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Glossary of Celtic Terms
Aes sidhe - The Supernatural Folk, i.e. the
Faerie Folk.
Aicme - group of
five Oghams.
Airbe druad - "Hedge," a magickal
barrier no one could pass through.
Aisling - dream. Vision.
Alban Arthuan
- Winter Solstice.
Alban Eiler
- Spring Equinox.
Alban Elved
- Autumnal Equinox.
Alban Heruin
- Summer Solstice.
An-da-shealladh - "two sights,"
the ability to see spirits.
Anam - soul, indestructable self. One does not have but rather one is anam. It
is seated in
the head.
Annwyn - the Under World.
Ategenos - rebirth
after death into the Other World.
Awen - inspiration.
Awenyddion - inspired
ones.
Beltane - Irish festival of May 1.
Beo - living
thing, life, livelihood, quick, alive, active, lively.
One's
physical body or true
form. This can be shape-shifted into other true forms or
be transformed
by external magicks by others.
Bith - this
world: the manifest multi-verse.
Blath - prosperity. The eastern realm
among the Fifths.
Breaca sith - "faerie marks," the livid spots that
appear on the faces of the
dying.
Bricht - magick, the spoken spell.
Buabhaill - drinking
horn.
Bua - victory, triumph, success, skill, talent, destiny. the earned power that
can be shared.
It is what develops from ritual, blessing, sanctification.
One
has an unlimited
amount of Bua. See Bri.
Bwa'r Crach - "hag's bow," the
rainbow leading to the Other World.
Caer - castle or
fortress.
Cath - conflict. The northern realm among the Fifths.
Coelbreni - divination
sticks.
Coiced - a fifth,
one of five provinces of the land or cosmos.
Coirc - magick cauldron.
Corp creidh
- "clay body," used as a magick poppet or
spelling doll.
Craebh Ciuil - "the silver branch," or faerie shaman's magick wand.
Crannchur -
"casting the woods," or divining by oghams.
Cwn Annwn - the hunting dogs of the faeries. Also
called the hell hounds.
Da/n - poem,
art, hymn, skill, gift, destiny, fate, talent, vocation, calling,
treasure. A gift or
talent intrinsic to a person, given by the Gods,
unchangeable, which may
either be expressed or not.
Deiseal - clockwise.
Dicetla - spells.
Dichetal do Chennaib - flash of inspiration.
Dli - binding
principle, law. That which connects and binds everything, and is
found in
everything.
Dryw - wren, or druid.
Duile - elements.
Sometimes there are seven or nine duile in a Faerie
Pagan's worldview. This list may include earth, water, stone, salt, sun, rain,
cloud, stars and wind.
Emania - "Land
of the Moon," where the dead went.
Eocra esci - "keys of knowledge," ogham
sticks.
Feth Fiada - spell of invisibility.
Fey - faerie folk.
Fid-nemith,
or fid-neimid - sacred grove.
Fidh, or Fiodh - "wood," or
"tree." Used to denote the Oghamic characters
and
the Trees they
represent.
Fili (Filid pl.) - poet bards. This Irish term most closely fits
the term
"Druid."
Fith-fath, or Fath-fith - a rhymed incantation to
change ones shape. Fis =
learning. the western realm among the Fifths. Glainnaider, or Glain-nan-Druidhe
= "Druids glass," a magickal
amulet.
Imbas - fire in
the head. source of poetic/magickal/divine
inspiration.
Imbas Forosnai - word of mouth wisdom.
Immrama - voyage or
journey of the spirit.
Ingheaw Andagha - "Daughters of Fire," or the priestesses
of the Goddess Brigit.
Les - bag holding herbs carried by healers.
Lion na mna sithe - "Lint of the
Faerie Woman," a healing herb.
Lorg - staff.
Lughnassadh - festival of August 1.
Miaran na mna sithe - "thimble of the faerie woman," or the
foxglove.
Midhe - the middle
of the Fifths. Muince = a collar or torc.
Muir - the sea.
Nemetos - holy or sacred.
Nenadmim - apple cider.
Obaidh - incantation.
Ogham - the magickal Celtic alphabet.
On-lay - a spell placed on a home, or other area.
Orth - spell.
Rige - soverignty. The middle realm of the Fifths.
Samhain - festival of October 31.
Sean-sgeal
- folk tale.
Seis - harmony, or musical art. The southern
realm among the Fifths.
Si/dhe - the Realm
of the Dead, or the "Faerie Realm," or the Under World in Faerie
Lore.
Sidhe - faeries or
other world beings.
Slat an draoichta
- "rod of druidism," or a magick wand.
Taghairm - "spiritual
echo," or calling up the dead.
Tais, or Taidhbhse - ghosts, or spirits of
the dead.
Teinm Laida - understanding gained through the writing of poems.
Tiene sith - "faerie fire."
Tir-nan-og - "Land
of the Young," or Faerie Land.
Tuatha De Dannan - "Children of the
Goddess Dana," or the ancient Faerie Gods and Goddesses.
Tuathal - counter-clockwise.
Uath - poetic art.
Fifth - coiced. a
province of the land or cosmos.
Middle - midhe. The
middle realm of the Fifths.
Notch - the short lines or dots used to indicate the vowels of the Oghamic
system.
Score - the lines which cross the stemline
to form the Oghamic Fews.
Stemline - the
straight line on which the notches and scores are cut to make
Oghamic Fews.
Under World - the "lower" realm(s).
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