Love both the talk and walk.

@CelticSource

3 ай бұрын

It's a beautiful place for sure

Some suggestions, the magic of time in the 2nd branch seems to be from the location where the survivors spend the forgetful years, not from Bran himself. So it would still be Annwyn magic. This is implied by the magic ending when the 3rd door is opened. The immortals of Annwfn tend to use glamour, not transformation, and this could match the implication of the Battle of the Trees, that shape-shifting is related to reincarnation, which is why it is not done by immortals. Space and time magic is also seen with Rhiannon, her horse and bag, as well as with the fortress in the 3rd branch. This implies there is really 2 divisions, mortal and immortal magic, with a lot of cross-over, but certain distinctions.

@CelticSource

4 ай бұрын

I beg to differ, as it's Bran's companionship that appears to be the source of the altered time, an effect of his ability to talk after death, something he knows will happen, but it's not explicit, so we are disagreeing on interpretations. And as far as transformation / glamour goes, sure: insert your alternative terms here. Animal transformation is sometimes a precursor to reincarnation, but isn't necessarily a requirement of reincarnation itself. Taliesin, for example, is an infant as he enters the time out of time, not an animal.

@edwardlecore141

4 ай бұрын

@@CelticSource Taliesin would have been tapping into previous states of existence before he was Gwion Bach, the battle for the trees has him recall every form of matter and energy he ever was, so this is more than just forms but states of existence opened by full access to Awen, presumably Ceridwen has the same state. It may have been assumed that all life was perceived as an eternal chain of forms, which appears to be the Druidic teachings according to Roman commentators. Characters like Math are able to trigger certain forms in others, as everyone has been everything at some point in the past or future, but with those who received the 3 drops, they get a higher level, granting them a legacy that is beyond any other wizard or witch. This seems to fit with how Ceridwen and Taliesin are viewed throughout history. Possibly beyond even deities.

Splendid! I've been looking for supplementary sources on Arianrhod's myth

@CelticSource

4 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

Very interesting!

@CelticSource

4 ай бұрын

It is!

As I am just starting to write a novel set in Annwfn, this kind of insight is incredibly useful.

@CelticSource

4 ай бұрын

Glad you found it so

I know this is way off topic; but, something I've been wanting to know for a long , long time is this: why did the Boar of Cornwall carry a "mirror, scissors, and comb between his ears", and why was the future King Arthur required to steal it?

@CelticSource

4 ай бұрын

you want me to answer that it one reply on a KZread comments section? It would take a while . . .

@pirbird14

4 ай бұрын

@@CelticSource Oh, I would be greatfull for any information on this topic at all. Perhaps you could cite a source? I know Arthur stole these items in a quest to help out his friend who was wooing a local princess.; and, that's about all. I'm baffled as to why a wild boar would be carrying around hairstyling equipment and how could he hold them between his ears?

Thank you for your work *)O(*

@CelticSource

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome

Do you think there is a connection between Beli and Belinus (later Apollo Belinus) a continental Celtic god in the area around Noricum?

@CelticSource

4 ай бұрын

It's connected but as far as I can remember (I could be wrong) it comes into Welsh as Belyn. Belenus is attested in Austria, yes.

Legend

@CelticSource

4 ай бұрын

are you talking about me?

@harlequindex7489

4 ай бұрын

@@CelticSource yes indeed!

@harlequindex7489

4 ай бұрын

@@CelticSource yes indeed!

Now I did ask you at the book signing on Taliesin, and you sort of went into don't ask its forbidden thinking type of eyes to the sky, Nadolig does not mean Christmas, it means the birth of the nature child, vegetation, or Oak child. Please give me your thoughts on this if you would be so kind?

@CelticSource

4 ай бұрын

for future reference, 'eyes to the sky' translates as 'shit, where should I begin', but the first thing to know is it's a borrowing from the Latin 'Natalicia'.

@Yrhyddgen

4 ай бұрын

Just birth then diolch

//Gwych diolch Gwilym

@CelticSource

4 ай бұрын

croeso

I thought the Triads were Chinese . . . .

@CelticSource

4 ай бұрын

OMG, I've never heard that one before . . .