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Quick Guide
to the
Celtic Tradition
Aries Astrological name for a constellation and era precedent to
the current era; symbolized by a large horned ram; a time more than two
thousand years ago, Age of Aries.
Arbitrary
abrasion Random wear by environmental conditions that are sufficient to affect
all exposed surfaces.
Bedrock
outcrop Metamorphic or igneous material which protrudes through a surface of
later applied material and has the appearance of a free standing boulder, but
is still firmly attached to the main mass of subsurface stone.
Byanu (Brienne,
Calendar
Stele A tablet or stone engraved with images or
instructions specific to solar timekeeping that has been included in a burial.
Celts
/ Celtic Has become a generic term for the indigineous
peoples who lived in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia related through language,
custom and religion prior to the rise of the territorially aggressive Greek and
Roman civilizations who tended to regard them as primitive and barbarian.They left no written records and so no direct
information is known about them. Accounts of the Celts by Roman chroniclers
such as Caesar, Pliny, Tacitus and Lucien are
probably biased but some of their descriptions have matched archaelogical
evidence. Modern evidence suggests these people were allied with the Phonecians and Punic peoples.
Cross-quarter A yearly division, midpoint solar position between
the equinox and solstices. May 1, November 1, August 2,
and February 2 are fossil calendar cross quarter dates.
Cross-quarter
marker A device for the purpose of timekeeping or
celebrating the solar position of the cross-quarter.
Druid
Class name for the educated of the religious based Celtic society; a priest, a
scholar, leader
Earth
Mother Cult Monotheistic religion, female oriented.
Epigraphy
The study of rock cut inscriptions.
Equinox Solar position mid-point between solstices.
Fracture
layers Strata in metamorphic rock that is structurally weaker than the
surrounding stone.
Gadelic Root for the Indo-European
language class that includes Manx, Gaelic, Cymreig, Gallego, Cornish, Takhelne, et al.
Imbolg February Cross quarter; Ground Hog Day.
Kufic A script assumed
to be of Arabic origin named for the location (Kufa)
where it was first noted.
Lugh Many skilled God of Celtic origin whose venerators were persecuted
and exiled. A principal representative deity of Celtic
society, Lawfather;
Lugh of the long arm; Lugh of the long arm
and hand; spelled “+” and also means manly or virile; numerous variant
spellings.
Ogam (Ogham) Alphabetic
writing system considered to be of Celtic origin, examples found world wide. Possibly the world’s oldest writing system.
Ogam Consanine Style of ogam
written without vowels.
Patination The surface acquired by stone that is exposed to the elements for
long periods of time in a desert environment. Similar to desert varnish.
Pecking
marks The indentations left by the impact of an awl or
pointed stone tool on a stone surface; a detail of a petroglyph
created by the process of manufacture.
Petroglyph A pattern pecked, carved or
abraded onto a rock surface.
Petromantic / Petromania
Application of ancient philosophy where everything around the believer was
created directly by the hand of a literate God, The
Creator; who was literate and had left hidden messages to be read by a literate
priest or druid.
Pictograph
A pattern or image painted or otherwise applied to a rock surface.
Phaistos disk A Ceramic disk of
unusual manufacture found on
Pleistocene The last big ice age.
Savin November cross-quarter; Halloween.
Solar Observatory A center of religious activity that keyed
celebration to solar position.
Spalling A
localized form of erosion.
Sky
Father Cult Monotheistic religion, male oriented.
Sun disk on horizon device Application of a standard for reading
solar displays.
Stem
line Mid line for writing ogam,
not always used.
Summer Solstice Extreme northern solar position.
Sun’s arc Reference of the movement of the sun across the sky,
azimuth.
Tanit(h) Phonecian
Earth Mother deity. Equal to Byanu,
Ashira, Astarte, Inanna and
root for Aphrodite, Venus and Mary.
Weak strata See fracture layers.
Winter Solstice Extreme southern solar position.
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