"Celtic Causeways"?!

topic posted Wed, February 13, 2008 - 2:37 PM by  MacMorrighan
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Hey guys, calling all CELTO-PHILES!!! A while back (well, within the last 5-6 years) I happened to record a prgram on the Discover (or some other) Channel by the name of "Celtic Causeways". Sadly, before I realized what potent relivence it might yield for a number of research projects (I think this was slightly before I started researching an Morrighan in any great detail) I taped over it!!! Ugh... (I still can't believe that I did that!) Anyway, I'd love to be able to watch it again, to see what scholars were involved, and if they have written any articles about their findings! All I recall of this ep. is that it provides more evidence for Celtic ritual-belief and practices during the Iron Age: The Celts frequently made causeways (which are functionally more like piers, rather than bridges) where the devoted would usually go in order to deposit votive offerings to the gods, or spirits of the Otherworld that reside in the water. These rites also seem to be somehow associated with the lunar eclipse, because they were able to figure out that this causeway was usually repaired during the year of an eclipse! I also remember that some of the beams or posts employed during the construction happened tpo be made from honeysuckle. Anyway, this was all that I happen to remember from this ep. Soooooo...I was wondering if anyone might have happened to record this program, also, and be able to dub it onto a DVD for l'il ol' me? ;o) It never hurts to ask.

Take Care,
Wade
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MacMorrighan
Iowa
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