@Cosmic_Curiosity Fabulous entry. I really enjoyed my tour around your land. 
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For my entry, I did a post on Lugh. He’s a new deity I’m working with so this challenge was a great way for me to learn more about him.
Plus, it gave me a distraction to focus on instead of the power outage here in Houston.
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I enjoyed your entry @Cosmic_Curiosity it reminded me of part of my heritage, my mother was Scottish & Irish. Thank you for this reminder. Beautifully done.
Blessed Be 
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I am not very familiar with Celtic tradition or anything involving Celts. But for this challenge I will look into Celtic faeries and learn which ones rule over what.
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Absolutely fascinating @Cosmic_Curiosity
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Challenge Entry - Celtic Magick
This is a shorter version of a long story but don’t be fooled it’s not all that short 
A couple of years ago, I learned about Ogham and that ogham staves can be used for divination. I made my first set for a challenge 🗣 Weekly Witchy CHALLENGE - Multilingual Magick - #55 by Artemisia and used them for another 🎲 Weekly Witchy CHALLENGE - Divining Differently - #4 by Artemisia.
Then I got the brilliant idea to make my own set of staves with different types of local trees and shrubs. Ogham preoccupation.... I mean, project! :)
And then for close to 2 years, they sat in my closet. On one hand, it gave them time to dry properly and it gave me time to research which local trees I could use for the ones that aren’t available in North Carolina as the associated trees (which is a very interesting subject and will be a post for another time since I don’t have time tonight!)
Earlier this week I whittled the bark from 3 staves from each of the 25 letters (75 total). The weekend was crazy as usual so it wasn’t until Monday afternoon that I had time to work on the wood burning. Since it was my first-time wood burning, I opted to be realistic (and to give myself grace) I only finished 2 of the 5 aicmí
For my set, the wood are:
Beith is Birch
Luis is Redbud
Fern is Sycamore
Sail is Willow
Nin is Pignut Hickory
hUath is Dogwood
Dair is Oak
Tinne is Holly
Coll is Black Walnut
Ceirt is Apple
They aren’t perfect but I’m excited to be making progress towards finally having a complete set to use (as well as several extra sets!!)
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Challenge Entry
I created a protecion/ safe travels / inspiration bag for my artist residence trip. It is the tan bag pictured below. This is my altar for the week too.
I put the following in the bag:
Selenite - cleansing
A rose bud -protection & potential
Thursdays Salt -protection
Salt-protection
Dragons Blood, Myrh, and frankincense resin - to honor my ancestors and guides
Penny for luck and abundance
Match for motivation and lighting the fire of inspiration
Rosewood bead, and bead from grand mother to honor ancestors
a malchite bead for transformation Malachite was worn as an amulet to shield the bearer from harmful ideas and ominous Spirits.
Tiny candle- for fire and lighting inspiration and prayers
Charm with a hand and an eye in the middle of the palm, for activating intuition, connection to spirit and warding off that that does not have my best interest.
Safety pin to provide protection and safety
Clear aura quartz for clarity
Rosemary for protection and cleansing.
Also drew the rune for birch on a piece of paper and tied with red string and stated. May this bag give me portection, play, inspiration, fun, play and clarity this week.
I then drew the three weavers spread
This is what I got:
I will make another post tomorrow morning with the explanations in a linked thread tomorrow morning. I am burning
the midnight oil and need to go to bed. I can’t wait to read everyone else’s posts.Here is the view of the sunset from today:
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Challenge entry 2
Oh I was doing some research and forgot about the Celtic warrior queen Boudicca.
She was a force not to be messed with that’s for sure.
Boudicca is known for being a warrior queen of the Iceni people , who lived in what is now East Anglia, England. In 60–61 CE she led the Iceni and other peoples in a revolt against Roman rule.
Picture from Celtic-weddingrings.com
Loved reading about her she was a true warrior.
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The truth is that apart from what I know from the wheel of the year and bits of info from here and there, Celtic magic and tradition is not something I am familiar with. For that reason i tried to find out about the celts in general and their magic
History
And search here if you want to get lost in more info https://www.youtube.com/@wol.im.hiut.und.immer.wol./search?query=celts
Magic
https://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/article/193
Fairies
Me and the fairyworld do not really match but here is what I found
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35862/35862-h/35862-h.htm
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Thank you for all these links and videos!
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Beautiful job to all those who joined in to explore Celtic magick, traditions, deities and more this week! Your entries have brought us all on a wonderful exploration - it has been a delight exploring culture, geography, folklore, language, and so much more via your entries. Thank you very much to everyone who shared with the coven! 
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Blessed be! 
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