Today on recent pagan history, we'll learn about that one time Christians destroyed and replaced a statue.
ok sO
We open on Binevenagh Mountain, Northern Ireland where a statue of Manannán Mac Lir is hovering over the people.
Manannán is the pan-celtic shape-shifting trickster God of the sea, of storms, of weather, he is the "Lord of the Mists", and gatekeeper of the Otherworld. He's also associated with honesty and discernment between truth and falsehood, along with humor and sympathy. Pretty important figure in Irish mythology. He's the patron god of the Isle of Man, as well. A loaded character indeed.
wElL in 2015, some Christians in the nearby town (I'm guessing) didn't like looking up to the pagan god, so they fucking ripped it off it's mount,
replaced it with a wooden cross that says "you shall have no other gods before me"
And dumped it in the countryside (it was a while before anyone found it)
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTA6PMYWl7leifGSHzqSjCfEv7uc0L_GVp2aw&usqp=CAU
(You'll have to click that one to see it)
So yeah, the statue took too much damage so the artist had to make a whole new one. It's been replaced and Manannán still stands 👌
FINALLY SET UP MY SAMHAIN ALTAR BECAUSE I AM A ✨MASTER PROCRASTINATOR✨
you've got yours up? i can't even find flowers for mine
I won't be home for anything, but I just clipped off some rose buds to dry
I tried to ask my deck what kind it was, and I can't honestly remember if thats what I thought or if I asked how it felt about me. either way, I pulled the fucking devil card
you've got yours up? i can't even find flowers for mine
Yeah! Took me a while to actually find the motivation to start, and when I realized I could add my dad now that he's dead I really didn't want to do it.
I don’t know where I’ll be even living during Halloween, so I can’t do much to prepare…
my parents pulled apart my altar a g a i n
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I’m so sorry… are you in trouble?
they don't like my religion in the slightest. my deities understand so i'm not in trouble in that sense. nor is daz (one of the spirits i talk to.) so i think I'm good but gods its frustrating
I feel that. Don’t do anything to get in too much trouble… has personally been scared by my parents hate
lol today's assignment in language arts is to come up with three ways to figure out of someone is a witch to punish them.
If you use generic shit from police during the satanic panic they usually accept that
behead them. if they die, they're human. if the dull ass blade you used doesn't get all the way through, they must be a witch
Hey…
Is unsure if I'm pagan or wiccan
Hey…
Is unsure if I'm pagan or wiccan
Well, what are your beliefs?
I need help… I don't know anything about being pagan…
Hey…
Is unsure if I'm pagan or wiccan
Well, what are your beliefs?
Also, those terms often intertwine, so…
behead them. if they die, they're human. if the dull ass blade you used doesn't get all the way through, they must be a witch
bRUH lmao
is that not the logic. like the pin one, where they stuck a bunch of pins in their skin and were either like 'if you bleed youre a witch' or 'if you don't bleed while we stick tiny needles and leave them in your skin then fuck man ig you're a witch' or whatever. or tying their hands and feet and throwing them into the water and saying if they drown they're human but if they float they're a witch. i could go on. i really could
I need help… I don't know anything about being pagan…
we kinda got that lmao, give us solid questions and we'll do our best to answer them
Hey…
Is unsure if I'm pagan or wiccan
Well, what are your beliefs?
It's… confusing.
I believe that there is some higher power, but not sure if it is gods or not. And I know that magic exists (duh) and all that, but I don't know how to use that, or if it's even okay for me to use that
I need help… I don't know anything about being pagan…
we kinda got that lmao, give us solid questions and we'll do our best to answer them
Why are Tarot cards important? Why are altars important? Same for herbs and candles
