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The landscapes and dreamscapes of the peoples of this planet throughout the ages have been graced with a legacy of knowledge and wisdom passed on through oral traditions, myths, legends, lore, sagas, fables, tales, and storytelling. Myths Folklore. Myths traditionally were stories about an actual event or occurrence that explained the global perspective, days, and ways of a group of people including their beliefs, culture, customs, practices, rituals, and traditions. The prevailing mythos and mythology usually included information about the lives and journeys of high evolved, virtually immortal humans who were revered as goddesses and gods. Besides lore about deities there were also legends about heroes, heroines, nature spirits, fairies, and mythical beasts. The narrative tales, often told by storytellers around hearths or campfires, sometimes involved magic, allegories, parables, patternings, and sacred mystical symbology that expressed the traditions of the peoples of many ancient Cultures.
The Seannachaidh, the
Celtic storyteller was a popular fixture around the fire especially during the
wintertime. Since daylight hours were scarce that time of year and families
spent a lot of time around the light and the warmth of the hearth, which became
a gathering place where the Seannachaidh burning with the fires of inspiration
would tell the stories of the people.
The most honored and revered of the storytellers were those who told the longest and most intricate tales. Legendary stories that come down to use from the past have often lost something in translation from the oral traditions. Sometimes this was deliberate, meant to obscure and obfuscate, so that sacred sites and holy wells, knowledge, and wisdom were protected. Legends were considered to be popular but unverifiable history about personages and events. Folklore which was learned through experience and study included well-liked, accepted traditional beliefs, knowledge, and legends that were both anecdotal and practical. The primary purpose of the Druidic Celtic symbology in their mythos was to elicit spiritual growth and quickening, as well as, to enhance the process of obtaining Natural and Otherworld Wisdom through oracular divination. The ancient Celts were a distinctive group of peoples who shared the same language, art, mythology, and traditions. The most reknown of the Celtic Legends were those surrounding the Quest for the Holy Grail, King Arthur, Queen Gwenhwyfar, Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, and the Knights of the Round Table.
Based on recorded
history and archaeological findings many scholars believe that the Celts
originated from the Black Sea area sometime around 4,000 BCE. From there they
spread their ancient cultural roots outward when they migrated and expanded
their sphere of influence in all directions. Some of them migrated Southwest to
Greece and Thrace; while, others migrated to the Northwest where they founded
the Baltic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavic cultures...
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