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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

Today's piece of Welsh legend is an actual piece of fiction that Cheryl wrote. It tells the tale of Princess Gwladys and the villainous Gwynllwy the Bearded: www.kickstarter.com/...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 23h

The lake of Llyn Cerrig Bach, Anglesey-one of those rare places where the veil between then & now can feel like mist, & never more so than, having spent the weekend hunting for its lost Iron Age artefacts, & with its ancient peat ingrained beneath fingernails, someone lifts a carnyx to their lips
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Paul Hemingway of Operation Nightingale, splendidly attired in ancient garb, playing an Iron Age carnyx in front of a lake.

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 9h

So close to £5k: www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)

An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore

www.kickstarter.com

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · 8d

Wishing you all a blessed Mōnan Dæg! 🤗✨🤍✨

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animism #heathenart

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Math Jones @mathjones.bsky.social · Sep 21

Wyrd is simply
the way things are.
But how well do you know
the way things are?
It's worthwhile remembering,
that weird as you feel,
you too are one
of the way things are.

Alliteration is not about looks.

#PoetrySky #AlliterativeVerse #Wyrd #Weird

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · 20d

Travelling to the pool of memory…detail from one of my sketchbooks.

Wishing you all a blessed Wednesday!

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animism

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · 25d

Cwén - Lady Sovereign…

Becoming as the great Tree (Mímameiðr)
a tremulous bright axis
she bridges Earth & Sky
the four corners echo
to the rhythm of her stang
Bifrost resounds with her song.

Wishing you all a blessed Freyja’s Dæg x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animism

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Sep 19

Mōnan Níeda ᚾ - Moon of Neccesity… another recently completed piece taken from work with the Módrren (ancestral mothers) - reflecting on themes of necessity, surrender, death, Initiation and rebirth.

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animism

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Juniper 🌳☮️ @wytchelm.bsky.social · Sep 18

And a much kinder place.

Image: credit to the owner

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Sep 17

Norðrodor Gásta - Master
Spirits of the Northern Sky...🩵

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animism

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Sep 15

Huldra - detail of a current work in progress… wishing you all a blessed Mōnan Dæg! 🤗✨

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animist

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Sep 10

Cyningdōma (sovereignty) - a recent painting taken from an encounter and teachings received around Sovereignty of self & protecting boundaries.

Wishing you all a good Wednesday & rest of your week.

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animist

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slæping Eoten (slumbering giants) - some more Mountain studies… wishing you all a wonderful Mōnan Dæg! 🤗💖

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animist #obod

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Sep 4

A recent piece from one of my sketchbooks, exploring different colour palettes (WIP)... wishing you all a wonderful rest of your week! 🤗💖
Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animist #obod

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Aug 15

A detail from a sketchbook piece focused on pushing my use of colour, as well as experimenting with the addition of a new medium...

Wishing you all a blessed Freyja's Dæg!

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animist

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · Aug 11

The meadow begins to yellow, to become brittle. There's little breeze to make its August jewels jangle. Amid the ripening of fields and hedges, a sense that beyond harvest winter stalks us all. A wise witch takes this lesson of impermanence taught by the land. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

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Hrag Vartanian @hrag.bsky.social · Aug 10

This photo is from 2012 and I can still feel the joy I felt encountering this in public.

Pink Jellyfish with yellow bursts illuminating the tips of their tentacles atop a bright red/orange painted industrial doorway off a Brooklyn street

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Aug 11

Eötenas - encounters with primal powers & titanic feminine protectors within The Land… a recent sketchbook study.

Wishing you all a blessed Mönan Dæg! 🌝

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animist #jotunn #jotnar

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Jul 28

Detail from a current piece in progress taken from some work with the Ancestors… wishing you all a blessed Mōnan Dæg and good week ahead! 🤗💖

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animism

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Jul 25

Wishing you a blessed Freyja’s Dæg! 🤗💛🪶

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animist

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Jul 21

A recent study from my sketchbooks… wishing you all a good Mōnan Dæg and wonderful rest of your week!

Gabrielle x

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Jul 18

Recently finished piece…wishing you all a blessed Freyja’s Dæg! 🤗💛🪶

Gabrielle x

Bluesky

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animist

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🌿Rowynn Ellis - MCM London M24 Artist Alley @rowynnellis.bsky.social · Jul 16

'Step into your Power' - 2025

Giving your thoughts and feelings form through creation is an act of rebellion, now more than ever. Your creativity can never be replaced because it IS you, your essence, your experience, your voice

#werewolf #transmasc #werewolfart #illustration #procreate

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Jul 16

A study from my sketchbook… wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday! 🩶

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animist

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Gabrielle Tamäya @gabrielletamaya.bsky.social · Jul 11

‘Seeking knowledge & guidance from the Land’… a recently finished piece, prints now available.

Wishing you all a blessed Freyja’s dæg & wonderful weekend! 🤗💛🔥🪶

Gabrielle x

#witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animist

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