THE TRUE WORD OF CELTIC POETRY-2016

The True Word of Celtic Poetry

 In this post I will bring you into the forbidden world of Celtic poems & Stories during the ancient times of the Celtic world. The word was considered so sacred that the Celtic people were forbidden to write anything down. So what they would do to pass down their wisdom, poetry and stories is by oral doing it. As the custodians changed throughout time of their sacred word; the poets were held in high regard and accorded very high in status.
Then came the Bardic Order~
The Bardic order was basically the primary order within the Druid's training. Why? because nothing could be written down as 'the true word Poetic'. Students were required to commit huge amounts of material to memory. This is how the Bardic System would work Their centers were deliberately severe because it was believed that sensory deprivation aided the poetic inspiration.
When composing an poem, the students were made to lie on the stone in the dark, with stones on their stomachs to stop them from becoming drowsy. This kinda training, to become a bard could take as long as 12years. The Studies that train to become an bard for the first 6years study; would be-encompassed grammar, philosophy, poetic form and finally the memorizing of numerous poems and stories; together with the laws of Bretha Nemed (the Law of Privileges). Which is also called the 'Secret Language of Poet'.

Each of the Students were titled the 'Noble Stream'.
Further studies say that the students would learn poetic form and composition in their 12year. In the 12year the students are called 'Ollamh' At this doing the students he/she is now a master of grammar, poetic form, law, composition, prophetic, invocation &of the skills of an oratory.

These students had committed thousands of lines of poetry to memory as well as 350+ stories. 

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WENDY

QUEEN OF SHEBA

QUEEN OF SHEBA~

QUEEN OF SHEBA

Good morning my dears & welcome to my humble blog. Today I thought I would bring you all into the mystical world of Queen of Sheba. It is a interesting tale and one that I found that is in many scriptures of the bible too. During this post I will show some of the scriptures of the Queen of Sheba that I found in my own bible. She is recorded in the first book of Kings in the Old Testament. However, I thought I would write about her life and I will add the Scriptures as they come in the story for you to look-up if you wish too.  I hope that you find this tale as interesting as I have.
The Queen of Sheba visits King Solomon (1Kings 10:13) when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon & his relation to the name of the Lord. So she came to test him with hard questions. Upon arriving in Jerusalem with a grand caravan with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold & precious stones, the Queen came to King Solomon to talk about matters of importance, that had been on her brilliant mind. She also had many questions for him and came to test him. Solomon answered all her hard questions, however nothing was ever too hard for the king to explain to Queen of Sheba. When the Queen saw all the wisdom of the King & the palace he had built, the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cup bearers and the burnt offering he made at the Temple of the Lord she was overwhelmed. The Queen continued to ask her questions; She said to the king, 'The report I heard in my own country about your achievements & your wisdom is true!. (Kings James version; 1 Kings 10: 2-13)

QUEEN SHEBA

AND KING SOLOMON

But I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own two eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me; In wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I have heard.. How happy your men must be! Your Officials, who continually stand before you & hear your wisdom! Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord's eternal love for Israel he has made you King to maintain Justice and righteousness. From that, the Queen gave King Solomon 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. Then King Solomon gave the Queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and again returned to her own country.
I have always been curious about the tale of Queen Sheba. I hope you have found this short but informative post interesting too. It states that around the tenth century B.C.; there was a Queen that lived in a Great nation rich with trade around the world. This Nation was know as Sheba. During the time of the Nation of Sheba their Queen decided to meet the Great King Solomon. Why? It seems their Queen didn't believe the

