Celtic Babies
Due to popular demand Celtic Babies are smaller and more affordable versions of my large pieces.
Adna
CB 102
In Myth; This bard was one of Ireland’s great poets and the father
of another poet, Neide. He was in the employ of King Conchobar
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Calatin
CB104
In Myth; Calatin was the Connacht Druid highly skilled in magick who
was sent by Queen Maeve to cast an incapacitating enchantment over
Cuchulain during the
Cattle raid of Cooley
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Bealcu
CB105
A Connacht warrior who,when returning from a raid into Ulster, was attacked by Conall of the Victories. The two engaged in hand-to-hand combat which ended with Conall seriously wounded
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Camulos’s Cross
(Irish)
CB106
In Myth; A King of
the Tuatha De Danann who is often identified with Cumhal the
father of Fionn. Some speculate that Camulos is the original “Old
King Cole” of Nursery rhyme fame. Camulos had an invincible
Sword, linking him to the celtic war god. Of the same name .
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Coll
(Irish)
In Myth; Coll was the Fenian warrior who was able to bring to the
goddess Cred the poem she required of her lover, describing her
otherworld dwelling in minute detail. Call on Coll to make love
magick
Conn of the Hundred Battles
(Irish)
In Myth; A high King who archetypally played the role of sacrificial
God
CB 109
In Myth; A mute Ulster harper who was given a love poem written by Moriath, the daughter of the king of the region known as Feremore, in which she spelled out her passionate feeling for Moen. He was so overcome with its beauty that he broke into song and was cured of his muteness
In Myth; His name may be associated with the popular Irish Festival
Loaf called ‘Bram
Brac’. His feast day has been
Christianized in Ireland and takes place on the last Sunday
in July. Pilgrimages are still made up St. Patrick’s Hill ( Croagh
Padriac County Mayo) on this day
A minor harvest and sun god with Greek roots who was
imprisoned with his subordinate deities on a western Island which
may have been a Land of the Dead.
He appears to have no connection to the Greek God of time who has
the same name.
He was the son of the sow goddess Goleuddydd. The moment she
was pregnant with him, she ran mad seeking lonely places. She ran to
a pigsty where she gave birth.
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The pig in Celtic myth is a symbol of heath and plenty and
was highly prized as well as being sacred to many goddesses
In Welsh cosmology, Cythrawl archetpally symbolizes the opposing male creative force which represents destruction rather than creation. While this sounds very negative , pagans accept the energy as leading towards nothingness and being as necessary to existence as that which leads towards creation
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The Dagda Mosiac
(Irish)
CB 115
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Dara
(Irish)
CB116
The owner of the famous Brown Bull of Quelney, over whom the Cattle Raid Of Cooley epic battle was fought
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Degad Flower
(Irish)
CB117
This Munster cheiftain was the greatest warrior of the region who
founded a military dynasty of conjoined clans known as the Degad
warriors. Call on him for his skills in leadership, overcoming
enemies or for
strengthening family ties.
Drutwas was a knight in King Arthur’s
court who was jealous of the
King’s position. He married a faery woman
who, as a wedding gift, gave him three magickal birds who understood
human speech and would do anything asked of them
A god of abundance and prosperity who came into myth as the King of
the Golden Pillars. He gave the sons of Tuirrean seven magical pigs,
which would miraculously reappear the day after they were eaten
Ecne’s Picture Frame
(Irish)
A grandson of Dana. His name is sometimes translated as “knowledge”, and sometimes as “poetry”. Ecne’s triple-father was Dana’s son.
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Gwen's Tear Picture Frame
(personal)
CB 122
This one was personal. This is for
all the Tears
I’ve Caused
May all roads rise to meet you.
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Eliduc’s Cross
(Breton)
One of the Lay (epic romantic ballads) of Brittany as penned by that
regions famous poet, Marie de France. Eliduc was a knight who was
maligned out of jealousy by his peers. Without giving him a chance
to respond to the charges, the
Breton king banished him.
