White people with dreadlocks who scream “the Celts had locks” every time you get called out. Stop. Just stop.
I’m mixed race and a Celt so here I am to tell you that Celtic people do not traditionally wear locks. Any Celt in the Isles today could tell you that. Most Celts living in North America could tell you that. Most Creole people who are Celtic could tell you that.
Observe.
See this? This is called plaiting. It’s a type of braiding. THIS is the Celtic and Nordic style that ancient Romans mistook for dreadlocks because they were Colonial Imperialists who didn’t see or care about the differences between the cultures they were “conquering.”
If you are Celtic, Nordic or trying to emulate Celtic culture (which is a discussion for another day) and you have dreadlocks all that says to me is that you don’t care about or respect those differences either.
I apologize on behalf of Celts with locks and random white people with locks who try to make this excuse. I can only hope correcting them might make a bit of a difference.
she is a battle cry, bloodshed, and death itself with a sword in her hand and fury in her heart.
the phantom queen of the battlefield, a hooded crow that circles overhead as those that lay dying breathe their last, ragged breath inspiring fear and courage in the heart of warriors, a lone wolf howling in the night a warning of the impending battle to come.
morrigan. fierce and beautiful, ever shifting and changing her form, but always protecting those that honour her. she is wild, fearsome, vengeful, and righteous.
No worries, life happens! As does getting crowned in the head with a curtain rod – funny story, that happened to me this morning actually.
But I digress!
Manannan Mac Lir is a Gaelic deity whose localized worship seems to have been centered around the Isle of Man and various coastline communities. The Isle of Man actually has a really informative page on Him. Here’s the link.
I’ve found Him to be a trickster and a deity of change and cycles in my own experiences with Him. Very much a god who urges those who venerate Him to be malleable, clever and open to opportunities. Humor is necessary to celebrate life and defeat fear. Illusion plays into it all but that’s a part of Him I am not too familiar with. The feeling that a “heavy curtain” fell on you is familiar to me as well and I often associate that with Him answering prayers, laying down a mist if you will. So yes, I think He heard you.
Anywho, I hope that helps. My inbox is open if you need anything more specific answered, friend.
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