Queen Sheba

stories  she had heard about King Solomon's wisdom. Going to see the King in person with her questions to test the King would help the Queen and her country of Sheba to believe in his wisdom. So a few months later, the Queen of Sheba arrived at the royal courts of King Solomon. They meet for dinner. Then after that they had an meeting for her many questions to test the King. Later, after hours of talking with King Solomon, the Queen approval with his answers and decided he pasted her test. In the return of Queen of Sheba, she had given King Solomon plentiful gifts of gold, spices, many rare kinds of precious stones too. In return of her plentiful gift King Solomon game the Queen, 'All that she desired'. After their meeting the Queen of Sheba returned to her nation of Sheba.
You can find her in the Holy Bible in (Chronicles-2 9 1:13) This is just one of many that I found in my Bible. So I had a look in my bible where the Queen visits King Solomon. I found many more interesting tales of the great Queen. This part is where I found the Queen of Sheba once again and its said that even Christ himself spoke of the Queen of Sheba of the south who came to hear the wisdom of King Solomon. I couldn't find any other information, however it has been said there is precious pieces of historical evidence that has survived on the Queen of Sheba, problem is Where?
There is also the countless growth of myths and stories all over the centuries, perhaps the most famous & important of tales in regard to the Queen of Sheba is her connection with Ethiopia.

Queen of Sheba at the king Solomon kingdom

when some say she was not treated kindly

In 1320 an Ethiopian monk named Yetshak had wrote an compendium of legends called Kebra Negast - 'Glory of the Kings'. Yetshak  the Ethiopia Monk had written  that when the Queen of Sheba referred to in Ethiopian as Makeda, visited King Solomon, she was seduced by the great King.  Solomon had said that the Queen was welcome to his hospitality, however must not take anything without asking. During the night hours, the Queen suffered a terrible thirst caused by a spicy meal that the King fed to her and she drank the water placed by her bed. The King said the Queen had broken his rules of his kingdom, so she must sleep with him as repayment. Nine months later she gave birth to a baby boy called Menelik. [There is always another tale to the story]
It is said that the Ethiopian people believe that the Queen of Sheba & her son both accepted the Jewish faith. It seems that the Monk Menelik founded the Solomon Jewish Faith Christian Faith, The dynasty in Aksum, Ethiopia. The Muslims would call the Queen of Sheba 'Balkis'. It was believed her great Nation was based in Yemen.
The Koran's describes the nation Sheba as being two gardens, irrigated by a grand dam. An advanced level of farming and good access to the Red Sea shipping channels and the Arabian Camel trains, meant the nation prospered at the time.

Note; Archaeological proof of this occurring in southern Arabia has been uncovered. The remains of a great dam can be viewed in the Mareb region of the Yemen, now considered to be the capital of the ancient nation of Sheba. This dam collapsed in 543AD, but scientists have been able to deduce that it would have been used to irrigated over 500 acres of farmland. In recent years Archaeologists have finished restoring an ancient temple known as the 'Throne of Balkis' in the Mareb region. The structure dates from the tenth century BC, so is from the right era to link with what we do know about the Queen. Two miles to the east of the Mareb region. Another ancient building known as the 'Temple of the Moon God' is also being studied. Scientists using radar equipment believe this is an extremely large and elaborate structure, and could yield the answers to many of the Sheba mysteries. Unfortunately such investigations have been plagued over the years by political in differences. So the dig has been on hold sadly for years and who knows when they can continue. They have said until these areas are more secure for researchers to study the real history of Sheba plus the political indifference to come to pass it would seem the Nation of Sheba will continue to be obscured by legends. The researchers can only work with the Scriptures in the bible at this time, but with a bit of faith they will be able to continue their dig.

When doing this tale of Queen Sheba I found that there were many different versions of photo's of the queen. The one above was the one that they say is mostly depicted in the bible but I have a hard time believing that one. She in my opinion was either from India or Africa. If I had to pick one it would be Africa .... I hope you enjoyed the true tale..