King Eochaid’s Mosaic
(Irish)
A high king who was one of the husbands of Edain. His name means
horse and is believed to be the etymology of the english word
“jockey”. When he lost Edain in a chess game to Midhir, a faery
king, he tried to prevent Midhir from taking her away and couldn’t
and watched as they turned into swans and flew away
Essus’s Circle
(Breton, Continental)
A harvest god worshipped in Brittany and in Gaul by the people known
as Essuvi. He is connected with a vague and lost myth about the
penalties for cutting down of trees and was associated with the
totem animals of crane and bull symbolizing his fertility principal
This Ulster king was the son of the evil Druid Cathbad. Though he
was raised by his foster father King Conchobar. He had a passionate
affair with Nessa, whom he later married . His reputation was one of
a great lover and fine magician
Feinius Farsaidh’s Circle
(Irish)
This very wise old man was such a superb teacher that he was invited
to travel to Egypt and teach Pharaoh Cingris and his court. His son
Niul married the
Pharaoh’s daughter Scota . Invoke Feinius to learn his wisdom
Felim MacDall Trinity
(Irish)
This high ranking chieftain was the father of Deirdre of the
Sorrows. He forever regretted asking Cathbad to perform a divination
at the birth of his daughter, wishing he had never known in advance
of her unhappy fate.
Fergus’s 6 Hearts
(Irish)
The virile and insatiable husband of Flidais, Goddess of the
woodlands and its beasts
It
took many women to sexually satisfy him when Flidais was not around.
Finegas
Musical
(Irish, Scottish)
CB 130
He was a bard and teacher who taught the arts of poetry and music,
as well as the hard sciences, to his most famous pupil, Fionn
MacCunbal. Finegas fished the great Salmon of Knowledge
from the waters of the Irish sea and gave it to Fionn to cook
for him without knowing what it was
Finvarra’s Circle
(Irish)
A mighty God who became known as a faery king of the Tuatha De
Danann. He used games of chess (the old Irish version known as
fidchell) to gain power over his enemies. He loved the sport of
hurling, but needed a mortal on the team in order to win.
Fionn’s Circle
(Irish, Manx, Scottish)
Fionn is the Legendary giant God/warrior of Ireland who foresaw the
coming of the Milesians, and banished an invading giant from
Scotland. He married Grainne, A master herbalist and sun goddess who
was the daughter of King Cormac, but he went on to take
many other wives and lovers including Fand, a faery queen
CB133
Froach’s Trinity
(Irish)
CB 134
THIS FIGURE IS THE HERO OF THE EPIC TALE The Catle Raid of Cooley.
He was the husband of Princess Findabar, the daughter of Queen Maeve.
Their union was oppossed by her mother and King Ailill who went so
far in their resistance as to plan his demise in a lake with a
carnivous dragon
Merlin
(Welsh,cornish,
Anglo-Celtic,Breton)
CB 136
The Merlin of myth and folklore has many faces, often as blurred and
contradictory as his historical orgins. He is bard, magician,
wizard, seer and Druid. He became the spiritual leader and advisor
of young King Arthur only in later versions of the myth.His human
origins are mysterious and it is possible he once was a
long-forgotten Druid
Garlon’s Mosiac
(Welsh, Cornish)
A Druid who mastered the art of invisibility. He was the brother of
King Pelles, and it was in his castle that he was slain by Balin, a
round table knight. His death brought about the great Wasteland of
Arthurian myth,
archetypal linkage to
the God’s death at the
beginning of winter
Gebann’s Circle
(Irish)
CB140
This Druid, known for his great beauty and his house of many
mirrors, was the father of Cliodna, an Irish Goddess of beauty. One
of his great feats of
magick was the ability to manipulate time
Meagan’s Knot
(Irish)
This is made in honor of my second daughter.
My little faery
and Celtic dancer
Lindsay-Rose’s Knot
(Irish)
This design is for my third daughter.
My complex yet steadfast warrior
My Celtic dancer
Giona’s Circle
(Irish)
A grandson and pupil of Fionn MacCumhal who learned magick from him,
and the warrior’s art from his warrior mother Lugha. When he was
given command of the Fianna, the power went to his head and he
became lazy,selfish and tyrannical His men lay down their arms and
refused to fight
Gog’s Circle
(Anglo-Celtic)
The consort of Magog and her male fertility principle
Goibniu’s Four Corners
(Irish Welsh)
A master goldsmith at Tara who. Along with his brothers, Luchtain
and Gredne made nearly all the weapons used by the Tuatha De Danann
The smith’s craft was
associated with potent
magick by the Celts and he is the deity credited with the founder of
the arts and is the patron God of Irish craftspeople
(welsh,Cornish)
CB 146
A guardian God/spirit of Bruigh na Boinne and ( aengus MacOg’s
Newrange Cairn) and father of Ebhlinne
Gugemar
(Breton)
Gugemar is the hero of one of the Lay (epic romantic ballads) of
Brittany as penned by famous poet Marie de France. He was made a
knight by King Arthur
and fought for him in Flanders
Gwyn Ap Nuad’s Mosiac
(Welsh)
Gwyn is a god of war , death and the hunt and a patron God of fallen
warriors. He is Equated
with Ireland’s Fionn MacCumhal as both Gwyn and Fionn mean white. As
the master hunter, he rode a wild horse and had three massive
hounds; one red, one black and one white Rural people claim they can
sometimes hear his wild chase
Hu the Mighty’s Trinity
(Welsh, Cornish)
He came to Wales from the ‘east’ possibly meaning India
or Constantinopie and became part of the Welsh deluge myths.
