#welsh magic

[the-welsh-witch]

I think my issue sometimes, in of myself, is that I ask Too Many Questions.

Not that asking Too Many Questions is bad, it's more so I have a high possibility of having ADHD and I have dyslexia, so my brain runs on a 'find new thing, learn EVERYTHING about said new thing as quickly as possible before we forget'.

Which, of course, for Witchcraft is fantastic, because I'm constantly learning and growing, and my thirst for hoarding knowledge brings me into contact with new people, and I learn even more, but I do have a tendency to struggle to slow down.

It's the start of Mabon today as I write this, and Tyr entered my space today. Naturally, I was really excited, I find him, Freya and Freyr, Fenrir and Jormungandr really really cool, and want to learn more about Norse Mythos, so asked if he would be sticking around or if he wanted to work with me in the future in the Norse Aspect, and fully got told to 'calm down and slow down' by like three different deities (at this point Rhiannon and Manawydan have realised I don't mean bad, I just get very excited to learn, and Hekate I think clocked it immediately since she made me research her in-depth so I slowed down a bit before working with me at all lol).

So I think it may just be the neurodivergance in me, but I do worry sometimes that I come across as a pest, when legit I walk into a practice, whether it be art or music or witchcraft, and my first thought is 'How does this work, and Why, and What is the history behind it?'

[emriscoscept-blog]

Wel dyma ni’n dwad (Well here we come)

Gy-feillion di-niwad (Innocent friends)

I ofyn am gennad i ganu (To ask leave to sing)

Mari Lwyd

📸 @heyitskrashly

[ofbloodandfaith]

I thought this was interesting.

[lailoken]

“I curse thee! I curse thee! I curse thee standing, walking, riding, driving, running; awake and asleep; at morning, noon, and night; both eating and drinking, going out and coming in. I curse all that is made and done by thee, all that is touched by thee. May thy crops and fruit be cankered, thy flocks and herds diseased; thy daughters be ailing, and thy sons maimed! May thou die thrice accursed, and may thy descendants for seven generations reap the harvest of this curse! Then shall thy house be the home of the raven and the bat, the snake and the viper!”

—

‘A Welsh Cursing Charm’

The Charmers’ Psalter

by Gemma Gary

[ivyandbone]

If I'm not spending all my money on Sims 4 content I'm apparently spending it on books.

Now, after somewhere between 2 years and my whole life, that I've found Mhara Starling(highly recommend checking out her TikTok and YouTube! Mhara_Starling) i actually, finally have a direction to move in in regards to both a magical practice and a spiritual one.

Because of her i finally know what material to get to learn more about Welsh magic and I'm so excited to get started on this leg of my journey.

[balladblood-aesthetics]

Welsh Myth and Folklore 5/? : Rhiannon - Goddess of Sovereignty and Horses (The Mare of Sovereignty. The Great Queen)

“She is the nightmare, the whispers of wisdom that come to us in dreams. She is indicative of many traits of the human condition; she instills wisdom and guides her husband to be of greater care; she is loving, faithful, and accepting of her fate. She is the sorrowful queen, the embodiment of grief and bereavement, compassion and humility. Aligning oneself to Rhiannon is to wander into her halls of teaching, of taking counsel before her; by listening to her wisdom, we learn much about our own inherent humanity… As a magical ally, Rhiannon connects us to the land beneath our feet and our place in time and tribe. She is an effective ally for magic concerning deep emotional healing and help, grief and heartbreak being her forte.“

Hughes, K. (2018) The Book of Celtic Magic: Transformative Teachings from the Cauldron of Awen. Llewellyn Publications: Minnesota U.S

Rhiannon is a major figure in the Mabinogi, the medieval Welsh story collection. She appears mainly in the First Branch of the Mabinogi, and again in the Third Branch. She is a strong-minded Otherworld woman, who chooses Pwyll, prince of Dyfed (west Wales), as her consort, in preference to another man to whom she has already been betrothed. She is intelligent, politically strategic, beautiful, and famed for her wealth and generosity. With Pwyll she has a son, the hero Pryderi, who later inherits the lordship of Dyfed. She endures tragedy when her newborn child is abducted, and she is accused of infanticide. As a widow, she marries Manawydan of the British royal family and has further adventures involving enchantments.

[the-welsh-witch]

Mabon!

