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The Flowers of Creiddylad 2024
Creiddylad is a Brythonic sovereignty Goddess associated with flowers and fertility. She is known from the medieval Welsh story Culhwch ac Olwen. Therein She goes off with Gwythyr ap Greidol (our Brythonic Summer King) but before She can sleep with Him she is taken by Gwyn ap Nudd (our Brythonic Winter King) presumably to Annwn…
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Winter Solstice 2023
The winter solstice is the time of the shortest days and the longest nights. It is the time when for three days and nights the sun stands still. We have little Brythonic lore connected with the winter solstice. Yet we do know that in Culhwch and Olwen Gwyn ap Nudd ‘White son of Mist’ and…
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Nos Galan Gaeaf 2023
For Nos Galan Gaeaf (31st Oct) we will be honouring Gwyn’s hunt and the ancestors. Our ritual will include prayers, poetry, drumming, singing, and a space for sharing memories of those who have passed recently or been our inspirations. Our rite will take place in collaboration with Land Sea Sky Travel on Thornsilver Hollysong’s Gwyn…
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An Ode to the Feast of Gwyn
A song performed on the Celtic harp in honour of Gwyn’s feast by Sister Aelfwyn. Intro:What do you bring to the feast of Gwyn To the feast of Gwyn To the Faerie king What do you bring to the feast of a king….. Edern what do you bring?I bring with me a serpent fineOf ancient wisdom most DivineI…
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Gwyn’s Feast 2023
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 Glastonbury Tor. In ‘The Spoils of Annwn’ He is the keeper of a cauldron that will not boil meat for a coward and His fortress…
The Monastery of Annwn 