This guide is a companion to Janet Bord's book, Cures and Curses: Ritual and cult at holy wells and Jeremy Harte's book English Holy Wells: A sourcebook. The island was then called Albion, and inhabited by none but a few giants. Notwithstanding this, the pleasant situation of the places, the plenty of rivers abounding with fish, and the engaging prospect of its woods, made Brutus and his company very desirous to fix their habitation in it." After dividing up the island between themselves "at last Brutus called the island after his own name Britain, and his companions Britons; for by these means he desired to perpetuate the memory of his name". [19] Geoffrey goes on to recount how the last of the giants are defeated, the largest one called Goëmagot is flung over a cliff by Corineus. Psychotherapy assists people to construct a narrative which makes sense of their lives. However psychoanalysis too often relies on outdated and limited assumptions. By learning from the poets who created the Celtic myths, therapists can help their patients develop more appropriate personal narratives. The first volume Sapcote: some snapshots in time was published in September 2021. This second volume Sapcote: more snapshots in time features streets not included in the first, such as Bassett Lane, Stanton Road and also the old Church School, work in agriculture and quarrying, Brown's buses plus celebrations and carnivals. Together these reveal much about the life and times of Sapcote's residents about fifty to a hundred years ago.

An appendix by Wade Tarzia looks at place-lore in early Irish literature, especially in the Táin Bó Cúailnge or 'The Cattle-raid of Cooley'.Because Geoffrey of Monmouth's work was regarded as fact until the late 17th century, the story appears in most early histories of Britain. Wace, Layamon, Raphael Holinshed, William Camden and John Milton repeat the legend and it appears in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. [34] This is a book such as has never been written before. […] For those seeking a railway book with a difference, this is it. It's surprisingly thought-provoking.' The Railway Magazine Providing plenty of examples from the twelfth century onwards, the final section inspires readers to 'have a go' – at least by colouring in photographs or sketches.

This is the second book in the Living in a Magical World series. These books will challenge you to recognise the traditional magic still alive in modern society, and empower you with a variety of skills and insights.

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Wogan-Browne, Jocelyn (2011), Leyser, Conrad; Smith, Lesley (eds.), "Mother or Stepmother to History? Joan de Mohun and Her Chronicle", Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400–1400, Ashgate Publishing, p.306, ISBN 978-1409431459 Before maps were commonplace people had been getting from place to place successfully for many millennia. How did they find their way? Cures and Curses provides an enticing overview for those looking for an introduction to holy wells and a source of reliable but little- Christopher Chippindale, Reader in Archaeology at Cambridge University and author of Stonehenge Complete Keith Brian Hextall, the author of this book, sadly passed away in 2020 at the age of seventy-nine. His widow, Margaret, arranged for his extensive local history research to be published as a fitting memorial to all Keith's hard work gathering information and images to create a lasting archive for the villagers of Sapcote.

The illustrations and information were collected by Keith Hextall over many years and have been prepared for publication posthumously by members of the Sapcote Heritage Group. The Whittlecreek and Eaton St Torpid Heritage Railway employs a General Manager (who does not like being called 'The General'), a formidable Property Manager (who does likes to be referred to as 'The PM'), a witticism-infested Operations Manager who socialises each week with the neophobic Workshop Manager, and a Gift Shop Manager (deemed 'nice but useless'). Judging from Avienius' Ora Maritima, for which it is considered to have served as a source, the Massaliote Periplus (originally written in the 6th century BC, translated by Avienus at the end of the 4th century AD), does not use the name Britannia; instead it speaks of nēsos Iernōn kai Albiōnōn "the islands of the Iernians and the Albiones". [7] Likewise, Pytheas (c. 320 BC), as directly or indirectly quoted in the surviving excerpts of his works in later writers, speaks of Albiōn and Iernē (Great Britain and Ireland). Pytheas's grasp of the νῆσος Πρεττανική ( nēsos Prettanikē, "Prettanic island") is somewhat blurry, and appears to include anything he considers a western island, including Thule. [8] [ failed verification] The aim of the Good Gargoyle Guide is to encourage people who would not normally take an interest in church architecture to get out and about hunting further examples of these extraordinary sculptures. How Place-Names Grow is the starting point for anyone who wants to more fully understand place-name dictionaries.

