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In the days of Kings Æthelfrith, Edwin and Oswald the greatest architectural feats since the end of the Roman Empire stood here as symbols of royal power: a palace complex, noble halls of great technical complexity and grandeur and, wonder of wonders, a grandstand unique in its period. In a pagan temple offerings were made to the gods and tribal
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LUGAID THE FIRE MAKER
Philip Carr-Gomm • Druidcraft: The Magic of Wicca and Druidry
Above Yerin’s head, a pile of treasure appeared: scales of every color heaped over natural treasures, all shining with madra and aura in a chaotic rainbow.
Will Wight • Dreadgod (Cradle Book 11)
a medieval Welsh legend, one of the earlier of the so-called Mabinogion collection of tales, contains an inventory of ‘the ceremonial possessions of a traditional ruler: sword, knife, whetstone, drinking horn, cauldron, draughtsboard, mantle and the like’.17 Feasting, gaming, drinking: these were the pursuits of an élite who did not spend their
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