Beltane
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Beltane Beltane (April 30th-may 1st) is one of the four major Celtic festivals of the year and marks the beginning of Summer. The Goddess is decked in green and her wells and springs are believed to be at their most fertile and magical. (The Malvina Well used in this image was sculpted by Rose Garrard and can be found in the centre of Great Malvern,Worcestershire.)
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From the original Mandala, acrylic 100cm x 100cm with metallic and glitter overlays. The Hallows of Ireland The Morrigan – Samhain / Triple Goddess; Great Queen; Warrior Queen; Queen of War and Death; Shapeshifter (Raven/Crow); Protector; Goddess of Fertility / Bearing Claiomh Solais (The sword of light and death) / Wife of The Dagda The Dagda – Beltane / Master of Magic; Fearsome Warrior; Skilled Artisan / Guardian of Coire Anseasc, the never empty cauldron with healing powers / Master of the Harp / Husband to The Morrigan / Son of Danu / Father of Brigid Brigid – Imbolc / Exalted One; Bright Goddess; Goddess of healers, poets, smiths, women; Keeper of prophecies and dreams; The Flame of Ireland; Keeper of sacred wells and sacred earth; Goddess of Spring / Carrying Brigids Cross; Keeper of Lia Fail, the stone of destiny and coronation Danu – Lughnasadh / Great Mother; Goddess of faery ways; Goddess of fertility and wisdom; Goddess of Imagination; Earth Mother; Matriarch of the Tuatha De Danaan; Goddess of wealth and abundance / Carries the Spear Luin, the spear of might and light I never know where these Mandalas come from… All I know with this one is that I woke up one morning and The Morrigan was standing at the foot of my bed and the entire image was in my head and I just had to paint it… Now it sits on my studio easel and I look at it and wonder… The answer always comes.. These big powerful mandalas are connections… connections with spirit, connections with others, connections with myself. My ancient celtic ancestry is in full bloom… ALL RIGHTS RESERVED! Please DO NOT COPY this picture. It is protected in more ways than one… Cheers:) Marg
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“I am the half sister of the Great king Arthur Pendragon. History claims I am a witch. In truth…I have the blood of the faerie running thick in my veins. I am not an evil witch, but a priestess of the Goddess. Merlin took Arthur right after he was born, to have him raised somewhere else. We did not grow up together he and I. I was brought to Avalon at a rather young age to become a priestess. After Arthur was acknowledged as the successor to the throne, he had to pass a test. As a maiden-priestess I was chosen to sleep with the Stag King (which was Arthur that night). During this night our son Mordred was conceived. This was the begining of the end of the Knights of the Round Table and the downfall of Arthur’s Kindom.” Lady Morgaine
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based on Madron Holy Well in South Cornwall. The tradition of hanging offerings of flowers and rags and ribbons is still in practice today amongst Pagans in the UK. This image was inspired by the beauty and fertility of may when the bluebells and Horse Chestnut is in bloom and mayday (Beltane) is the traditional time for well dressings and leaving offerings to the water spirits and fairies.
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Taken at one of our Avebury druid Ceremonies on Beltane.He adorns the horns of a Stag and honours the Wild ways…
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This image is for all those who walk a simerla path to myself, i have been planning to draw a collection of images based on the yearly sabbats and this is the first one i have so far compleated. And all Redbubble’rs will be the first to see it haveing only compleated it last night. / Like most of my work there is a heavy celtic theam in this image but i have tryed to add as much symbolism as i could just to add to the power of the image, the figures are based with in a pentagram surronded by spirals of the waxing and waining moon, and then there is the cressent moon and the blazing sun, there is more but i dont want to give it all away and its fun to see if others can pick up on what is hidden in all my work.
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Some green folk at Beltane celebrations May 08, Glastonbury.Dad and son wearing striking Green!!Elves are for real!!
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from my 2009 Calendar
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From the fine art photography of wendy bandurski-miller Some of us in the Northern Hemisphere celebrate Beltane…... My thoughts are that connecting to the rhythms that are part of the wider cycle are both important and fundamental to our humanity and our growth as aware beings.
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The May King and Queen kiss in bliss in Bushycoombe ,Chalice Hill, Beltane 08..
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The Coronation
by Tony ElliottAnticipation. The quivering thigh.
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The Green man rises..
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A fairground ride in action
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The Green Man masked at Beltane Ceremony at Caer Abiri.
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Colored Pencil drawing of group of skyclad pagans dancing around a maypole.
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This digital art depicts a scene, set some 2500 years ago at a Stone circle somewhere in Scotland. The time is Beltane, the start of the new growing season. Two village elders are performing an age old ceremony over the Beltane fire. Once the morning has broken and the fire has died down, the entire community will gather there to celebrate the new season.
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Beltane sunset
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This was taken at the 1996 Australian National Folk Festival. Morris Rampant was the medieval morris dancing troupe derived from both Belswaggers and Moreton Bay dancers. Very violent,approach with caution, do not serve alcohol they will want to be your best friend and will start singing pub songs about hares chasing hounds. Here we are performing the stick and bucket dance without buckets, which is a lot safer. For those who don’t know, Morris dancing is a form of English folk dancing. It is a pagan fertility rite with a number of rituals that has survived the many centuries of Christian oppression. I suppose it’s a lot easier for cowardly little preacher bullies to burn little old ladies and young women at the stake than it is to burn big burly men with very large cudgels that can be used for thumping people.
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Beltane 70×100 oil on canvas, silver & golden leaf The central character of the painting is my six-legged Faery Queen. The painting is about the ancient pagan holiday – Beltane, which is on the 1st of May. For the pagans that was the time of love and celebration, when everything in nature woke up for summer and mating. At this time fires were traditionally burned, fire being the symbol of male energy, and the maidens jumped over fire in many cultures. Celts believed that at this time, the Faery Folk who lived underground in Faery mounds (which you can see on the right) came out at this time and traveled to change residence.
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