Dáiredara

virtus omnia domuerat

[dairedara]

Taliesin or Dara // she/her // lesbian

about me: I am an insular Celtic (Brythonic + Irish) revivalist pagan with a sprinkling of medieval-based Christianity. IRL I study Classics, so I have a whole lot of love for all things Latin. I have been a practicing pagan for about five years straight now, and in the past, I was a Roman/Hellenic/Etruscan/Egyptian reconstructionist, so expect a lot of blather for me on the Ancient Mediterranean.

topics of interest:

Christo-paganism, Saints & Angels

Latin

Ancestor Work

Appalachian folklore and witchcraft

Divination (Cartomancy, Astrology, etc.)

Writings poetry & prayer

Theology in general

Arthuriana & Celtic lit (the Mabinogion, Cycles, etc.)

Building community between pagans and religious people of all sorts

Creating resources for other Celtic pagans & interested parties

my hearth cult:

The Dagda

The Morrígan

Gwydion

Arawn

Brighid

The Archangels

disclaimer: I am anti-antitheist, anti-folkist, and pro-Christo-paganism. I reserve the right to use the block button liberally and with gusto.

Post Masterlist (under construction)

The Morrigan

What is a Hearth Cult?

Tags

Prayers & Poems - #from the writing desk

[dairedara]

I am back… maybe. And exploring Germanic, specifically Anglo-Saxon polytheism. If I decide to blog about it I will probably create a different tumblr and link it to this one so this blog can act as an archive (I still do get rbs on some of the informational posts and poems I’ve written on here).

Happy (belated) Imbolc, btw. ❄️ 🪻

[dairedara]

Bríg keeps sending me the most amazing signs ❤️

[cultkinkcoven]

By the way, my polytheists, you are allowed to change your mind at any point.

If you learn something new about your Gods that completely flips your worldview, or discover that someone is not who you thought, or that multiple deities are actually one guy, or that the guy you thought was one guy is actually 3, that’s all okay. In fact it’s more than okay, it’s very good.

It’s okay if you realize that you’ve had the wrong idea about something. We’re supposed to be learning and changing our minds. Sometimes it can feel like we’re “wrong”, morally wrong, for having something mixed up about deities we care so much about, and that’s a terrifying feeling. But it’s all okay. Different interpretations and sources will extract different archetypes and meanings. If you discover that one of your deities serves a slightly different function than you thought, if you’ve misremembered a myth, if you just found out you’ve been pronouncing that name wrong, that’s all okay. Just like our human relationships, we learn new things about the Gods every day. You’re not wrong for learning something new, and your ignorance wasn’t wrong either. Keep learning.

[happyheidi]

[liverodland]

Esoteric arts: Archaeologists at Pompeii in Italy have found what they believe is a female sorcerer’s box of objects. The magnificent little miniature amulets, gems, and other items were found in the remains of a wooden box at Casa del Giardino, and were most likely used for personal ornamentation or protection from evil forces and bad luck. Among the objects found were crystals, buttons made of bones, phallic amulets, and a glass bead engraved with the head of Dionysus.

[dairedara]

Maybe it’s because it’s so far from where I live but every time I go to the ocean I am just so amazed that it exists

[dairedara]

Learning a language as a devotional task>>>

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[ancientculture-blog]

Relief with Achaemenid warriors.

Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Photo: Jakub Hałun

[dairedara]

I have to do a project for an anthro class (it’s about ethnography, but the unit is art) and I am considering making a design for a tattoo I want someday inspired by Gwydion

[naucie]

[iamhannalashay]

Just kinda wanna be braless and eat fruit in peace tbh

[ducissatenebrarum]

A  stunning Hellenistic glass vase shaped like a pomegranate. A symbol of life, fertility, abundance and good luck for the year ahead! 

Dated 2nd century BC - 1st century AD.

[vangoghcore]

by gettymuseum

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Us

[cansu-m]

[daffodilmornings]

🌔 moonbeams and sunrays 🌖

- daffodil 🌼

[fyodorpavlov]

Continuing adventures in maybe reviving this tumblr, this time with madonna-whore saints.  – Patreon IG Twitter