Celtic mythology

medieval romance told in numerous variations

Samhain ( , ; ; ) or '''' () is a Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest season in autumn and beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. It is also the Irish and Scottish Gaelic name for November. Celebrations begin on the evening of 31 October, since the Celtic day began and ended at sunset. This is about halfway between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice. It is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals along with Imbolc, Bealtaine, and Lughnasa. Historically it originated in Ireland and it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle o

collective term for all the fabulous profane and religious narratives of the Celts

body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland

thumb|upright=1.2|Ossian Singing, Nicolai Abildgaard, 1787

Bedivere ( or ; ; ; , also Bedevere and other spellings) is one of the earliest characters to be featured in the legend of King Arthur, originally described in several Welsh texts as the one-handed great warrior named Bedwyr Bedrydant. Arthurian chivalric romances, inspired by his portrayal in the chronicle Historia Regum Britanniae, portray Bedivere as a Knight of the Round Table of King Arthur who serves as Arthur's marshal and is frequently associated with his brother Lucan and his cousin Griflet as well as with Kay. In the English versions, Bedivere notably assumes Griflet's hitherto tradi

largest uninhabited island of the Isles of Scilly, in Cornwall, England, UK

effigy for burning in pagan ritual

Branwen, Daughter of Llŷr is a major character in the medieval Welsh story known as the Second Branch of the Mabinogi, which is sometimes called the "Mabinogi of Branwen" after her.

compilation of pre-Christian Celtic systems of timekeeping

mythological beliefs of the Bretons

mythical princess, daughter of Bebryx

mountain

three old washerwomen from Celtic mythology

thumb|300px|A glashan featured in an Irish folktale retelling. Glashtyn (Manx English: glashtin, glashtan or glashan; or ) is a legendary creature from Manx folklore.

right|300px|thumb|An altar to Mars Loucetios at The Rhine in the Musée archéologique (Strasbourg)|Musée archéologique de Strasbourg. In Gallo-Roman religion, Loucetios (Latinized as Leucetius) was a Gallic god known from the Rhine-Moselle region, where he was identified with the Roman Mars. Scholars have interpreted his name to mean ‘lightning’. Mars Loucetius was worshipped alongside the goddess Nemetona.

mythical island in Irish mythology

Italian writer

thumb|250px|Bullaun at St John's Point Church, County Down, [[Ulster, Ireland, October 2009]] thumb|250px| A bullaun (; from a word cognate with "bowl" and French bol) is the term used for the depression in a stone which is often water filled. Natural rounded boulders or pebbles may sit in the bullaun. The size of the bullaun is highly variable and these hemispherical cups hollowed out of a rock may come as singles or multiples with the same rock.

mythology of the Cornish people in England

motif in folklore and stock character; woman who appears to be hideous, often cursed