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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 7h

In this sense, the use of such chariots as a means of transport for the last journey of their dead owner is also obvious.` Source: NHM Vienna, display board in Roseldorf, Lower Austria 2/2

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 7h

#FindsFriday #FerrousFriday: `A #Celtic chariot as an item of equipment for a warrior was very expensive to manufacture and maintain. It was therefore also a sign of social rank within a warrior society beyond the time of the battle. 1/2

Linchpin from Unterradlberg in St. Pölten, MAMUZ, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 9h

This is followed by the so-called blade of the lance, which is the middle part of varying width, consisting of a central ridge and the cutting edges on both sides, which end in the tip.` Source: Wiederhergestellt 96 Keltische Schlachtfeldfunde aus Deutschfeistritz (bda.gv.at) 3/3

1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 9h

The lance tips consist of a more or less long socket that served to hold the wooden shaft, which could also be fixed in the socket with a nail. 2/3

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 9h

#FindsFriday #FerrousFriday: `Apart from swords, the most important #Celtic offensive weapons found at the battle site near the Kugelstein were iron lance tips. 1/3

Large iron lance tip with broad blade and triangular central degree from the battlefield on the Kugelstein in Styria, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 11h

Source: Wiederhergestellt 96 Keltische Schlachtfeldfunde aus Deutschfeistritz (bda.gv.at) 6/6

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Bundesdenkmalamt

OG-Beschreibung

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 11h

The discovered finds reflect not only the weapon parts lost in the course of the conflict, which also show clear slash marks, but also deliberately deposited or displayed relics that intentionally remained at the site at the time.` 5/6

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 11h

(#Celtic period), i.e. from around 300 BC, appear probable. The contextualisation of the recovered weapon parts as well as the topographical situation give the site at the Kugelstein a unique character. 4/6

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 11h

From this extensive terrain, which is in part difficult to access and today is largely covered with forest, a wide variety of metal finds were recovered through targeted prospecting and partial excavations, the scientific interpretation of which makes a battle site from the early Latène period 3/6

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 11h

The valley floor of the Mur valley was probably originally impassable, so that the historical path systems bypassed the narrow point via a gentle saddle in the hinterland of the Kugelstein. 2/6

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 11h

#FindsFriday #FerrousFriday: `The Kugelstein massif, whose topographical position is characterised by rock faces that partly drop perpendicularly to the Mur, is the narrowest point in the Mur valley north of Graz, Styria. 1/6

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 14h

This is your personal invitation to discuss the draft of the Nua-Celtic Manifesto with me on zotum.net/profile/ncm. We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy and #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries 🙏 1/2

We Nua-Celts strive to live as best we can according to the following maxims of conduct (2-3/24):
We raise the moral standards of our own actions in a self-determined way.
We value the dignity of all living beings equally. That is why we demand an end to animal testing. Animals should always be able to live in a species-appropriate manner and livestock farming should be reduced as much as possible.
Source: The Nua-Celtic Manifesto

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` 2/2

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `A monstrous serpent or reptile, the péist appears in a number of legends, including many in which it is overcome by St Patrick. Typically the péist (also called the Ollipheist) is associated with water. It can only be successfully killed when submerged.` Source: P. 1/2

Lig-na-Paiste, the Last Serpent in Ireland; edited, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Taller in height than eight men, Was its tail, which was erect above its back Thicker was the most slender part of its tail, Than the forest oak which was sunk by the flood.” Source: emeraldisle.ie/serpent-cult... 2/2

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Serpent Cults in Ancient Ireland

The slither of scales in the darkness

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: #Fionn Mac Cumhaill had songs sung of his hunts for the snake-like Ollphéisteanna: “It resembled a great mound — Its jaws were yawning wide There might lie concealed, though great its fury, A hundred champions in its eye-pits. 1/2

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

And venomous sheep were let out of the king of Lochlann’s tent against them, and on that day three hundred warriors fell by the sheep, and three hundred warriors fell on the second day, and three hundred on the third day.` Source: iso.ucc.ie/Compert-m... 3/3

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Irish Sagas: Compert Mongáin ocus Serc Duibe-Lacha do Mongán text

The Medieval Irish text, Modern Irish version and English translation of The Conception of Mongán and Dub-Locha’s love for Mongán

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

And combat was made by the king of Lochlann on the men of Ireland. And three hundred warriors fell by Fiachna in the fight. 2/3

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `Because of the broken word of the King of Lochlann, `Fiachna assembled the nobles of Ulster until he had ten equally large battalions, and went and announced battle to the men of Lochlann. And they were three days a-gathering unto the battle. 1/3

Sheep at Mullaghfarna ancient settlement, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

This is your personal invitation to discuss the draft of the Nua-Celtic Manifesto with me on zotum.net/profile/ncm. We need degrowth, a #DonutEconomy and #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries 🙏 1/2

We Nua-Celts strive to live as best we can according to the following maxim of conduct (1/24):
We love our neighbours like we love ourselves. Everything we have that is more than our neighbours have is a luxury. When everyone is concerned about the welfare of their neighbours, then everyone is abundantly provided for. As soon as everyone puts themselves into the service for their fellow world, All-That-Is is best served.
Source: The Nua-Celtic Manifesto

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#WyrdWednesday Wyrd Wednesday #Celtic: `In the episode „Witch's Wrath and Kelpie's Curse“ Jenny from „Stories of Scotland“ relates an intriguing tale of a witch who lives in the woods. 1/2

One of the witches that speak to Macbeth in Birnam Wood, photo of a detail of an infoboard edited by 1. Neu-Kelte

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Ireland’s corn until the people of the goddess #Danu, the #TuathaDéDanann, mustered sufficient magic to drive Carman’s sons from the land.` Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` Here’s more on Carman/Carmun: emeraldisle.ie/carmun-the-s... 2/2

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Carmun the Sorceress | Emerald Isle Folklore and Fairy Tales

Carmun, by means of every spell of fame, destroyed all sap of swelling fruit!