Love you all very much & thank you so much

for coming to my humble blog

your friend always

WENDY

SELCHIES-2016

SELCHIES -

Selkies are said to be fictional creatures that live in Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, and Scottish 
Mythology. They can shed their skin form seals to become humans which are usually woman. The legend is originated on the island of Orkney and the Shetland Islands. The Silkies have many different names.This can be Selchies; Silkies or Selch. is some of the Scots word for the seal/selkie from the old English seolh. 
Legends-
The legends of the Silkier has been around for centuries, especially in the Icelandic, Ireland and Scotland countries. These of course were the oceans of the very icy seas.The Selkies of these icy seas are able to become human by shedding their seal skins and can then return to the seal form by putting them back on. Ancient stories concerning the selkies are generally romantic tragedies. Sometimes the human[mostly always men] will not know that their lover is a selkie and wakes to find them gone.Other times the human male will hide the selkie skin which is almost always of a Female selkie, thus preventing her to return to the seal form. A selkie can only make contact with one particular human for a short amount of time before they must reture to the sea/ocean. They are not able to make contactt with that human again for seven years, unless the human has steal their selkie skin and hidden it or even worst of all 
''burned it' If they have burned the selkie seal skin they may never go back to the ocean again where they probably have a husband and children and a entire family that they will never see again. And the longing for the sea will forever be there but she will never be able to be again.
There are a few such stories in ballad; called the Great Silkie or Sule Skerry and the movie 

'The Secret of Roan Inish'. 
The Selkie legend is also told in Wales, but in a slightly different form. The selkies are humans who have returned to the sea. Dylan - Dylan Eil Don - the firstborn of Arianrhod - was variously a merman or sea spirit who is some versions of the story escapes to the sea immediately after birth. In the Faroe Islands there are two version of the story of the Selkie or what they say 'Seal's Wife'. This is how the tale goes; A Young farmer from the town of Mikladalur on the island of kalsoy goes to

the beach to watch the selkies dance under the moon light as they always do every summer, because it can be so very cold in the winter months. The selkies always take care in hiding their seal skins so that they can find them at dawn to put them back on to go back into the sea their home to their families. Also so that no farmers or fishermen can find them to make them their wife against the will. Well, in this tale that is just what happened to one such selkie, the farmer that was watching them dance by the moon light was also watching where they were putting there seal skins too. He had his eye on one beautiful selkie maiden, so he went to find her skin and so she couldn't go back to sea, and forced her to marry him.

The farmer kept her skin in a chest, and the key to lock it around his neck both day and night. One day when he was out fishing, the farmer discovered that he forgotten to bring his key. When he returned home the selkie wife had escaped back to the sea, leaving their children behind. Sadly years later, when the farmer was on a hunt in the ocean, he killed both her selkie husband and her two selkie sons. She then promised to take revenge upon the men of the island of Mikladalur. Some of them drowned, some shall fall from the cliffs and slopes and this shall continued, until so many men have been lost that they will be able to link arms around the whole island of Kallsoy.
Male Selkies are very handsome in their human form, and have a

great seduction powers over the human women. They will typically seek those who are dissatisfied with their romantic life. This includes married women waiting for their fisherman husbands to come home after months at sea. If a human woman wishes to make contact with a selkie male all she has to do is go to a beach and shed seven tears into the sea.
If a human male steals a female selkie's skin, she is in his power, that instant he has taken her seal skin. Then is forced to become his wife.

Female selkies are said to make excellent wives, however their true love & home is the sea, they will often be seen gazing longingly at the ocean. If  she finds her skin again, she will immediately return to her true home, and sometimes to her selkie husband in the sea. Sometimes a selkie maiden is taken as a wife by a human man and she has several children by him. In these stories, it is one of her children who has discovered her sealskin who often unwitting of its significance and she soon returns to the sea leaving the child. The selkie woman usually avoids seeing her human husband again but is sometimes shown visiting her children and playing with them in the waves. Selkies are not always faithless lovers. One tale of a fisherman Cagan who married a Seal-Woman.

Against his wife's wishes he set sail during a dangerously late in the year, and was trapped battling a terrible storm, unable to return home. His wife shifted to her seal form and saved him, even though this meant she could never return to her human body and hence her happy home.
Some stories from Shetland have selkies luring islanders into the sea at midsummer, the lovelorn-humans never returning to dry land. Seal shapeshifters similar to the selkie exist in the folklore of many cultures. A corresponding creature existed in Swedish legend,and the Chinook people of North America have a similar tale of a boy who changes into a seal.