Hu taught his people to plough, farm and work the land and to sing
old sacred songs especially as an aid to memory for transmitting
oral traditions
Ialonus”s Cat
(continental)
Ialonus was a fertility god who ruled over all cultivated fields,
personified by the summer stalk of heavy uncut fruit. Evoke his
spirit to give life to your own garden
Id’s Band
(Irish)
CB152
Id is the faery brother of Cuchulains charioteer Laeg. He worked for
Conall of the Victories and displayed the same fierce loyalty to his
master as did his more famous brother
Idris the Giants Sun
(welsh)
A master astrologer who could foretell everythong to the last days
of time simply by observing the stars He is said to live on the
mountain Cader Udris near the villageof Dolgellu. Welsh legend say
that those who sleep overnight on the mountain on a starry night
will be driven insane by the morning light
Iubdan of the Faylinn’s Clover
(Irish)
An Ulster god usally known in popular legend as the King of the
Ulster faeries. His wife Bebo had an affair with an Ulster king
which resulted in great prosperity for the region. Invoke for faery
contact and lessons in safely and smartly
dealing with the faery world
Laeg’s Cross
(Irish)
Laeg grew up in the otherworld realm of Tir-na-nOg (land of the
Ever-young ) as the child of a divine mother and a faery father As a
grown man he became Cuchulains’ charioteer and also his devoted
servant and friend
Laeg was a healer and the mere touch of his hands could halt
bleeding
Len of the Many Hammers
(Irish)
Len was the goldsmith for his step-brother Bov the Red, whose name
lives on in the Locha Lein, the picturesque lakes around Killarney’
Whenever he worked, rainbows would form around him, just as they
often do in the misty region around the lakes which bear his name.
Lugh’s Mosiac
(Pan-Celtic)
Lugh’s name means ‘master of all the arts’. A God of
the sun, light and the grain harvest, who is honored at the
Sabbat which bears his name ;Lughnasadh. He is also worshipped as
the God of fire, metallurgy, crafting, weaving and as the protector
os the weak
MacCeht’s Mosiac
(Irish)
A son of Oghma who was the God of the plough for the Tuatha. He was
married to Fodhla, the mother aspect of the Triple Goddess
symbolizing Ireland. He killed Mechi, son of Mrrigan, in order to
stop the dreadful prophecy that when he grew to manhood that the
three snakes which surrounded his heart would break free and
devastate Ireland
Mac Da Thu’s Circle
(Irish)
A leinster king who owned two much-coveted hounds and a large boar.
He agreed to sell the hounds, one each to Connacht and Ulster, in
order to keep peace among the kingdoms. Mac Da Tho lost all three
animals, but kept peace in Leinster by setting his enemies to war
with each other
MacGreine’s Square
(Irish)
This son of Oghma was a minor sun God of the Tuatha and the husband
of Eire, the maiden
aspect of the Triple Goddess symbolizing Ireland His name means ‘son
of a sun’ and he may have once been part of the Lugh myth. He was
killed by Amergin
Mael Duin’s Celtic Eagle
(Irish)
CB
His tale is so old that Celtic scholars believe it to be one of the
very oldest stories from the oral traditions. His tale was first
recorded in the ninth century in a manuscript known as Immram Curaig
Maile Duin and it appears in The Book
of the Dun Cow. This adventure was popularized by Alfred Lord
Tennyson’s poem The
Voyage of Maeldune
Mandred’s Mosiac
(Cornish)
In Cornish legends, Mandred is the true name odf God which, when
pronounced, draws the All-Power to the one speaking it. Such legends
have parallels in Jewish and Arabic mythology, two cultures who will
not even attempt to pronounce the name of their
God for fear of the power it will release
This bald Druid and master magician was employed by Laoghaire to
teach the magical arts to his daughters Ethne and Fedelma. Call Maol
to your circle to teach you the secrets of Druidic magick and as a
boost to all your spells
King Macholwch’s Frame
(Irish)
A King of Ireland married to Bran’s sister. An insult at their
wedding caused a great battle which he lost against Bran. After
Matholwch’s death , Bran gave
Ireland a
magikal cauldron as a
peace offering . It’s image as an instrument of regeneration links
Matholwch to reincarnation
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Sharney’s Circle
CB 165
This piece was named in honor of my first television
Interview as an Artist by
Sharney Peters of A Channel in
Winnipeg
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Mog Ruith
(Irish)
An Arch-Druid of Ireland, right arm of the High Kings. He brought
back Fragments
of the magickal stone wheel, known as Roth Fail, being used for
magickal demonstrations in Rome.They may still be seen in the town
of Rathcoole near Dublin.
