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Welcome. Herein we have housed all our Celtic and other tribal collections. Do feel free to poke through each. We do hope you enjoy our collection. More will be added, as time permits.

Brighid Shrine
A shrine to the Irish/Celtic Goddess Brighid

The Raven and His Lore:
The Voyage of Bran This is the poem that started it all. :) I hope you come to love it, as much as I have. See also, the Voyage Tales of the Irish... below.
The Romance of Branwen This is the Welsh version of the tale of Bran the Blessed, first set down in the Welsh classic, The Mabinogion. This would be my recounting of it.
On site. Lord Bran (Breton) Another interesting poem we found. This is the full text, this time. Enjoy.
another look at Bran as Raven Lord
Voyage of Bran This is an Internet Archive site with various file versions of the text, one resembling the manuscript itself that the visitor can actually flip through. Very cool. :)
Off-site Britannia Celtic Gods: Bran Fendigaid, God of Regeneration This interesting article suggests that, after his return from the Land of Women, Bran Mac Feobal traveled back in time to take on the role of Bran the Blessed

Other Celtic Lore
The Voyage Tales of the Irish Off-site
The Destruction Of
Da Derga's Hostel Off-site
The Hawk of Achill
Another interesting, and somewhat sad, piece we've run across. This one
about Fintan (the first man on Ireland, and helper of the Fir Bolg
off-site
The Dream
of Oengus The Wooing
Of Etain x
Other Arthurian Legends:
The Elaines
Being the Grail Maiden,
and The Lady Of
Astolat The Elaines:
Links

More
Tristan and Isolt Celtic Miscellania
Various items pertaining to other figures and concerns related to the Celtic World Celts in Egypt Thoughts on beginning the Tain
On-site article by your humble editor.
Celtic reading list & links Articles
a smattering of interesting articles
concerning the Celts Art and knicknacks
Bran and Celt related. Knicknacks pg. 2
Arthurian and other things that fit.
Correspondences
for Bran Mac Febal/Bran the Blessed
For those with a need for such. Lugh, the Many-Skilled,
and Lughnasadh Lugh:
Links and such concerning the god and his myths.

Castle Sessrumnir:
Other Tribal tales and heroes:
Norse and Anglo-Saxons
Shrine to Freyja
Our small shrine to this Northern Goddess Thor:
a short examination various Nordic Sagas
A Review of
The Poetic Eddas :) Other European Barbarians:
The Anglo-Saxons x

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All personal essays and retellings of Celtic, and Norse mythology; re-tellings of Bran's Myths (eg Branwen, Daughter of Llyr, from The Mabinogion), and Arthurian Legends Š to the webmistress 2000-2014; subsequent outside links (Eg. articles on Irish, Norse culture, myth and poetry), and all art and graphics thereof used on this site, all outside linked Celtic and Norse observations, all graphics copyrights belong to the various authors and artists and their work is used with respect.

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