Celtic-Druidic Belieftoids & Factiods Real Root Sources

fiodhrádh R0014  fiodhrádh :(I) > literally "wooden utterings", this was the druidic "tree- alphabet" employed indivinational and other magical purposes in which each tree had symbolic associations. Its entire exact content is open to dispute (qv ó Tuathail, An Fiodhrádh, Toronto 1985) but the major treesand their associations are well established. Ref 09 Yes Lady Jane Divination is still very important Druidic work for those that can call up SummersLands. TDK.

Fili'  R0013   Fili' (fee-lyeh) A poet-magician or seer, who performed Celtic magic and mystical rites. The fili 'was a solitary practitioner, something like a shaman in other cultures. {Reference Tadhg MacCrossan}

Female Druii (Female Druids) R0012  Female Druii: Tonight we look at ancient Irish names for Female Druii (singular form of Druid) #Female#Druid. 02-05-15 They are said to have specialized in the Cults of the local goddesses for their Toutas (tribes). 1) 'ueleda' (we-leh-dah) 2) 'bendrui' (byen-drce) These Druid Priestess often served a goddess line, Sulis, Brigindu or Brigantia. {Reference Tadhg MacCrossan}

  Four Sacred Cities and their Gifts R0001 or the People of Danu, from the Gods. Cities: Uiscias, Esras, Semias, Morfesa  Gifts: The Sword of Nuada (Sword of Light) The Fiery Spear of Lugh (The Spear of Victory) The Cauldron of the Dagda The Stone of Fal (The Stone of Destiny) ,

 Drui, Druii, Draoi R0011,  Roots of word Druid >> The word “druid,” or rather druides, is first attested in Latin and Greek, though it is of Celticorigin. Irish forms of drui (singular) and druid occur fairly frequently in medieval Irish literature,though mostly as references made in passing, and much more often than the Welsh cognate drywoccurs in in early Welsh.<< Ref. http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/opinionated-celtic-faqs/druids/ >>The word is the plural of the title Drui (or Draoi) and Anglicized into a singular term. Theywere the ‘learned elite’ not unlike the Br&#257;hmana (Anglicized as Brahmin) of Vedic cultureor the Philosopher/Teacher of Greek tradition. Current scholarship questions whether they weremore philosophic or religious in their focus, but they generally were teachers, historians,ambassadors, and conduits to the Gods by their knowledge of the correct understanding of ritualto varying degrees. It is likely the profession had various...

 Master Druid units list A:: Anam > soul (probably a loan-word, v bradán, brí). Anamimirce - transmigration of soul. Anam Cara: > Anam Cara refers to the Celtic spiritual belief of souls connecting and bonding.Anam cara is an Irish language term meaning "spiritual advisor" Andumnos (Gaulish) > The Underworld / Otherworld / Netherworld which corresponds to the Greek Elysian Fields and Tartaros, and to the Teutonic Valhall and Hel. There are many isles of the Celtic Otherworld. Andumnos was later called Annwn in Welsh, andAndomhain in Early Irish (Gaelic). Ref. Glossary of Druidism llewellyn.com Anam Cara R0019 Anam Cara refers to the Celtic spiritual belief of souls connecting and bonding.Anam cara is an Irish language term meaning "spiritual advisor" Anamimirce R0018 transmigration of the soul. Andumnos R0020 (Gaulish) > The Underworld / Otherworld / Netherworld which corresponds to the Greek Elysian Fields and Tartaros, and to the Teutonic Valhall and H...

Draíocht R0010 Druid Magick(Did Druids do Magick ?) Although seldom discussed in Face book groups of Druid major organizations or interest pages(that I am a member of) in our ancient past we were considered the Masters of Magick, Conjure,Curses, Rosc and Spells. So here is a word / term dear to my Un-Reformed Druid Heart. TDK Draíocht - One of the three primary arts, the word is used to refer to what we would now called"magick" (in both the simple and the ritual sense). It means "the use of powers to effect ends."Spell-casting, the use of evocations and invocations, the practice of chanting, circle dancing(intended to bring about a particular end) and other arts are all considered disciplines of draíocht. http://www.isisbooks.com/celtic-springs.asp Google Translate: Ár nDraíocht Féin > Our Own Draíocht Féin . > Own Ár > Our draíocht > I like our Magic as Defination. Etymology draoi + -acht, a Noun draíocht f druidic art, magic, enchantment

Doire R0009  Doire (IG) > The origin of the word ‘Druid’’ is unclear, but the most popular view is that it comesfrom ‘doire’, an Irish-Gaelic word for oak tree (often a symbol of knowledge), also meaning‘wisdom’. Druids were concerned with the natural world and its powers, and considered treessacred, particularly the oak. Druidism can be described as a shamanic religion, as it relied on a combination of contact with thespirit world and holistic medicines to treat (and sometimes cause) illnesses. They were said tohave induced insanity in people and been accurate fortune tellers. Some of their knowledge of theearth and space may have come from megalithic times. Ref. http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/Druids/ I do like this discription. (Druidism can be described as a shamanic religion) TDK (IG)  abbreviation.  Indo-Germanic. 

