/ˌɡoiˈdelik/

You've reached a division of the Insular Celtic branch, how can we direct your call? ☎️

[elvensilk]

today, instead of celebrating canada's bullshit colonial holiday, let's get educated on, celebrate, and support indigenous people and indigenous activism instead:

information

native land map

free course on indigenous canada from the university of alberta (starts today, july 1!)

two crees in a pod (link is for spotify but it's on many podcast platforms)

kanehsatake: 270 years of resistance documentary

500 years of indigenous resistance book

nwac's online library

organisations

indigenous climate action

keepers of the water

indian residential school survivors society

ojibwe cultural foundation

native women's association of canada

shops

authentic indigenous seafood (the candied salmon is great)

antlered artworks

algonquin tea company

sḵwálwen botanicals

proudly indigenous crafts and designs (i want the sealskin ukpik so bad)

also feel free to add more to this, and if you're indigenous, link your shops and crowfunds!

[gaelicwordofthesometimes]

Eòghann's guide to vetting Celtic information sources

(this is purely from my experience as a lay-person, there are much more qualified people out there who will be able to say more about this than me I suggest you listen to them)

Celtic soup - Does this person refer to all Celtic cultures and history as a monolith? Do they provide Gaelic prayers for Welsh deities for example? Do they say things like "Ancient Celts believed xyz" only for you to find out that they meant Medieval Christian Ireland?

If prayers/hymns etc are being provided, is it just the English translation or do they show the original text too? Is there any use of relevant Celtic languages at all?

If only the English translation of a text is given, have the translators provided interpretation notes and sources? Do they reference other interpretations of lines with ambiguous meaning?

Is use of Celtic languages accurate? If they're talking about Celtic terminology and it's spelled incorrectly or there are grammar errors, I personally would doubt the thoroughness of their research

Are they overly concerned with "Celtic blood" and DNA? This one is less about information sources and more for vetting people arriving in Celtic spaces, but still worth mentioning. Celtic identity is primarily defined by the languages and the cultures which go with them. Obsession with blood percentages is a good sign you're dealing with a white supremacist

Do they refer to Celtic people only in the past tense? "Beltane was xyz" "Celtic people believed abc". This one's a bit more subtle but sometimes you just get the vibe that the author doesn't know we still exist. Sometimes you can just tell that they've never spoken to a real life Celtic person before

[mollisaurus]

This is all great advice!! Here's a couple guidelines I give to my students:

- is the source comfortable with ambiguity? There are many aspects of Celtic cultures (especially when you go farther back) that we are not certain about; a good scholarly source will typically address ambiguities in the materials and others' interpretations of them

- is there a bibliography and does it contain primary sources? Is it clear the author did their own research or are they simply offering an interpretation of someone else's interpretation?

[marzipanandminutiae]

History Posts You Should Always Fact-Check: a non-exhaustive list

- “here’s the Secret Real Meaning behind this piece of traditional media!”

- “here’s the Secret One Single Practical/Biological/Oppression-Related Reason a certain clothing style or garment got popular!”

- (see above, but also for “etiquette rule” or “pattern of behavior”)

- “here’s the Secret Lone Person Responsible For A Widespread Social Issue or Form of Systemic Oppression!”

- “here’s the Secret Worldwide Conscious Conspiracy Being Enacted By All Modern Historians To Keep You From Knowing About [insert historical topic here]!”

[crumpetsandcrabsticks]

Finding inspiration in Manx Gaelic Christmas songs.

Gura mie ayd Annie Kissak and those keeping the songs alive.

[celticstudies]

saw someone complaining on facebook (what a shocker!) the other day that if gaelic has been made an official language of scotland then they should also revive pictish and make that an official language too..... if you, random person on facebook, somehow have enough extant pictish to be able to accurately reconstruct and revive the entire language well enough to be used in every day speech then go ahead..? i would love to see that, it would certainly solve some academic debate

[toastyglow]

fun fact sometimes languages sound weird to u because they're not commonly spoken, and sometimes they're not commonly spoken because a concerted effort was made in the past to eradicate them from existence. so. maybe not something to play into.

