#manx polytheism

[ofbloodandfaith]

If you are going to do an aesthetic of a Celtic god or goddess can you also say which nations pantheon they come from, please?

As the word, ‘Celtic’ covers six nations with different pantheons, myths, culture, language, and folklore. That while overlap has differences.

The six nations being: (1-3 being Gaelic, 4-6 being Brythonic)

Ireland (Irish)

Scotland (Scottish Gaelic)

Isle of Mann (Manx)

Wales (Welsh/Cymraeg)

Cornwall (Cornish)

Brittany (Breton)

[phoenyxoftheashes]

Manannan Mac Lir is the ultimate trickster to me and I love him. Lmao

[an-stoirm]

hello I have two questions to ask, 1- according to the news Thursday is the winter solstice (in the UK if I if it's a differing thing) and I don't know what one would do to honour it? 2- in the guide to Gaelic polytheism, Manx polytheism is mentioned but all the resources I've found seem to be Irish based, i was drawn to Manx polytheism because half my family was Manx but it seems there's not much about it? Is it okay to use practices from Irish or scottish polytheism?

Hello Anon :D

Question 1) Thursday is also the Winter Solstice for me in the US! As for what to do to honor it... It really depends on what you want to do. Here’s Lora O’Brien’s blog post about the Winter Solstice, which deals with some Irish traditions.

Personally, I’ve decided to honor Grian at Winter Solstice and Aine at Summer Solstice (which I’ve noticed a few other GaelPols doing!) This is because of how there is some piece of folklore somewhere that explains that Aine is the goddess of the sun from Summer Solstice to Winter Solstice, and Grian (Aine’s sister) is the goddess of the sun from Winter Solstice to Summer Solstice. 

To start this tradition for myself, I’m going to light a candle to Grian, give her an offering, and say a prayer. I may do an all-night vigil to stay up until the sunrise, but we’ll see if I can handle that.

Question 2) The Guide to Gaelic Polytheism is sorely lacking in Manx resources, and I do apologize for that. Part of that is due to how I’m more focused on Irish resources so I rely on people to give me resources on Manx customs, and part of that is because there just isn’t a lot of online resources on Manx customs.

It does seem like there was a lot of cultural exchanges between the Gaelic cultures in Ireland, Scotland, and Isle of Man, so I don’t think you’ll necessarily offend anyone if you use practices from Irish and Scottish polytheism.

But here’s what I could dig up on Manx stuff just from my brief googling:

Manx resources on Sacred-Texts (due mind that some of this stuff is OLD and may be outdated.)

This website looks promising, though I only heard of it from googling -- but there appears to be sources on everything so yay!

Here’s a book I found!

I hope this helps you Anon! Let me know if you have any questions!

[guidetogaelicpolytheism]

The Guide to Gaelic Polytheism has been updated! I bring you a brief article on Samhain.

- Allec

[guidetogaelicpolytheism]

Gaelic Polytheist Community: Can You Help?

On the website Guide to Gaelic Polytheism, we have a section for “Helpful People You Can Contact With Questions”. This is because people so often need someone personal to ask questions to. If you’re comfortable, we’d love to have more than just Allec (me) listed on that section of the website.

The only requirement to be on that list is that you are some sort of Gaelic Polytheist (sub-categories of Irish Polytheism, Scottish Polytheism, and Manx Polytheism of course welcomed, as well as being a Celtic Polytheist with heavy influences from Gaelic Polytheism) and you’re open to fielding questions from people. 

If interested, please fill out the form below the cut and send it to [email protected] . 

Thank you! If you have any questions, please let us know.

- Allec

Name: (required) Religion: (required) Websites/Blogs: (optional) Way for people to contact you: (required)

[guidetogaelicpolytheism]

Recruiting Resources

While we need various resources to fill up the pages at the Guide to Gaelic Polytheism, today we’re recruiting articles and resources specifically about the Deities, Sídhe, and Otherworld. 

If you have any articles, blog posts, artwork, so forth that you would like to include on this page of the Guide please either message us on Tumblr, email us at guidetogaelicpolytheism @ gmail . com, or respond to this post. 

- Allec

[guidetogaelicpolytheism]

Welcome!

Back in January, @nicstoirm created “Guide to Gaelic Polytheism” to help collect and create resources for the Gaelic Polytheist community. Recently, @bean-chaointe opened up dialogue to help expand the Guide and refine it. Lots of people so far have participated in the discussions, which you can see here.

So what’s this blog? This tumblr is going to serve as the companion to the website so people can easily get updates for what is going on the Guide. This blog will also answer questions about the Guide as well as Gaelic Polytheism. Lastly, it’ll share posts that are relevant in some way to Gaelic Polytheism--especially posts that may not really “fit” on the Guide. 

Our goal to create a space for community: our experiences, our devotional works, our learning, and sometimes just those little things that remind us of what’s important.  There are no requirements of age, experience level, ethnicity, ancestry, gender identity, or anything else, just a sincere interest in Gaelic polytheism and respect for the community as a whole.

We hope people continue to get involve with the project, so please send us any feedback you have. And of course, the Guide is always looking for submissions.

- Allec

[an-stoirm]

Guide to Gaelic Polytheism Weekly Update

My Guide to Gaelic Polytheism is part of my goal this year, in that I want to update it weekly.

So how did I do this week?

Encyclopedia Articles:

An Dagda

Guides and How-Tos:

n/a

Articles and Reviews:

n/a

Do you have any requests for what I should write this upcoming week?