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Morann
(Irish)
CB 167
This Druid became the chief Behan judge in Ulster during the time of
The Red Branch. When he was born with a caul over his head, a layer
of thin
Tissue which people all over the world have associated with the
birth of a prophet or magician, his father was afraid of him and
tried to drown him.
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Ryan’s Mosaic
(Irish)
This was made for my son. His name means
“Little King”
My energetic little man
Morfan
(Irish)
A Son of Cerridwen and
Tegid who was so hideous That he joined King Arthur’s warriors, sure
that no one would raise a sword to him for fear of the power in his
ugly face.
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Muirchertach King
(Irish)
CB 170
A king in a Christianized story about a young witch who turned out
his wife and children and did battle with a local bishop who has
magickal powers similar to those of the Druids. The story tells of
how she bewitched King Muirchertach into doing things against his
will. He was probably
once a sea faery or minor sea god
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Miach
(Irish)
The gifted son of Diancecht the medicine man and also a great healer
in his own right. When his magical skills outstripped that of his
fathers he grew
jealous
and killed the youth. If one can find his grave, it is said
that the grass growing over it contains tremendous healing
powers.
Celtic Dancer
CB 172
This was made to honor my Friend and my daughter’s dance instructor
Phillip Brady of the Phillip Brady Dance
Academy. 5 time Overseas World Champion, 3 Time North
American Champion and
10 Time Canadian Champion
Half the price of this item will go to Phillip Brady to help
offset the costs of sending our kids to international
shows and costumes.
Naoise
(Irish)
The ill-fated husband of Deidre of the Sorrows Who, along with his
brothers, was murdered by King Conchobar. He and his two brothers,
Ardan and Ainle, represent a unique male version of the Triple
Goddess.
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King Midhir
(Irish)
An Otherworld/fairyland God/king, the son of Dagda and Boann. His
wife was Edain The Queen stolen from the human world through a game
of chess. Aengus, the
love god, rescued her. When she escaped, Midhir cursed her lineage,
an act which forced her great-granddaughter, Messbuachallo, into
hiding Midhir owned three birds, the Crane’s of Denial, Despair, and
Churlishness , who refused hospitality to travelers, a
definite breach of
Celtic rules Of social intercourse.
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Nechtan
(Scottish)
A Pictish King who sought the hand of the Goddess Triduana, both
because she was beautiful , and Because he wished to control
his Celtic neighbors
Through her. He was a water deity, and in some legends is the
husband of the Irish
river Goddess Boann
Neit
(Irish)
This picture frame was named for a Tuatha war God who is seen as
both the husband of Nemain and of the entire Morrigan triune He was
killedIn a battle with the Formorians.
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Nemed
(irish)
The leader of one of the Irish invading races in the five-fold Irish
invasion myth cycle which bears his name. He died in a plague
started by the immune
Formorians who won the Island from Nemed’s people
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Nemglan
(irish)
CB 178
A bird God who was the father of Conaire Mor. He placed a guise on
his son that when he made his way to Tara to offer himself in the
service of his country, that he must walk there naked carrying only
a slingshot and one single stone for a weapon
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Nissyen
(Welsh)
He always sought peace and harmony. His brother
Evnissyen, was of an opposing disposition, and loved discord.
Evnissyen was responsible
for a war
Between Wales and Ireland
CB 179
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Nuada
(Irish)
This Arch-Druid of Cahir Mor was a king in his own right, and the
great grandfather of Fionn MacCumhal. Nuada was respected and
honored for his great magickal powers
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