Theories of the origins of the Selkie~    

There seem to be lots of theories on the Selkie, one is that they belief is that the selkie ware actually fur-clad Finns, traveling by kayak. Another is that shipwrecked Spaniards that washed ashore and their jet black hair resembled seals. As the anthropologist A. Asbjorn Jon has recognized though, there is a strong body of lore that indicates that selkies are said to be supernaturally formed

from the souls of drowned people.

It really comes down to what you believe.

I hope you all enjoyed the legend of the Selchies

there are so many legends about them

Odine the Selkie Movie

love you all

Your Friend always

WENDY

Plague of 1348

~Black Death of 1348~

Good evening my dears and welcome to my humble blog. I know my dearest Friends, Followers, Supports and Readers that I have been gone for almost all of January and basically all of
February too. I am sorry for this my dears I am writing again from my desktop and I hope that soon that I will have everything in order. Well, basically what has happened is this; first in the beginning of January my windows 10 went off its rocker so I was able to have a dear friend fix the program and the virus to. I was able to work on the laptop for a few days but then the next problem came up. And this one had been brewing for 3years and I didn't realize it till it was to late. You see I have had the wonderful laptop that my parents gave me and my husband only 3years ago and just 6to8 months into it I was have problems with the heating fan. however, I did take care of it the whole time by writing and looking up the HP support and call techs on what to do. I cleaned 2times a week got cool sense and even a special cooling fan that sits  under the laptop. for my birthday in December. but we still had to baby the computer. So that's why I having been around for almost 2months. 

I am sorry for the last couple of months but I hope to catch up this month with as many stories as I can. For today's story I am going into the curious reasons of why the Black Death happen in 1348. I have read many of books on it not on the actually truth of what it's history but books that are more like fiction on 'What if? books. One is that I remember was about some boys or a family that found some very old bones on their farm land will doing their crops in old England. They decided they might be worth some money to help the family and brought it to the local Science Medical of Bones. Well, they got a huge surprise. The bones were very old, but they still had the black death host still living within the bones that they found. Well, as I remember the family members got the same plague as in 1348 and the

Father Carry's his sick young child

while  others stay far away

book was a race against time to stop the same Black Death the reached all over England to the shores of Italy. It was a interesting book and a creeping book at the same time. It is said that the Back Death is to originated in the arid plains of Central Asia, where the plague then travelled along the Silk Road reaching Crimea by the year 1343. How it was carried is most likely by 'ORIENTAL RAT FLEAS' that were living on the 'BLACK RATS' that were regular passengers on the huge merchant ships of the day. This is how they believe the PLAGUE, spread throughout the MEDITERRANEAN & EUROPE. The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30 to 60% of Europe's total population. In total, the Plague reduced the world's population from an estimated 450 million people to 350 - 375 million in the 14 century.

Bubonic plague, which has disappeared from Europe and large parts of the globe, is spread by bites from plague-carrying rat fleas – Xenopsylla cheopis – whose main host is the black rat. In Europe the threat of the Black Death pandemic, which appeared with black rats brought by merchant ships from Asia, eventually died out as black rats were displaced by brown rats and health and hygiene improved.
Victims often develop painful swelling in the lymph nodes called buboes, flu-like symptoms and gangrene. Although the disease is treatable with antibiotics, without treatment the mortality rate is almost two-thirds of those infected, according to the US Centres for Disease Control.