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These 'snapshots' include old maps and photographs which reveal the history of the growth of Sapcote, especially the buildings – many of which have since been demolished or greatly modified. Some are still standing – including the twelfth century parish church, the former Rectory and an early twentieth century Wesleyan chapel built in the Arts and Crafts style. A great many others – from substantial farmhouses to modest thatched cottages – survive only in the photographs reproduced in this book. In Enchantment is All About Us Beatrice Walditch reveals that much of the what we often think of a real in the modern world is an enchantment woven by profit-driven businesses and nefarious politicians. Drawing upon a wide range of traditional worldviews, she sets out ways of mentally 'banishing' such pervasive enchantments and empowering the reader to create their own enchantments. Many of the suggestions develop and weave together ideas discussed in her previous books. So climb on board as we set off to explore five of the more weird, obscure and WTF corners of English history. In his 2nd century Geography, Ptolemy uses the name Ἀλουΐων ( Alouiōn, "Albion") instead of the Roman name Britannia, possibly following the commentaries of Marinus of Tyre. [13] He calls both Albion and Ierne in Ancient Greek: νῆσοι Βρεττανικαὶ, romanized: nēsoi Brettanikai, lit.'British Isles'. [14] [15] By looking at the linguistic and iconographical evidence for these worldviews he shows that there is a surprising continuity from the pre-Christian era until about the tenth century. This viewpoint provides a new way of thinking about both early Christianity in Britain and the religion which it – to some extent – superseded.

Some of these liturgical traditions have survived unbroken over many centuries, others have been revived after a break during the twentieth century – while yet more continue to be invented. Some of these more recent traditions – such as Harvest Festivals and Christingle – are now so ubiquitous that many churchgoers are unaware of a time when they were not part of the yearly cycle of customs. Although we are accustomed to seeing Romanesque and later medieval carvings as bare stone, this is not how they would have been envisaged by their makers and patrons. Before the nineteenth century Gothic Revival such sculpture would have been painted, often in ways which now might seem rather garish. Medieval Carvings in Colour is a response to requests for information about how Romanesque and later medieval carvings would originally have been painted. Etymology [ edit ] The Codex Vatopedinus's Ptolemy's map of the British Isles, labelled " Ἀλουΐων" ( Alouíōn, "Albion") and Ἰουερνία ( Iouernía, " Hibernia"). c. 1300 This is a book about railways such as has never been told before. Wonders and blunders, supernatural experiences, ritual customs, and a wealth of weird tales that sound as if they might be true. But surely they aren't? Or are they? In 2010, artist Mark Sheeky donated the 2008 painting "Two Roman Legionaries Discovering The God-King Albion Turned Into Stone" to the Grosvenor Museum collection. [35] See also [ edit ]We are not alone. In the shadows of our countryside there lives a fairy race, older than humans, and not necessarily friendly to them. For hundreds of years, men and women have told stories about the strange people, beautiful as starlight, fierce as wolves, and heartless as ice. These are not tales for children. They reveal the fairies as a passionate, proud, brutal people. This is an excellent guide to the landscape of Avebury. The instructions for movement are clear and precise and the dialogue format stops if from becoming a dry description of the route. It can be recommended to anyone with an interest in the area… ' Brie, Friedrich W. D., ed. (1906–1908), The Brut or the Chronicles of England ... from Ms. Raw. B171, Bodleian Library, &c., EETS o.s., vol.131 (part 1), London {{ citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) This was S.W. Partington's only published book. His interpretation fails to distinguish between runes used in Scandinavia and England from the unrelated symbols used on the perpetual almanacs inscribed in wood and somewhat derogatorily termed 'clog almanacs'. However the information on understanding the symbols on these almanacs is not readily available elsewhere so I have prepared this PDF version. Howver treat all Partington's attributions for these signs with moderate amounts of caution, and do not take his interpretations of runes and other symbols to be more than pioneering.