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Sneak Peek Week II — Iolo
Iolo Morganwg For the penultimate day of Sneak Peek Week, I’m coming home to Wales, to bring you a name little known outside the Principality — except perhaps, by Druids: Iolo (pronounced ‘yol-oh’) —...
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Should you use the name of a God or Goddess?
This 6th Century BCE dinos (wine-mixing bowl) by Sophilos shows a procession of Greek Gods attending the wedding of Peleus and Thetis There seems to be a bit of a controversy in Pagan circles about the...
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Alluring Agaric and Amanita
In a walk in the woods today, we came across our first spotted toadstools of the season — those wonderful bright red and white fungi so deeply associated with fairies and elves that one of its common...
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Written in the Runes
Many Pagans like to practise some form of divination. There are numerous methods, but a popular one is to use the ancient runes. The association of the runes and divination is almost certainly as old...
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Equinox
It’s the Equinox today — one of the two days in the year when the hours of day and night are equal. Up in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the Autumnal Equinox, and we have to face the less than cheery...
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Rune Names — Ur
Time to return to the Runes, and the second letter of the Runic alphabet — U. It has the following names: Eldar Futhark: *Ūruz or *Ûram Anglo-Frisian: Ur Marcomannic: Hur Younger Futhark: Úr. It is...
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Happy Halloween!
This weekend, people of all faiths and none across the world will be celebrating Halloween. For most, it is just an excuse to dress up and have a party, the start of the midwinter party season which...
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Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus!
That’s “Happy Saint Dwynwen’s Day!” in English. Saint Who? In Wales, Dwnywen (pronounce “doo-in-wen” — the “doo-in” bit pronounced so quickly that it almost sounds like “dwin”) is considered the “Welsh...
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Imbolc
Over the course of today and or/tomorrow, most Pagans in the Northern Hemisphere will be celebrated Imbolc (down under, it’s time for Lughnasadh). Both Imbolc and Lughnasadh are what are often dubbed...
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Nook of Names Pick of the Week — Argent
It was the full moon last night, which is the inspiration for today’s pick of the week, the little heard Argent. Argent falls into the categories of both “surnames as first names” and “word names,”...
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