and legends, including: Folklore - Mythology - Folktales - Legends - Irish topography - Irish travels. This is a portal site for other high-quality Folklore sites, including: Ireland - Scotland - Wales - Breton - Manx - Jersey - Guernsey - Orkneys - Celtic counties - Folklorists.

Celtic Folklore - Welsh & Manx This very important work written by the influencial Welsh and Celtic scholar Sir John Rhys and publishing in 1901 is finally available on-line. This information was collected mainly from Wales and the Isle of Man. Includes chapters on: Undine's Kymric Sisters - The Fairies' Revenge - Fairy Ways and Words - Manx Folklore - The Fenodyree and his Friends - The Folklore of the Wells - Triumphs of the Water-World - Welsh Cave Legends - Place-Name Stories - Difficulties of the Folklorist - Folklore Philosophy - Race in Folklore and Myth.

Celtic Fire Festivals Interesting and well written pages about traditional festivals and time.

Lughnasadh Links:

Full Moon Fire Festival of The Sun Fey Good page of general Lughnasadh information.

Tailltean Games Concise explaination of the Tailltean Games

Annual Tailltean Games in New Hampshire For you New Englanders - if you missed them this year - you may still make it next year!

Irish Fire Festivals: Lughnasadh Excellent, thoughtful article on Lughnasadh and the ancient traditions associated with this season.

Poem Cailleach Bhéarra in English, Sean-Ghaeilge and Nua-Gaeilge
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaeilge/corpus/danta/bearra.html
More than Winter's Crone The Cailleach in Scotland by Insa Thierling
http://www.dcjt.demon.co.uk/caerclud/cailleach.html
Short but interesting article The Cailleach By: Keitha (FireWind)
http://www.glasstemple.com/myths/cailleac.htm
The Cailleach Bheur article in Folklore of the British Isles
http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/calleach.html
Queen of Air and Darkness, by Mara Freeman
http://druidry.org/obod/deities/cailleach.html
The Shee-Eire Myth & Mythology listing on the Cailleach Beara.
http://www.shee-eire.com/Magic_Mythology/Gods_Goddess/Celtic/Goddess/Caillea ch-Beara/Page1.htm
Short article of the Owl in Celtic myth, with picture of the Great Horned Owl.
http://home.twcny.rr.com/topazowl/owl.htm
The listing for the Cailleach in the Celtic Gods and Goddesses at Joelles Sacred Grove.
http://www.joellessacredgrove.com/Celtic/deitiesc.html#cailleach
Review of Feis by the poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. Includes excerpt from the poem "Blodeuwedd"
http://www.fiosfeasa.com/bearla/books/feis.htm
Excellent article on Goddess Culture in Early Celtic Literature by Freb Hunt.
http://www.unc.edu/home/freb/thesis.html
Wonderful page with great graphics and a short but well written article on the Cailleach as the dark face of Brighid.
http://www.tourofwales.org/bonfire.shtml
An absolutely amazing page that includes a lot of excellent material. Myths of the Celts
http://www.maryforrest.com/mythology/#celtmyth
Excellent article. A must read. Samhain: Season of Death and Renewal by Alexei Kondratiev
http://www.imbas.org/samhain.htm
Several nice articles that include a lot of modern folklore. A Samhain Celebration: A Quick History
http://www.jaguarmoon.org/public/Wheel/Samhain/Walker2.htm
Brief but informative article with great graphics. Samhain on Three Levels
http://www.tartans.com/samhain.html
This article includes information on the proper pronounciation of Samhain.
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/holiday/sam4.html

http://inanna.virtualave.net/brighid.html — Brighid, Bright Goddess of the Gael, interesting and informative article about Brighid.
http://www.usna.edu/EnglishDept/ilv/brigit.htm — St. Brigit: Fact, Myth, Legend...? Good article on St. Brigit and the development of the St. Brigit legend.
http://www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/celtic/women/ — Celtic Women: Myth and Symbol , excellent article on how women have been viewed in Celtic culture in various historical epochs.
http://saille333.home.mindspring.com/IMBOLC-OIMELC.html — Imbolc-Oimelc by Ellen Evert Hopman. Outstanding article on Imbolc traditions including folklore and recipes for an Imbolc feast.
http://www.headmag.com/head_8/goddess.html — The Goddess in Wharfedale, a thought provoking article by Gyrus that concentrates on various aspects of Brighid as a Snake Goddess.
http://www.joellessacredgrove.com/Celtic/art.html#KEY — Celtic Art Forms, great page on Celtic art at Joelle's Sacred Grove.
http://www.spiral.org.uk/dragon.htm — Dragons & Serpents, interesting article and links to more.
http://fastinternet.net.au/~nemesis/serpent.htm — Serpents, Dragons & Dinosaurs, the title is self explanatory. The article is short but interesting.
http://www.cornwt.demon.co.uk/backno.htm — Meyn Mamvro, the magazine of ancient stones and sacred sites in Cornwall. It has been published regularly 3 times a year since 1986, and, taken together, all the editions contain a wealth of original material about the prehistory and ancient customs of Cornwall.
http://www.cyberpict.net/sgathan/essays/imbolc.htm — Irish Fire Festivals: Imbolc or An Fhéill Bhrìde, nice article with some interesting suggestions for ways to celebrate the season of Imbolc.

Society of Celtic Shamans