Why I Write – For Gwyn ap Nudd and the Old Gods of Britain
This is a video I made about why I write to encourage support for my work on Patreon. My name is Lorna Smithers and I am a poet and author based
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In the Deep excerpt – the Boy in the Serpent Skins II
In this excerpt from my novel in progress, In the Deep, the boy (Vindos/Gwyn) continues his task of dismissing the ghosts of the dead dragons from
Angelika Rudiger’s thesis on Y Tylwyth Teg
In a recent internet search I found out that the PhD thesis of Angelika Rudiger ‘Y Tylwyth Teg. An Analysis of a Literary Motif’ was published by
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In the Deep excerpt – The Boy in the Serpents Skins I
The following is an excerpt from my novel in progress In the Deep. It takes place in Annwn ‘the Deep’ in the aftermath of the Battle of the
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Introducing the Boy in the Serpent Skins
Who would gowith the boy in the serpent skinsdraped over one shoulder fastened with a bone pinto the world of dead dragons at the bottom of the
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Prayer Beads of Annwn
As a gift for my dedication as a nun of Annwn my friend Aurora J Stone made me some prayer beads. Crafted in the colours of Annwn from howlite
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What Ails Me?
‘Hail is cold grainand showers of sleetand sickness of serpents.’– Hagalaz (rune)I.I come to Youmy mind a wasteland,the poles, the solstices of
In the Deep progress update and planning The Forgotten Gods
Since my last update around the Winter Solstice I have been making good progress with the second draft of In the Deep. Having got nearly half way
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Gwyn’s Feast 2022
Gwyn ap Nudd is a Brythonic God of the dead and a ruler of Annwn. In ‘The Life of St Collen’ He is depicted presiding over a magical feast on
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I Awenydd
“Remember who you are.” I am an awenydd of Annwn. I am a keeper of an ancient monastery(yes this monastery is ancient althoughits builders only
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In the Monastery of Annwn
there will be no rulers and there will be no rule.All will uphold the virtues of their choosing.Neither light nor dark will be banishedfor they form
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For the Dead, for the Mad, for the Poets
for the torn apart all the parts of our bodies will ride tonight,crawl up from the bogs onto our swampy horses,not the bog bodies who were found,but
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Walking With Creiddylad
I have walked in Annwnfor long with you and your king. I have sung of its spoils and despoiling,tracked down its despoilers – I have killed the
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Wooden Idols of the Bogs
I. The Roos Carr Figures – Voyagers to the Otherworld? A few weeks ago, fellow awenydd Greg Hill drew my attention to the Roos Carr Figures HERE.
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BOOK REVIEW: CERRIDWEN CELTIC GODDESS OF INSPIRATION
Highly recommended. Cerridwen: Celtic Goddess of Inspiration (1) is by Kristoffer Hughes, Chief of the Anglesey Druid Order (2) and a prominent