Deuoi R0007  Deuoi > Higher divinities , were creative shape-shifting spiritis . they could incarnate in manyforms through thiermagick . they are capable of talking many forms or guises as well as walkingthe earthiy realm of manifested world. Ref. Tadhg MacCrossan Distaff > Weaver’s distaff, Stang is an Old English term for a distaff which in its earliest form was simply a forked tree branch with two or more tines. A distaff was a tool for handspinning usedevery day by women for at least 2000 years before it went out of fashion with the invention of thespinning wheel and its introduction to Europe in the early 13th century and then mechanicalwheels during the industrial revolution. Raw carded fibre is tied to the top of the distaff which wasusually taller than the spinner and the fibre was continuously pulled, twisted and spun onto aspindle. “The so-called ‘sacred object’ held in such reverence by some witches was in fact a weaver’sdistaff–and could easily be mistaken for a p...

Deuoi R0007  Deuoi > Higher divinities , were creative shape-shifting spiritis . they could incarnate in manyforms through thiermagick . they are capable of talking many forms or guises as well as walkingthe earthiy realm of manifested world. Ref. Tadhg MacCrossan

Bradán Feasa R0006  Bradán Feasa > Irish The Salmon of Knowledge. Celtic Irish myth of the Well of Segais (Well of Wisdom), a well or pool surrounded by nine hazeltrees. These hazel trees dropped their nuts into the water and the water sustained the trees. In turn the Salmon of Knowledge ate the nuts that fell into the water, and to eat the salmon meant that the person was granted knowledge and poetic inspiration.

Bérla Féini R0004   Bérla Féini [Bairla-faina] Dark-Speak > The oldest dialect of the Irish language, was what the Brehon Lawswere written in. Which even in the ninth centruy was so difficult that persons about to becomebrehons had to be specially instructed in it. A bit like use of Latain in our modern Laws. Some sayit Was the Ancient Dark Speak for Rosc (Cursing) or other Magick of ancient Druids and Bards

Rosc  R0005   Rosc (Cursing) or other Magick of ancient Druids and Bards

 Banshee's Cry R0003 Who has hear the Banshee's Cry? Banshee > The banshees are Irish fairies of death, from legends and Celtic mythology. Its namemeans "fairy woman" or "woman of the hills. Her appearance is that of an ethereal woman,sometimes a young maiden, and in others, an old and nasty witch. The banshees announced withtheir tears and their cry that death was near

 Update 082822, Celtic-Druidic Belieftoids & Factoids Project: After recovery of missing Hard Drive files, and days of thinking about Citation protocols. I have had to reformat all the unit blogs to make searching easier. and have decided on a reverse search method from my original plans of the hundreds of pre-WWII Druidic referencing documents, books, and MSS, I have copies of. Searching for ( Belieftoids & Factoids) units. If they match the Blogs Rxxxx units I will assign those numbers, the document under study, and the document/ page # to the blogs. If the Document has units not categorized by the blog, these new units/facts will be added to the blog Master as new Rxxxx blogs. This will allow fully completing the goal of finding the Root Sources, without dealing with hundreds of much later repeating documents. TDK

Abred R002 The Circle of this physical world - reality.Abred (W) > The Circle of this physical world / reality.Adbertos (Gaulish) > An offering or ritual in which something is given to the Deuoi.  Ref. Glossary of Druidism llewellyn.com

 Worship and Rites R0016 From the theology of Druidism we pass to its worship and rites. Some of these riteswere curious, others were picturesque, and others were repulsive and horrible. If thefi rst, the curious, but not less credulous than curious, was the Druid’s egg. This eggappears to have been an object of some interest to the ancients, seeing they speak ofit, and some of the aver having actually seen and handled it. Of the number who havespecially described it is Pliny. If half of what is related of this egg be true, it must be tous, as it was to the ancients, an object of no litt le wonder. It was formed of the scum ofserpents. As the snakes twisted and writhed in a tangled knot, the egg, produced insome mysterious way, was seen to emerge from the foaming mass of vipers, and fl oatupward into the air.1 It was caught by the priests while in the priests while in the act offalling. The Druid who found himself the fortunate possessor of this invaluable treasuretook instant meas...

Dindsenchas or Dindshenchas R0017 (modern spellings: Dinnseanchas or Dinnsheanchas), meaning "lore of places" (the modern Irish word dinnseanchasmeans "topography") is a class of onomastic text in early Irish literature, recounting the origins ofplace-names and traditions concerning events and characters associated with the places inquestion. [1] (the modern Irish word dinnseanchas means "topography ")  [2] is a classofonomastic text in early Irish literature , recounting the origins of place-names and traditionsconcerning events and characters associated with the places in question. Since many of thelegends related concern the acts of mythic and legendary figures, the dindsenchas is animportant source for the study of Irish mythology The literary corpus of then dindsenchas comprises about 176 poems plus a number of prosecommentaries and independent prose tales (the so-called "prosedindsenchas" is oftendistinguished from the "verse", ...

 Anamimirce R0019  transmigration of soul.

