#bridgit

[glbtrx]

Christopher "I'm going to write about twenty five or so very interesting characters, with complicated backstories and personalities and lots of potential, just to ignore twenty three of them because the loud fans don't give a shit about them, so I won't too" Paolini

[thepeaceofwildthings]

Imbolc Greetings!

Pronounced as "Im-bulk" or "Im-ulk"

Dates NH: Jan 31-Feb 1 | SH: July 31-Aug 1

Image credits:

🐑🕯️- 💐 - 🧹 🌾 - 🎀 🔥

Irish Paganism for Beginners - Irish Pagan School

Or their podcast:

Much more under the cut:

Dia duit! /Jee-ah ghwitch (throaghty gh)/

Imbolg/Imbolc is one of the Irish fire festivals or cross-quarter holidays (between solstice and equinox)

These images refer to:

Symbols associated with Brighid and early spring

Irish Fire Festival tradition of making Brigid's cross

Ribín Bríde or Brat Bride tradition on Jan 31st

🕯️Here Lora O'Brien shares some other ways you can authentically celebrate Imbolc without colonizing it with practices from other religions.

And in her Irish Pagan School podcast she shares some foods that were used traditionally to celebrate the festival:

or an episode about Brigid:

And you can check out more information about Brigid (the Goddess and the Saint) from Orlagh Costello's website

Brighid is also the Goddess of poetry so here are two poems:

Filleadh ón Antartach [Return from Antarctica]

Cloiseann sé fós é: díoscán an oighir, tormáil i bhfad uaidh, ciúnas an tsneachta. Is cuimhin leis go fóill an t-aer úr a shlogadh, an dá sc

A Visit Home by Terence MacSwiney

I walk within my prison wall; ‘Tis but my body owns their sway Oh, Ireland, home, I hear you call; Silent I wait the end of day.

And when, locked in my cell at night, My body I have laid to rest, My spirit homeward takes a flight Where Ireland waits me in the west.

Lit by beauty of the stars, City and mountain, vale and stream Are mine, despite theses bolts and bars, In all the glory of a dream

Some Irish music:

Sona (Happy) by Fionnuala Gill. Translation here

Feabhra (February) by Lúnasa

Also, here is some traditional Irish harp music from Gráinne Hambly:

And given its Black History Month (in the USA) check out these Black Irish creators!

☘️ Please participate with respect and right relationship

Slán go fóill! / Slawn gun foh-ill /

Masterpost of Irish Pagan Holidays

[residentaliengif]

Baby On Board

Resident Alien 3.06 Bye Bye Birdie

[cogolow]

テーマソングが最高🎵

[fearlessonthecoast]

By Unknown for Bello Magazine - 2015

[ayumitsuu]

FE4 Character Impressions 3 (Blond(e) Edition): Aideen, Bridget, Claude, Dew, Beowulf, Holyn, Eldigan, Lachesis

- Noish had to be with Alec so he’s not here

- Sorry, the brainrot is real so it got a bit crowded… hopefully you can read it OK

- I’ll post the main drawings by themselves later

[iamgodsemployee]

[curicrow]

So like, Miley looks amazing in Flowers and I catch myself thinking "I reckon its be cool if I looked like that". NOW I'd like to just disregard that stray thought but then...FUCKING YOUTUBE ALWAYS PLAYS "Town inside me"...

Is the Algorithm trying to tell me something?