The world's population as a whole did not recover to pre-plague levels until the 17th century. That's 3

England

century's later. That tells you how one disease can wipe out almost have the world for 3centurys. Kinda makes you think? If that could happen back in the ancient times what about modern times. We could very well be just as easy wipe out the same if we don't take care of out people and the earth all around the world. It would seem that the plague of 1343 still would recurred occasionally in Europe up to the 19th century. Well, since the 19 century, I thought I would look on line to see if there has been any more modern 20th century First Case of Bubonic Plague. I found it? In 2011it appears that in New Mexico the Bubonic Plague or Black Death isn't just ancient history anymore. New Mexico health officials recently confirmed the first human case of the bubonic plague previously known as the 'BLACK DEATH' TO SURFACE IN THE US IN 2011. The unidentified man of 58 years old was hospitalized for a week after suffering from a high fever, pain in his abdomen and his groin. He also had swollen lymph nodes reported New York Daily News. The officials declined to say when the man was released from the hospital, however a blood sample from the man was tested positive for the Black Death. It seems that the Santa Fe officials said they are still investigating how the man contracted the black plague. Flea bites are the most common method of transmission to humans; in this case the doctors suspect a flea bit the man on his left leg.
The case Bubonic plague found in Madagascar ~
In Madagascar health experts have confirm one of the worst outbreaks in the modern times of the Bubonic plague that has taken the lives of 20 villagers which has raises fears that the disease could spread to nearby towns & cities in Madagascar. Once feared as the Black Death - of 1348 the rodent borne disease that wiped out a third of the world's population in the Middle Ages 'Bubonic Plague' has now killed 20 villagers in Madagascar in one of the worst outbreaks globally in recent years, health experts have confirmed. This confirmation that the bubonic plague was responsible for the deaths last week near the north-western town of Mandritsara of Madagascar followed a warning in October from the International Committee of Red of the Red Cross (ICRC) that the island nation was at risk of a plague epidemic. It would seem that the 20 cases have turned into 50 cases. The one person that was affected by the bubonic plague has become a great health risk in his environment which happens to be a very densely populated cities, such as the poor districts and prisons of Madagascar. A plague many be an disaster for All! The professor Togier from the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar who has descried  the situation as the "Nuclear Blast' Why! because the disease could become extremely difficult to stop and contain if we don't get a handle on it. That is the major risk with the Bubonic Plague and how it was back In 1348. This is why the health ministry and other actors in Madagascar have put in place a contingency plan. The Pasteur Institute of Madagascar revealed on Tuesday that tests taken from the bodies in the village last week that showed that they all had died of the bubonic black plague. They institute added it was concerned that the disease could spread to many many!!! other neighboring towns & cities where living standards have declined since a couple lived in 2009. The deaths are doubly concerning because the outbreak occurred both outside the island of Madagascar. Normal plague season runs from July to October, however at  the lower elevations of  Madagascar there has been signs of outbreaks occurring.. This is a scary sign It might be spreading all around the island. It seems that there are two forms of the Bubonic plague; The first and the most common is the Bubonic plague that is transmitted from fleas to humans. In some cases the humans can be the transmitter and then the disease becomes the pneumonia plague, which can kill within 24 hours scary stuff. There have been roughly one case in 50 that will turn into pneumonia plague. Then this effected person sadly a serious health risk in his/her environment. This is when a person that is effected with this pneumonia plague in a very densely populated cities-poor districts & even prisons of Madagascar it can spread at a alarming rate - even on ships overseas. Last Year about 60+ people died in Madagascar of the Bubonic Plague - the highest number globally of modern times. The Plague has prevalent in the island central highlands of Madagascar, where 200 to 400 confirmed cases of the plague has been reported every year to the world health organization. This is just a third to fifth of the globally cases that have been reported. Who knows about the ones that haven't been. Professor Rogier from the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar has said that if this doesn't get handled it can become what you call a nuclear blast of disease all over the world. Because once it gets a hold of the few country's it will be extremely difficult to stop and contain.
The plague spreads in Madagascar ever year and the Red Cross focuses closely on trying to prevent

Bubonic plague in Madagascar Lab

the plague within Madagascar’s prisons. Inmates are at particular risk due to a lack of water and overall sanitation in prisons; they share their cells with cockroaches, bugs and hundreds of rats. Prisons in Malagasy are tough and very overcrowded, so if one or two people become sick with the plague, it can rapidly become a catastrophe. Our aim is to ensure that we stick to zero cases.