[official-linguistics-post]

official linguistics post

[mousegirlheart]

we live in a very silly world

[beagan-gaidhlig]

Gràdh Geal Mo Chridhe [lyrics]- Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart

Ged nach eil sinn fhathat pòsda Tha mi an dòchas gum bi Fhad agus a mhaireas mo dha dhorn  cha bhith lòn oirnn a dhìth. Although we are not yet married I hope that we will be As long as my two fists endure we will want for nothing.

[cdzen]

fyi, if anyone has ever been interested in donating to doctors without borders, they are tripling the value of any donation received until may 15 (up to $500k)

[linguisticalities]

'Vel Gaelg ayd?' The obscure European languages that came back to life

Thousands of languages face extinction, but some are fighting back.

[selchieproductions]

Visit Original Link

Tàladh Dòmhnaill Ghuirm

This is, without a doubt, one of the best lullabies to have ever been written. Persevere, the woman will only blether about the history of the tune ‘sa Ghàidhlig for say 15 seconds or so.

[goidelic]

International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures

🌍 “Unsettling Scottish Studies” conference broke new ground in Vancouver in Nov 2024. Bringing together global scholars, it explored Scotlan

"🌍'Unsettling Scottish Studies' conference broke new ground in Vancouver in Nov 2024. Bringing together global scholars, it explored Scotland’s role in colonial histories & how we might decolonise Scottish literary canons. 🔗 A number of presentations given at the conference will be made available on the conference website in the near future: https://www.sfu.ca/scottishstudies/Information.html"

via International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures.

[tepkunset]

Check out this upcoming indie game - Kun'tewiktuk: A Mi'kmaw Adventure

A fantasy adventure game inspired by Mi’kmaw legend and folklore. It chronicles the adventures of siblings Wasuek ("Flower") and her brother U'n ("Fog"). They get separated one summer morning and they go on an adventure through the spirit world to reunite.

The game is produced by Green Robot Studios and Kji-Wikuom Studios (the later of which is located in Eskasoni First Nation).

The creation of the game primarily stemmed from a desire to preserve Mi'kmaw language and culture.

There will be a version that is all in Mi'kmaq.

The game's villains and adversaries are inspired by Mi'kmaw legend and folklore. They include ogres, ice creatures, giant spirit animals, and much more.

The game features art from Loretta Gould.

All voices are performed by Mi'kmaw speakers.

Upon release it will be available on Steam and Epic Games.

[tepkunset]

The game has released!!!

[sgribhisg]

Explore the Gaelic landscape around Callander through a series of 12 Points of Interest.

NEW Gaelic digital resource!

Interested in finding out the meanings behind some of Callander’s Gaelic place-names while also enjoying some lovely landscape views from the comfort of your home?  Have a look at our new storymap, which includes sound-files to help with pronunciation.

Click “Let’s Go!” to get started!

[finnlongman]

Old Irish translation of Tolkien's poem about the Rings of Power, translated by David Stifter. [Twitter thread/source] [Bluesky thread/source]

[what-even-is-thiss]

There’s certain hobbies and interests that aren’t inherently conservative or regressive but do attract a lot of people who are those things or worse and when you’re a progressive person involved in those hobbies hearing that someone else is interested in your hobby usually has to involve some “But are you normal about it?” conversations before you get too excited

[what-even-is-thiss]

Someone: I think the Vikings are really cool. I like Viking metal and stuff like that.

Me: *threateningly holds up plastic fork* Answer me quickly. Do you have normal opinions about immigrants?

[elodieunderglass]

age of sail/napoleonics, allotment/food gardening, keeping chickens, golden age detective fiction, Celtic languages, Waldorf/steiner-montessori parenting - not even touching on permaculture; do not touch on permaculture - foraging and food preservation, the lord of the rings, horses -

[somediyprojects]

Children of Lir Blackwork stitched and designed by Kathleen J. Nelson.