Master Druid units list

 Master Druid units list

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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 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

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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", "poetic" or "metrical dindsenchas"). As a compilationthe dindsenchasnhas survived in two different recensions. The first recension is found in the Bookof Leinster, a manuscript of the 12th century, with partial survivals in a number of othermanuscript sources. The text shows signs of having been compiled from a number of provincialsources and the earliest poems date from at least the 11th century. The second recensionsurvives more or less intact in thirteen different manuscripts, mostly dating from the 14th and15th centuries. This recension contains a number of poems composed after the Book of Leinstertext. Dindsenchas stories are also incorporated into saga texts such as Táin BóCúailnge and Acallam na Senórach

Ref.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DindsenchasThis is something we as Druids should seek to know and understand better. Where ever we are.Both the History and the Genus Loci, which requires talking to the land and its spirits.

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 phallic symbol. The weaver’s distaff, bound with reedsor straw, appears frequently in rural carvings and elsewhere. It again has reference to the Craftand supreme Deity. It would appear that the witches were not in the least influenced by Freudianconcepts.”

-– Robert Cochrane, On Cords

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. 

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

Drui, Druii, Draoi R0011

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 specialties similar to the Vedic Brahmin. References to druid can be found from Gaul to Ireland, but seem absent from the IberianPeninsula and Northern Italy.<< Ref. http://www.legioviferrata.com/celts/id8.html

You may have noticed that I sometimes use the Druid as a singular form and Druids as Pluralform.

Other Times I use Drui or Druii or even Draoi in its proper (I believe not being a polymath) formand Druid as the Plural form.

TDK

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 fl aots against the current of a river, even though it be set in gold. But as it isthe way of magicians to cast a cunning veil about their frauds, they pretend that these eggs can only betaken on a certain day of the moon, as though it rested with mankind to make the moon and the serpentsaccord as to the moment of the operati on. I myself, however, have seen one of these eggs; it was round,and about as large as a smallish apple; the shell was cartalaginous, and pocked like the arms of a polypus.

Apparently, the druid's egg was believed to create a favorable outcome in courts of law; enough so thatthe Romans outlawed carrying one into any courtroom, and would put to death anyone caught carryingsuch an object.

In recent times, there has been some debate as to what Pliny is describing: is it made of glass? is it a typeof sea shell? Lately, there have been some glass baubles found in Wales and Scotland that some claim arethe "eggs" in questi on, but whether they actually are or not is unknowable.

In Wales, there is sti ll some belief in the objects; they call them mân macal (snare stones In Wales, there is sti ll some belief in the objects; they call them mân macal (snare stones), and glain y nidir(the snake's jewel).

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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}

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}

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.

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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)

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Rosc  R0005  

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

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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 measures to prevent being stript of it almost as soon as he had secured it.Throwing himself upon a horse that was kept waiti ng for him, he galloped off , pursuedby the snakes, nor halted ti ll he had got on the other side of the fi rst running water towhich his fl ight brought him. His pursuers were stopped by the stream; they had powerto follow him no farther. The egg was his. It was an inexhausti ble magazine of virtues, astorehouse of mighty forces, all of them at his command, and endowing its happypossessor with the enviable but somewhat dangerous att ribute, so liable to be abused,one should think of obtaining almost all he might desire, and of doing nearly all that hepleased. Of those who have testi fi ed to have seen this egg, we do not know one whowas witness to its birth, or was prepared to speak to the extraordinary circumstancessaid to accompany its producti on, or the wonderful deeds performed, or that mighthave been performed, by the Druid who was so fortunate as to get it into his keeping.

http://www.electricscotland.com/history/wylie/vol1ch9.htm

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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