Gaelic art

did u forget about the magic????Caim - Celtic term for a magic circle.

Cailleach Beira, Wondertales from Scottish Myth and Legend, 1917, Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons The most ancient Cailleach was the Goddess of winter throughou…

She is the Lady of the Wildwood. Hidden in the shadows of the trees, she watches you with eyes millennia old. You may catch a brief glimpse of her, and then she is gone, flitting silent as ghost am…

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The Coming of Lugh by Ella Young, illustrated by Maude Gonne, published in 1909.

I made this piece of knotwork way back when I was 19. It loosely depicts the Wild Hunt, a common subject across Celtic, Norse and Saxon myth. I designed the whole thing from scratch, taking some motifs from Celtic art sourcebooks and hand drawing and inking the whole thing in several passes on stretched heavy paper. It hasn’t seen the light of day for years, as it’s a large illustration, I haven’t been able to work in this way for many years and the cheap clip frame is beyond knackered…

1922: The 'Eire page' print by Art O' Murnaghan - Whyte's

The Three Hares is not found in the medieval bestiary but much like The Pelican in her Piety it is a common motif in medieval church carvings. Its meaning is something of a mystery and depictions of it in medieval art have been found as far west as Devon, England and as far East Dunhuang, China. This image was the only one cut from a lino plate while the others have been made to look like linocuts. The plate itself was about 11 inches in diameter which is pretty colossal for a linocut and…