tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post1151843742688956101..comments2023-10-09T06:54:04.099-06:00Comments on Past Times and Present Tensions: A Celtic corvid ― part oneJohn Hooker FSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-29674858996354236292014-10-11T06:33:44.727-06:002014-10-11T06:33:44.727-06:00Hi Thelma, A fascinating account, and one I had ne...Hi Thelma, A fascinating account, and one I had never heard of before -- perhaps being so late. I wonder if it is an example of ancient traditions in the area or something which served the needs of new arrivals.Rural areas are certainly slow to change, especially in folk tradition and religious matters, but 4th to 5th cent AD seems very late if it is Iron Age Celtic continuity! John Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-75001273275893767292014-10-11T00:39:46.832-06:002014-10-11T00:39:46.832-06:00Hi John, this is not really a comment just a piece...Hi John, this is not really a comment just a piece of information which might be of interest. As you may gather I love Celtic art, so reading about the Gundestrup plates and your interpretation is fascinating. Ann Ross (and you probably know her) by the way wrote a whole compendium on the subject of Pagan Celtic Britain...<br /><br />Ann Ross writing in essays presented to Stuart Piggott - Studies in Ancient Europe - Ritual Shafts, and Wells<br /><br />"Jordan Hill; Somerset; A Romano-British temple; Well lined with clay, in which a layer of used stone tiles were laid edgeways. A rough cist of two oblong stones in which there were two urns, a broad iron sword, iron spearhead, knife and a steelyard;above this was a layer of thick stone tiles, on it a bed of ashes and charcoal. On this a double layer of stone tiles, arranged in pairs, between each pair was the skeleton of one bird together with a small roman coin. Beds of alternating ash and upper tiers of tiles, enclosing bird skeletons and coins, sixteen tiers in all, interrupted half way by another cist. The birds represented were raven, crow, buzzard and starling, all prognostic birds according to Ross. Hare bones were also found, hares are sacred animals in celtic mythology, Boudicca sacrificed one to Andraste before her battle with the Romans .<br /><br /> http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/jordan_hill.htm"thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.com