Archive for May, 2008

Celtic New Year May 12th 2008

May 12th, 2008

This first quarter moon above in the sky this sunset marks the start of Samon, marking the start of a new Celtic year! Gaullish Samon is the equivalent of Irish cet-Samhin, the first of Summer, maked by the feast of Beltaine; of course Beltaine has become entrenched at the convenient time of May eve on [...]

Celtic planet names

May 12th, 2008

Compare with the names of the known planets of ancient Celticity:
Sun: Sauelios, Sonnos/Sonna, Grannos/Greina
Moon: Luxna, Leucara/Leucaros, Diuon, Eidsciia
Mars: Cocidios, Roudios
Mercury: Lugos, Luxtos, Boudios
Jupiter: Tectos, Taranis
Venus: Reiia/Riia, Uasnia
Saturn: Melnos, Uosiros, Nucturos.
and, Uranus (maybe since it was bearly visible in the best of conditions): Cenos (> Cean < Cian).
Have dumped this out of http://cura.free.fr/xx/17bouten.html as a [...]