Andumnos R0020 (Gaulish) > The Underworld / Otherworld / Netherworld which corresponds to the Greek Elysian Fields and Tartaros, and to the Teutonic Valhall and Hel. There are many isles of the Celtic Otherworld. Andumnos was later called Annwn in Welsh, andAndomhain in Early Irish (Gaelic). Ref. Glossary of Druidism llewellyn.com

 Anam Cara R0019 > Anam Cara refers to the Celtic spiritual belief of souls connecting and bonding.Anam cara is an Irish language term meaning "spiritual advisor"

I have a desire to have one Master Hard Drive directory with all my saved books. So I can easily see if I already have something. But want to make it useful and easier to check, thinking of doing a Subject - Publication date (dealing with 11th-20th century books where I would like o access the oldest first) Perhaps a rigger word hit count (like a number of times druid appears) Real title. This would allow Visual Subject/Category sorting without subdirectories. Your thoughts or your own solutions appreciated [Sign My Guestbook] [View My Guestbook] Powered by E-Guestbooks Server .

Druid's egg, anguinum; glain y nidir; mân macal R0015   (Perhaps the very last pieces of recorded Druid High Tech equipment and the reason writtenrecords were not needed by the High Ones while the Eggs still worked. Theory by TDK, and yes I can make a good legal case for this theory also.) Druid's Egg > anguinum (?) ? Druid's egg AKA: anguinum; glain y nidir; mân macal According to Pliny's Natural History, XXIX.52.: There is also another kind of egg, of much renown in the Gallic provinces, but ignored by the Greeks. Inthe summer, numberless snakes entwine themselves into a ball, held together by a secreti on from theirbodies and by their spitt le. this is called anguinum. The Druids say that hissing serpents throw this up intothe air, and that it must be caught in a cloak, and not allowed to touch the ground; and that one mustinstantly take fl ight on horse-back, as the serpents will pursue unti l some stream cuts them out. It may betested, they say, by seeing if it ...

Three classes of Druids: Bards, Ovat (vate) /Seer

 Celtic-Druidic Belieftoids/Factoids 082320222 update. After much consideration, I have concluded that a new Blog dedicated to this project is the best method of creating, storing, updating, publishing, sharing, and discussing them. I have also added a Guest book to this new blog, to allow sending us private messages and your email address, if you would like to get notified when one is published or updated. Note: These are living blogs and will be updated as new materials and time allow! I am adding units numbered R0001 to possible R9999. New units are going in randomly, as I review my older work and studies. After I have exhausted my ideas for units and finished an organizational structure for Hash-Tag searches of the blog. I will try and address the best ways to Citation the earliest found publications of these ideas, concepts, claimed beliefs, facts, or practices. And to what level of copying these sources' content should be done. Here is a link to the new Blog, should you want ...

 Factoids Belieftoids List Druidism D:: Druid What is a Druid?    Modern. A PERSON WHO HAS ACHIEVED THE GRADE OF DRUID IN AN ESOTERIC OR SPIRITUAL SOCIETY. Some of the Revival era Druid groups adopted the grades of Bard, Ovate, and Druid from Classical sources. In this scheme, one might describe oneself as a Druid only when one has been initiated into that grade or when one has completed training for that grade. This is in some ways comparable to the "degrees" of ceremonial magic or academia.    Ancient:    The ancient Celtic Druids were: Ritual or sacrificial leaders. Scholars and teachers; Advisors to kings and other leaders; Judges and legal historians; Druids had finnal approval on all tribal death sentices. Seers or Diviners; Poets; Magicians or "Wizards".    The ancient Celtic Druids did: Druids underwent extensive training (a course of 20 years is mentioned)? Druids used Stonehenge as a ritual sit...

The Deconstruction of a Religion, Science, or Philosophy, into a list of small concepts and behaviors, is a very possible and practical process, I-Believe (TDK). First, we need to accept, that most systems of knowledge are driven by two small concepts. One Factoids, things, that are accepted as real, often testable, and repeatable. Two Belieftoids, things that a believed to be real, or wished to be real. Often Belieftoids may also be factoids, in the fact that evidence, of their existence and practice by groups of peoples, social, religious, technical, or political of the past and present. These two small data units, while there may be large quantity of them, now translate into a few functions. Passively held units, that do not affect your external behaviors. Actively held units, that affect your external behaviors in some ways. And Actionable units that are, can be, or should be used in some process or your life. So the deconstruction I believe consists, first of gathering all possibl...

(Everything here is in a rough draft or just storage for future references mode 09112022) Several years ago I keep noticing how modern articles and books about the Druids of ancient times keep having common factoids or beliefs of the Druids and practices and lifestyles. Yet all references, if any were circular to recent modern books quoting each other. So I started breaking down these common statements or claims, and trying to find their original or oldest published (and translated into Engish) sources. This was not an easy task but an enlighting one. Here we will try to identify these Belieftoids and Factoids, then locate and document their root sources. TDK copyright 08/21/2022 Beannaithe ag Draoithe (Blessed by Druids) [Sign My Guestbook] [View My Guestbook] Powered by E-Guestbooks Server .