Ebook: Old ways, old secrets: pagan Ireland, myth * landscape * tradition

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Introduction; So Many Came: A Historical Overview; Part One: The Keepers of Power Druids, Deities and Superheroes; Druids: Guardians of Wisdom; In Search of Powerful Women; Danu, the Earth Mother; Warmth, Wisdom & Warfare; Maeve, the Warrior Queen; The Banshee; Beyond the Mist: Gods of Old; Crom Cruaich, the Earth Father; Heroic Warriors; Cúchulainn; Fionn Mac Cumhaill; Part Two: Nature and the Otherworld Sacred Places, Magical Creatures and the Turning Year; The Lore of the Sea; Spirits of the Running Water; Thin Places & Thorn Trees; Magical Birds & Beasts.;In a land like ours, the old beliefs bring pleasure and wisdom… Exploring the legends, special places and treasured practices of old, Jo Kerrigan reveals a rich world beneath Ireland's modern layers. So many of today's Irish traditions reach back to our ancient past, to the natural world: climbing to the summit of a mountain at harvest time; circling a revered site three, seven or nine times in a sun-wise direction; hanging offerings on a thorn tree; bringing the ailing and infirm to a sacred well. Old Ways, Old Secrets shows us how to uncover the wisdom of the past, as fresh as it is a.