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#WyrdWednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social #Celtic: `#Carman was said to have been one of the earliest rulers of #Ireland, a mighty but destructive sorceress whose three sons were equally distressing: darkness (Dub), wickedness (Dothur), and violence (Dian). Together they maliciously blighted 1/2

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Here, she seduced hapless men, turning these unfortunates into fish and serving them as a meal for her guests.` Source: bonjourfrombrittany.... 2/2

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#WyrdWednesday Wyrd Wednesday #Celtic: `Off the south coast of #Brittany, the lake in the centre of L’île du Loc’h was said to be the home of a wicked #fairy whose great wealth surpassed that of all the temporal kings combined. 1/2

John D. Batten creator QSP170,Q13385323, Page 1 illustration in More Celtic Fairy Tales, cropped by 1. Neu-Kelte

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

To live Nua-Celtic means, for example
...self-restraint (e.g. in personal living space, mobility), consuming only as much as one absolutely needs instead of consuming as much as one can afford; egoistic maximization of benefit is replaced by orientation towards the common good and sufficiency.
Source: The Nua-Celtic Manifesto

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `A witch on Skye was said to be able to turn herself into a whale.` Listen to my source: www.scottishfolklore...

Minke Whale, detail of a poster on a DFDS ferry, edited by 1. Neu-Kelte

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

sulfurous or blazing crimson eyes - the night mare - a huge dog, a raging bull, a handsome young man or lovely woman often with an animal's tail or hooves, but always he could speak with the voice of a person, and it is said the old peoples used to take counsel from the wisdom of the Puca at the 2/3

emeraldisle.ie

The Pooka | Emerald Isle Irish and Celtic myths, fairy tales and legends

The rider of the crossroads, The Pooka

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `The Pooka or Puca is one of the most ancient fairy creatures of Ireland, and is known further abroad as well, called Puck or Pook. In some places he is feared and in others respected. He can take many shapes, most commonly that of a wild horse wrapped in chains with 1/3

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Grey Seal, detail of a poster on a DFDS ferry, edited by 1. Neu-Kelte 5/5

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The Fisherman replied, 'They're going to Belmullet Fair to get husbands.` The moral of the story is that if you are at Belmullet Fair, beware of the young women in sealskin caps with soft brown eyes - for you could easily end up with a seal-wife.` Source: Info board near Belmullet 4/5

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The Islander on landing got off the seal's back - but on looking around him he saw that the seal was gone and a fisherman stood in his place. Behind him stood a group of fishermen and young women. The Islander said to the fisherman, 'Where would those women be going?' 3/5

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

A seal said to him, 'Sure l'm going to the fair myself, so hop on my back.` The seal swam out with his passenger, who soon noticed that there was a convoy of seals swimming on both sides of him. 'Have no fear,' said the seal that carried him; 'sure they're all going to Belmullet Fair.' 2/5

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `An islander from Iniskea Island missed the currach going to Belmullet Fair. 1/5

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

To live Nua-Celtic means, for example
... lifelong learning (e.g. energy work, non-violent communication, conflict resolution, mediation, presentation, moderation, argumentation, behavioral techniques, herbalism, preparation of herbal medicine, natural healing methods, organic farming, rhetoric, systemic consensus building).
Source: The Nua-Celtic Manifesto

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#MythologyMonday: `Korrigans were small #Bretton #fairies, less than two feet tall. Some korrigans spent their time guarding buried treasures.` Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The gruagach’s name has been connected with terms for “hair,” with which they were believed to be spectacularly endowed.` Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` 9/9

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

But after several days of work by the gruagach, the woman took pity upon his naked- ness and knit him a tiny sweater. That was all it took; the little guy disappeared the next day. 8/9

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

When the farmer was later injured while threshing oats, the little naked fellow took over and kept a steady pace of work despite his lack of appropriate attire. The woman of the place, apparently suspecting her laborer was a fairy, avoided speaking to him or thanking him for his work. 7/9

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Donegal, an immigrant Scottish family reported seeing a small man hanging about the farmstead, dressed only in his long red hair (a sure sign of fairy blood). 6/9

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Even on sunny days, she was often drenched, as though she had been out in a downpour, and quietly asked humans who encountered her if she could stand beside the fire and dry herself. The gruagach could also be male; in Co. 5/9

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

She dressed in green, as was the fairies’ habit, and had long golden hair, another indication of her #Oterworld nature. 4/9

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

In Scotland the gruagach was a fairy woman who watched the cattle like a barnyard brownie; she required frequent libations of milk, preferably poured into special hollowed-out stones called leacna gruagach. 3/9

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1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This figure may descend from #Celtic guardian divinities who watched over specific families and may originally have been divine ancestors. 2/9

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