So today (20/09/2023) I and my friend celebrated the first day of Mabon! We were both really excited about it and did a LOT of magic, I had a cleansing shower, wore a big red jumper and black shorts for some glamour witchery, and my friend did a full cleansing ritual too, so we were prepared.

So when she got to mine, we lit my pumpkin candle, placed it on a red cloth (under a fireproof dish dw we like fire safety in this house) and started by collecting all of our ingredients. Between us, we have half an apothecary, it's AWESOME.

We started by burning bay leaves with past traumas on them so we could let go of things (I personally dedicated each of my traumas to a deity I work with (Letting go of unearned guilt for Rhiannon, letting go of abusers for Hekate, and letting go of lingering trauma and past struggles for Manawydan)), then cast the ashes and salt to the winds (It was a particularly stormy day which was excellent vibes).

Then, I made specific deity bottles. These were offerings, made of things I had found or been gifted, for each of my deities, to gift them something for helping me in the past and future. As well as this, we had a new deity introduce themselves; Tyr! Which I was very excited for, and we did some deity work to say hello! (At one point, one of the deities even changed the songs we were playing halfway through which was VERY spooky but cool, lol)

I and my friend also exchanged tools and herbs, and I now own jars of lavender (FINALLY), Black screws, a tiny tiny spider moult which I'm not entirely sure what to do with, and fine Pink Salt, as well as quite a few white candles, & I stocked my friend with salts and herbs!

We played intuition games, and I found out my intuition is strong - even more so than a witch who'd been practicing for years longer than me, which I found VERY entertaining lol.

Then, we had a snacc! Gotta keep that energy up!

And finally, we finished off with a bit of Tarot and Rune Readings.

I don't think I'll be able to do MUCH else since I'm starting Uni tomorrow, doing uni work on Friday, and then working all weekend, but I enjoyed the vibes while they lasted, and am excited for Autumn!

So how's your Mabon going?

[ofbloodandfaith]

In Welsh Arthurian pre-Galfridian tradition, that is, from before the time of Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th-century Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain), Arthur was granted numerous relations and family members. Several early Welsh sources are usually taken as indicative of Uther Pendragon being known as Arthur's father before Geoffrey wrote, with Arthur also being granted a brother (Madog) and a nephew (Eliwlod) in these texts.[1] Arthur also appears to have been assigned a sister in this material – Gwalchmei is named as his sister-son (nephew) in Culhwch and Olwen, his mother being one Gwyar.[2] Culhwch and Olwen, the Vita Iltuti and the Brut Dingestow combine to suggest that Arthur's own mother was named Eigyr.[3] The genealogies from the 13th-century Mostyn MS. 117 assert that Arthur is the son of Uthyr, the son of Custennin, the son of Cynfawr, the son of Tudwal, the son of Morfawr, the son of Eudaf, the son of Cadwr, the son of Cynan, the son of Caradoc, the son of Bran, the son of Llŷr. Regarding Arthur's own family, his wife is consistently stated to be Gwenhwyfar, usually the daughter of King Ogrfan Gawr (variation: 'Gogrfan Gawr', "[G]Ogrfan the Giant") and sister to Gwenhwyfach, although Culhwch and Bonedd yr Arwyr do indicate that Arthur also had some sort of relationship with Eleirch daughter of Iaen, which produced a son named Kyduan (Cydfan).[4] Kyduan was not the only child of Arthur according to Welsh Arthurian tradition – he is also ascribed sons called Amr (Amhar),[5] Gwydre,[6] Llacheu[7] and Duran.[8] (See the Offspring section for further information about Arthur's children.) In addition to this immediate family, Arthur was said to have had a great variety of more distant relatives, including maternal aunts, uncles, cousins and a grandfather named Anlawd (or Amlawdd) Wledig ("Prince Anlawd"). The latter is the common link between many of these figures and Arthur: thus the relationship of first cousins that is implied or stated between Arthur, Culhwch, Illtud, and Goreu fab Custennin depends upon all of their mothers being daughters of this Anlawd, who appears to be ultimately a genealogical construct designed to allow such inter-relationships between characters to be postulated by medieval Welsh authors.[9] Arthur's maternal uncles in Culhwch and Olwen, including Llygatrud Emys, Gwrbothu Hen, Gweir Gwrhyt Ennwir and Gweir Baladir Hir, similarly appear to derive from this relationship.[10]

King Arthur's family - Wikipedia