celtic mythology

Become a Patron! Embalmed heads of the Celtic Iron Age in the south of France. Journal of Archaeological Science Strabo’s Geography (translated by Horace Leonard Jones) [...Read More...]

The Celts of the Iron age—roughly 600s BC to 43 AD—had a real preoccupation with severed heads. They took heads in battle. They displayed the heads of their enemies in [...Read More...]

When Boudicca rebelled against the Romans, she knew exactly who to turn to for allies: the Trinovantes. Years ago, the Romans had taken over their town, Camulodunum—and [...Read More...]

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Become a Patron!   We couldn’t have produced this episode without the following sources. Huge thanks especially to Vanessa Collingridge’s epic book – [...Read More...]

The Pictish Beast is a mysterious animal carved on Pictish standing stones. Nobody knows what kind of animal it is. But it must have been really important to the Picts, as [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Wow, what a wild ride! Here are some pictures of the Pictish Beast: Genn’s sources include: Scotland.org: Scottish Myths and Legends: The Kelpie [...Read More...]

This week, we’re taking a deep dive into Welsh mythology from a queer, feminist perspective with the phenomenally talented Welsh artist Mari Catrin Phillips of MythsnTits. [...Read More...]

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The Morrigan has many faces and just as many names: Badb, the scald-crow. Red-haired Macha. Nevin of the battle-frenzy. Fea; the deathly. Be Neit; the Woman of Battle. You [...Read More...]