Meeting Animal Guides: The Owl of Cwm Cawlwyd with SharonLynn As with the Stag of Rhedynvre (see the Calan Gaeaf 2010 issue of The Tor Stone), we meet the Owl of Cwm Cawlwyd in the tale of Culhwch and Olwen. The knights of Arthur are seeking Mabon, son of Modron. They first meet the…
Ancient Celtic Religion by Jhenah Telyndru This is Part III of a Four-part series. The Sacred Year As pastoralists and agriculturalists, the lives of the Celts were intertwined with the changing of the seasons. In Britain, Iron Age Celts dwelt in small farmsteads with extended families and clan groups living together in nucleated hamlets with…
It doesn’t feel like spring yet. Up where I live, in the northeast corner of Pennsylvania, the snow is still falling, sometimes gently, sometimes not so gently, and we are all waiting patiently for the cold to break. It doesn’t smell like spring yet either. Each season has a distinct smell, just like each has…