Ynys Môn

Allá donde los druidas habitan

[concord]

British Celts.

[oldfarmhousefallfeatures]

“And so the seasons went rolling on into summer, as one rambles into higher and higher grass.”

-Henry David Thoreau

Pinterest • https://www.pinterest.com

[shumahammatwinss]

[umrzec]

https://twitter.com/faeblood111/status/1317498508883025923?s=21

[requiem-on-water]

“The mountains whisper for me to wander; my soul hikes to the call.”

Dark Light by Jan Erik Waider

[itsloriel]

Gorbea Gardens III by Juan Pavon

[swedishlandscapes]

Calm morning in Stockholm.

[wildermouse]

the lake district, cumbria, england 🌿

photos by tony richards

[thegirlwhohid]

In Irish folklore, the children of Lir -  Fionnula, Aodh, Conn, and Fiachra - were children of King Lir, turned by their stepmother Aoife into swans. 

Children of Lir moodboard

Heroes and heroines: (20/150)

[noisiaz]

“Pancharevo, Bulgaria” by noisiaz​

https://www.instagram.com/zlatinatochkova/

[silvaris]

Torc Waterfall, Ireland by Oleg Anisimov

[aidashakur]

you really have to forgive yourself for a lot of shit and let yourself know it’s okay to move forward

[technicolourstation]

Glencoe National Nature Reserve, Scotland // Glencoe Valley Viewpoint // (2020)

[veiligplekje]

Het Beekbergerwoud, the Netherlands

[michaelnordeman]

Found in the drafts folder: Early winter in the garden. Värmland, Sweden. 

[swedishlandscapes]

Spring in southern Sweden.

[sheepfroggy]

Celtic vs Gaelic

Okay, so I’ve been seeing a lot of people mixing up terminology around Celtic related things recently. I thought it might be helpful to make a post explaining what’s going on, particularly with the terms in the post heading. This post will absolutely not be perfect by any means, so if anybody has any suggestions for alterations that need to be made to make this more accurate please let me know.

Celtic - The term “Celtic” refers to a collection of cultures and/or languages (which will be in brackets from now) from Europe. This term encompasses Ireland (Irish), Scotland (Gaelic), Wales (Welsh), The Isle of Man (Manx), Cornwall (Cornish) and Brittany (Breton), among other historical, extinct or lesser known cultures and languages

Gaelic - This term refers to a smaller sub-category within the group that falls under the term “Celtic”. More specifically, it refers to Ireland (Irish), Scotland (Gaelic) and the Isle of Man (Manx). This term may also appear as Goidelic, which is often used to specify the language family.

So that might leave you wondering - what about the other cultures/languages? Well, these fall under a different term exclusive to them

Brythonic - This term refers to the second sub-category that falls under the term “Celtic”. It refers to Wales (Welsh), Cornwall (Cornish) and Brittany (Breton). You may also see this term written as Brittonic. These words are not exclusive to the languages, and also encompass the cultures/countries.

I hope this explanation of the basic terminology helps to clear up the misunderstandings I’ve been seeing a lot recently. Also, what this post is meant to illustrate to people is that there’s far more to Celtic cultures and languages than just the Gaelic cultures/languages so, for the rest of us, please be careful not to call all Celts Gaelic or only focus on Gaelic Celts as there is much more than what people usually know!