Celtic Monsters

The World Of The Early Celts Was Full Of Fear And At The Mercy Of The Elements Thunder Fire Lightning In Order To Come To Terms With These Destructive Forces Of Nature The Celts Imagined Them To Be Living Things Dragons And Serpents

When You Think Of Fairies Do You Think Of Tiny Women With Wings And A Magic Wand To Ward Off Evil The Fairies Of Celtic Tradition Are More Serious Creatures—not To Be Made Fun Of Not To Be Taken Lightly And Never To Be Underestimated

When The Celts Looked Out At The Landscape Around Them They Were Filled With Awe At The Great Towers Of Boulders And Colossal Ramparts Of Nature Like Many People All Over The World They Decided It Must All Be The Work Of A Race Of Giants

Nowadays We Can Be Fairly Certain Of A Good Long Life But Generations Ago The Celtic Forefathers Had To Face Certain Death Much More Often As Such They Were Always On The Lookout For Portentous Signsmdashfor Omens Of Death

Magic Often Comes In Female Form Perhaps Because Birth Is Such A Magical Thing To The Early Celts Goddesses Were The Cause Of Many Of Natures Wonders The Memory Of That Has Survived And In Some Cases Transformed Into Terrifying Tales Of Witches