Ancient celtic art irish

The earliest form of Irish writing is a system known as the Ogham (also spelled “Ogam”) Script. This first appeared about the 4th century C.E. and may be indigenous to Ireland. The Ogham ...

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What are the origins of Ogham? How do you read Ogham? And where can you see Ogham? We also feature beautiful bespoke Ogham jewelry.

"The earth grew dark, and its figures passed by me ... and among them all I beheld only Morella." Art by Harry Clarke for Edgar Allan Poe's story, "Morella" (1936) Re-discovering history's rebellious and obscure artists is one of our favourite pastimes on the internet. When their brushtrokes indu

This art and corresponding merchandise is available at Zazzle. A digital painting of a Celtic ornamental symbol. Celtic, Goths, barbarian, ornament, design, snakes, metal, metalwork, craft, bronze age, knot, knots, decoration, decorative, Stonehenge, Celt, Ireland, Irish, ring, ancient

The severed head is routinely found throughout the literature and archaeology in Celtic and Norse territories. Is it possible that the severed head served as more than simply a war trophy?

Our new relief carved 8"x 8" Celtic Mermaid and seal tile. http://earthsongtiles.com/ A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to his body' Laughed; and plunged down Forgot in cruel happiness That even lovers drown. William Butler Yeats Tales of mermaids and their many interactions with humans have been around for centuries. They form a large part of seafaring lore, especially, but not exclusively around the coastal areas of Britian. Although most stories are…

Celtic Wood Carving Running Dogs

The Tuatha Dé Danann forms a significant feature in Irish, Scottish and Manx mythology. They are Celtic pre-Christian gods with supernatural ability and were of great importance to Gaelic people. They belong to the Otherworld (Aos Si) community whose world was reached through mists, hills, lakes, ponds, wetland areas, caves, ancient burial sites, cairns and mounds. Their association with ancient Neolithic and Bronze Age burial mounds is probably linked to the importance these sites had for…

I belong to the Calgary Long-Arm Quilting Group - not really a guild, but a growing group of people who do long-arm quilting - some for just their own quilts and some who also quilt for others. We decided to do a wholecloth quilt group entry into the annual Heritage Park Festival of Quilts. So I signed up and spent a bit of time figuring out what I wanted to do and then how to do it (described at the bottom of the pix). Here is my resulting contribution to our group entry: Draco Ostium…