Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The tale of the Children of Lir is a captivating Celtic legend filled with beauty, even if it is a sad story. The story underscores the powerful message that hope should never be abandoned. The legend masterfully intertwines the profound virtues of justice, trust, faith, and freedom. Aoife cursed the […]

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Manannán mac Lir (or Manann) – “son of the sea”) – is a sea god in Irish mythology and the Welsh tradition; his other name is Manawydan. Stephen Reid’s illustration – Manannán’s boat – The High Deeds of Finn and other bardic romances of ancient Ireland by T. W. Rolleston. […]

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – A water-horse spirit of Scottish folklore is a kelpie. In Scottish folklore, this supernatural horse-shaped creature lures humans into riding it. This behavior proves fatally dangerous for its human rider because Kelpie suddenly carries the rider into a river or lake, plunges into the waters, and perishes. Credit: Adobe Stock […]

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The boundary between what we define as reality and the invisible world is thin. To ancient Celts, hidden realms were just as significant as the physical world our naked eye can perceive. Glimpses of these unseen worlds could occasionally be spotted but only by the enlightened ones. Adobe Stock – Teodor […]

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Legendary British King Lud is shrouded in a veil of mystery. Did he ever exist? Was he the real founder of London or a Celtic God? What was his connection to the Tuatha De Danann, a mythical race of god-like beings with supernatural abilities? Historians, mythologists, and folklorists have long tried to […]