This involves training the “rat brigades” we teach them how to prepare special boxes through which the rats pass so that their fur gets covered in insecticides that kill the fleas and their eggs. It is only after the rats have been used to spread the insecticides that they are captured and killed and the brigades check if any of them have been infected. Eleven prisons now have properly-trained rat brigades, and we just have to supply them with the necessary items.

Fleas is what is killing us all

from the carrier Rats

In fact, this is the process that you are supposed to carry out everywhere – not just in prisons – if you want to reduce the risk of catching the plague. The difficulty is that the rats are everywhere in the capital. I live in Antananarivo, and just yesterday we saw rats running around our house. We were just saying, “Well, we need to do something about it in our own home!”.
But, as I said, this year is not particularly different to previous years; it’s just that people are now writing about it and linking it to Ebola. An outbreak of disease comes along and everybody freaks out a bit. It’s true that in the 14 and 15th centuries bubonic plague wiped out half of Europe. It still has not been eradicated completely from the world; around 20 countries are still affected.
The last case in the US was reported back in 2011. One person died, a scientist. He was tracking a wild animal, and for some reason he found a fox and he decided to carry this animal back home for an autopsy. Basically, the animal transmitted the plague and he died.

But in truth, the biggest problem here and around the world is ignorance. The biggest killer in this country, and in many places of the world, is really ignorance.
If war can wipe out millions of lives from the face of Earth, so can a disease. The worst ever pandemic in history of mankind was the Black Death that claimed the lives of nearly 75 to 200 million people worldwide. The disease received its name 'Black Death' in Europe where it was responsible for wiping out nearly 30-60% of the total European population. So, what was the disease? How did it spread? How was it stopped? There are many questions like these that will be answered in this article titled 50 interesting Black Death Facts. Definitely, this article is going to be a long one so, grab yourself a cup of coffee or tea!It’s just that people don’t get the diagnosis, don’t get the antibiotics, and die. And this is the drama of this country. The plague should not kill anybody in Madagascar. The health ministry has a stock of antibiotics and the treatment of plague is free so there is no discrimination. It is ignorance that is killing people .

It would seem that there is 1,000 to 3,000 globally yearly of the plague. Although Australia and Europe are the only two countries that are free of the Black plague. The countries that have the recent epidemics in recent years are Asia, Africa, & US. So this isn't something to take lightly. I believe that it won't be some war but a disease that will probably that us all out if we don't get a handle on this. It might look something like this old map if we don't do something and something fast.

Hello my dears 
welcome to my blog 
I hope that you find it informitive & interesting
I have always been interested in this subject
I am sorry for the darkr subject but
I am still dealing with my G+/ Blogger accout
and other things that make it hard to post 
but I hope to get it all worked out soon I am
getting help but good people
 I love you all my dears 
Your friend always
WENDY   

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY

MARCH 2 2016

Hello my dearest friends, followers, supports & readers I just wanted

to tell you a little bit about the people in my life and how they get

me through each day. Yesterday was my father's Birthday

He has always been very close and dear to me in the good times & the

times that have been not so good. He has been through

the cold war and his earring isn't so good, We talk on the 
phone at least once a week and email all the time. I always write to him

on veteran day to remind him how much he is loved and that

he is my hero too. As I once did for my Uncle Ed who was in the Vietnam War

as a young Marine at the front lines. Who is now my guardian Angel.
~This is my thoughts and my love for my father~
Dad, I just wanted to let everyone to know how special you are & how
lucky I am to have you as my father. Through the last 10+ years, you have been so
supportive - lovely father during my hardest time of my life.
I just don't know how I could have made it through these years
without you & my lovely momma too!
Dad you have always been there, even when I was a young girl
teen, and getting through 2year college(took 4years) and 4years BA.
You are my Hero and my lovely father, and I wish you good
health and many, many more birthday to come.
I'm looking forward to the summer because that's when
I get to see you. Which I miss you very much.
Happy Birthday Dad my hero. Love you!
YOUR LOVELY DAUGHTER WENDY