MITI/Mythology Archives — TERRE CELTICHE

The Trows are mythical little people who inhabit the hills of Orkney and Shetland. They are similar to…

FOLK AMERICANO/ American Folk, FOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, LIBRI/Book, MITI/Mythology

The Daemon Lover or The House Carpenter

terreceltiche 17 Gennaio 202018 Gennaio 2020

Leggi in italiano A prolific theme in the European traditional ballad that has its roots in the Middle…

CHRISTMAS TIME/Natale, MITI/Mythology

Saint Lucy: the beginning of the Winter Solstice

terreceltiche 11 Dicembre 201911 Dicembre 2019

Leggi in Italiano December 13 marks the beginning of Christmas in Sweden and Norway, the day on which…

CHRISTMAS TIME/Natale, Cucina irlandese/ Irish cooking, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica irlandese/ Irish music

Christmas in Killarney

terreceltiche 6 Dicembre 20196 Dicembre 2019

Leggi in italiano “Christmas in Killarney” combines a festive music with the most genuine Christmas tradition in South…

CHRISTMAS TIME/Natale, MITI/Mythology, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore

Skeklers from Shetland

terreceltiche 25 Novembre 201926 Novembre 2019

Leggi in italiano From the Shetland Islands come the “straw men” called skeklers, “masks” who played a specific…

CHRISTMAS TIME/Natale, FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology

Derby Ram sea shanty

terreceltiche 11 Novembre 201911 Novembre 2019

The oldest traditions of the mid-winter festival included an auspicious quest in which a group of young people went from house to…

MITI/Mythology, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore

The Dead Horse sea shanty: Working off the Dead Horse

terreceltiche 8 Novembre 20198 Novembre 2019

Leggi in italiano “Paying off the Dead Horse” perhaps derives from a custom in negotiations between breeders: once…

FOLK INGLESE/English Folk, MITI/Mythology, Musica gallese/ Welsh music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore

Poor old horse: winter hoodening

terreceltiche 7 Novembre 20197 Novembre 2019

Leggi in italianoSamhain (the New Year of the Celts) ended on 11 November with a pagan festival still…

MITI/Mythology, Musica bretone/ Breton music

Ankou, a Breton myth

terreceltiche 2 Novembre 20192 Novembre 2019

Leggi in Italiano In Brittany in winter nights the Ankou travels in search of souls, on his squeaky…

MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, RICETTE TRADIZIONALI/ traditional recipes, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore

Souling songs

terreceltiche 24 Ottobre 201924 Ottobre 2019

Leggi in italiano Souling songs are the songs of begging that the poor (mostly children) sang going from…

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Categoria: MITI/Mythology

Trowie tune from Shetland

The Daemon Lover or The House Carpenter

Saint Lucy: the beginning of the Winter Solstice

Christmas in Killarney

Skeklers from Shetland

Derby Ram sea shanty

The Dead Horse sea shanty: Working off the Dead Horse

Poor old horse: winter hoodening

Ankou, a Breton myth

Souling songs

Trowie tune from Shetland

The Daemon Lover or The House Carpenter

The Banks of the Sweet Viledee

Piw 'zo mestr?

Jack Frost in rhyme and songs

Saint Lucy: the beginning of the Winter Solstice

The Christmas Storke [La Cicogna di Natale]

Christmas in Killarney

Skeklers from Shetland

Christmas & Bagpipers in Italy