With a reputation for their savagery, the conquest of the Isle of Anglesey by the Romans put an end to the Anglesey Druids and the last pagan corner of Wales.
Comic Book Review: The Chill story by Jason Starr, art by Mick Bertilorenzi
It’s 2009 in New York City and a series of bizarre ritual killings has hit the city. The obvious suspect is a woman named Ariana who’s been seen with more than one of the victims, but no one can agree on a description of her beyond that she’s extremely attractive. Police Detective Pavano is approached by an Irish cop…
“The ancient manor-house on the Trewern Farm (less than a mile from the Pentre Evan Cromlech) had been haunted as long as anybody could remember. Strange noises were often heard in it, dishes would dance about of their own accord, and sometimes a lady dressed in silk appeared. Many attempts were made to lay the ghosts, but none succeeded. Finally things got so bad that nobody wanted to live there. About eighty years ago, the sole occupants of the house were Mr. — and his two servants. At the time, it was well known in the neighborhood that at once Mr. — became very wealthy, and his servants seemed to be able to buy whatever they wanted. Everybody wondered, but no one could tell where the money came from; for at first he was a poor man, and he couldn’t have made much off the farm. The secret only leaked out through one of the servants after Mr. — was dead. The servant declared to certain friends that one of the ghosts, or, as she thought, the Devil, appeared to Mr. — and told him there was an image of great value walled up in the room over the main entrance to the manor. A search was made, and, sure enough, a large image of solid gold was found in the very place indicated, built into a recess in the wall. Mr. — bound the servants to secrecy, and began to turn the image into money. He would cut off small pieces of the image, one at a time, and take them to London and sell them. In this way, he sold the whole image, and nobody was the wiser. After the image was found, and disposed of, ghosts were no longer seen in the house, nor were unusual noises heard in it at night.
Was the image one of the Virgin or of some Christian saint, or was it a Druid idol? Both opinions are current in the neighborhood, but there is a great deal in favor of the second. The region, the little valley on whose side stands the Pentre Evan Cromlech, the finest in Britain, is believed to have been a favorite place with the ancient Druids; and in the oak groves which still exist there tradition says there was once a flourishing pagan school for neophytes, and that the cromlech was in those days completely enclosed, forming like other cromlechs a darkened chamber in which novices when initiated were placed for a certain number of days–the interior being called the ‘Womb or Court of Ceridwen.’”
-W. Y. Evans-Wentz, The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (1911)
Did you know that in Celtic culture the ley lines were also called the paths of the dragon? Because the Celts believed the dragons to be intelligent and powerful so their usual paths were thought to be special - Druids were drawing them and telling people to built important sanctuaries on them.
I started watching season 2 of Merlin and what bugs me most is the nonexistent character development on behalf of Arthur. It’s like he forgets all he learnt from the previous episode or, even worse, from half an hour ago.
It’s like Gwen told him he shouldn’t treat servants like shit and he’s all like yea sure you’re right. And the second Merlin comes in Arthur treats him like shit. Like ???
Does he have a memory span of a goldfish or does he learn to treat Gwen with respect only cause he’s attracted to her (and so if he’s not attracted to Merlin he will continue to treat him badly) which is not an improvement of his character.
Makwa and Jai’kanu at the curtains of the waterfall…
Sheppard - Geronimo
It’s our cinna-boys! EEEEEEEE! They cause so many FEELS with how adorable these two are! Geronimo is FOREVER their power couple song. As many characters that we role play together, these two are a top fav (even though all of them are my favorite lol)!! I love the whole scene setting. Jai’s blush that shows his freckles and LOOK at all that gorgeous hair on Mak! Love it all! The jewelry, the coloration of their clothing and design. You put so much work into this! <3 <3 <3 <3!!!
Some more dnd tokens I made for a quickie recently. The players went to a hidden jungle temple where these Dino Druids lived. The party had the option of fighting them to get into the temple, but they had the languages they needed to speak with them…and it devolved into playing soccer with an offering, haha. I’ll post their chief tomorrow.
