Caer Australis: Articles in the Grove

     "I swear a fate on the boy:
       for he shall have no wife,
       no woman, from the people
       who now dwell on this earth!"
              - Arianrhod, the Mabinogi of Math

summer oak - celebrating southern beltaine, our cet-samhin

Welcome to Articles in the Grove!

Celtic literature fires the imagination and fuels the desire to reach out toward the meaning within; its history and culture long and full of intrigue.

In Articles in the Grove, Caer Oz presents short essays, both original and collected, on Celtic myth, history and culture.

As acorns of thought are these words amongst the oaks of the Grove!

Mabon ap Modron
"Do you know anything of Mabon son of Modron,
who when three nights old
was stolen away from between his mother and the wall?"
* * *
Gwern in the Fire
"And Efnisien arose and took the boy by the feet
and he thrust the boy headlong into the blazing fire."
* * *
The Last Witch Trial
"The afflicted person found an apron on the parlour floor,
that had been missing some time,
tied with five strange knots, which she loosened."

     "Grows an oak upon a steep,
       The sanctuary of a fair lord;
       If I speak not falsely,
       Lleu will come into my lap"
              - Gwydion, Mabinogi of Math ap Mathonwy

Articles in the Grove

     Featuring the works:
     (each full article is presented on its own page from the menu)
     Bé Find (Winning the Hand of the Fair Woman)^*
     Mabon ap Modron^*
     Australian Standing Stones
     Gwern in the Fire^*
     River and the Well^*
     Last Witch Trial - P.W Joyce

      The items marked with * are available from the pdf Downloads page

     Other places in the Grove:
     Welcome to the Grove
     Summer in the Grove
     Winter in the Grove
     Saints in the Grove
     Rowan Berries in the Grove

Bé Find (Winning the Hand of the Fair Woman)
"It is she who will be celebrated everywhere;
it is she the king is seeking: Bé Find"
* * *
Australian Standing Stones
Celtic Australians have made real contributions
through hard work, political leadership and development
of distinctively "Australian" notions
* * *
The River and the Well
"Each of the Celtic rivers has its Goddess, its Creatrix,
and by creating each river,
opened the land through which it flows."
* * *