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 Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:14 am
General Info Welcome to Tlachta's Journal. Like a real life Journal or Diary, this is where Tlachta will post her thoughts and important events through her life. But also, like a real life journal, it's personal, so please ask before writing in her journal. Unlike a real Journal, you are welcome to lurk and read all you want! Interested in the Simulacra? Please stop by our Shop, Throught the Looking Glass to learn more!
Age: Mid-Teens
Personality: Bright, thoughtful and prone to falling into silences, but passionate on things she holds dear.
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Does best learning: Nature-related things right now, and esspically learning about the ancient way of thinking when it came to the land and nature.
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:08 pm
 1: DreamingThought's Post
2: Navigation
3: St. Patricks Day Info
4: Tlachtga the Myth
5: Family
6: Photo Album
7: Tlachta's Profile
8: Possessions
9: Timeline
10: Relationships
11: Bonded's Information
12: Spare
13: Spare
14: Spare
15: Spare
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:09 pm
The person who was to become St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385. His given name was Maewyn, and he almost didn't get the job of bishop of Ireland because he lacked the required scholarship.
Far from being a saint, until he was 16, he considered himself a pagan. At that age, he was sold into slavery by a group of Irish marauders that raided his village. During his captivity, he became closer to God.
He escaped from slavery after six years and went to Gaul where he studied in the monastery under St. Germain, bishop of Auxerre for a period of twelve years. During his training he became aware that his calling was to convert the pagans to Christianity.
His wishes were to return to Ireland, to convert the native pagans to Christianity. But his superiors instead appointed St. Palladius. But two years later, Palladius transferred to Scotland. Patrick, having adopted that Christian name earlier, was then appointed as second bishop to Ireland.
Patrick was quite successful at winning converts. And this fact upset the Celtic Druids. Patrick was arrested several times, but escaped each time. He traveled throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries across the country. He also set up schools and churches which would aid him in his conversion of the Irish country to Christianity.
His mission in Ireland lasted for thirty years. After that time, Patrick retired to County Down. He died on March 17 in AD 461. That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since.
Much Irish folklore surrounds St. Patrick's Day. Not much of it is actually substantiated.
Some of this lore includes the belief that Patrick raised people from the dead. He also is said to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland. Of course, no snakes were ever native to Ireland, and some people think this is a metaphor for the conversion of the pagans. Though originally a Catholic holy day, St. Patrick's Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday.
One traditional icon of the day is the shamrock. And this stems from a more bona fide Irish tale that tells how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.
The St. Patrick's Day custom came to America in 1737. That was the first year St. Patrick's Day was publicly celebrated in this country, in Boston.
Today, people celebrate the day with parades, wearing of the green, and drinking beer. One reason St. Patrick's Day might have become so popular is that it takes place just a few days before the first day of spring. One might say it has become the first green of spring.
Taken from http://wilstar.com/holidays/patrick.htm
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:11 pm
Name: Tlachta / Tlachtga
Properties: Earth Goddess / Sorceress
Symbol: Cnamhcaill - Thunderbolt
Race: Firbolg
Father: Mug Ruith
Grandfather: Cethern / Fergus Fal
Grandmother: Cacht
Great-Grandmother: Catmend
Mother: Dron
Consorts: Sons of Simon Magus
Sons: Doirb : Cumma : Muach
Associated Kings: Tuathal Teachtmair
Associated Sites: Tlachta (Ward Hill Co. Meath)
Tlachta was an ancient Earth Goddess of Ireland, who is demoted to a sorceress by the christian monks who recorded the ancient tales. She learns all the magical arts from her father Mug Ruith the arch druid of Ireland. In a late Mediaeval tale she is raped by the three sons of the biblical Simon Magus and dies of grief giving birth to triplets on Tlachta hill (named after her and now called Ward Hill). This story echoes the more ancient tale of a goddess who dies giving birth at a sacred site which is then named after her. Macha died in a similar manner giving birth to twins.
Tlachta was an important site in ancient times even more important than Temair (Tara) it is now largely forgotten by historians. It was the site where the fires of Samhain (November 1st) were lit to usher in the winter time. The hill of Tlachtga is described as the meeting place of all the druids of Ireland.
Tlachta creates a pillar stone called 'Cnamhcaill' meaning 'bone damage' out of a fragment of 'Roth Ramach' her father's wheel. It is said to kill all who touch it, blind those that gaze upon it and deafen those that hear it. Making some commentators say that this is a thunderbolt or thunderstone which can be used as a missile against her enemies.More on Tlachgta;
Irish legends tell us that Tlachtga lived in a cave at Inis Dairbe on Valentia Island with her father, Mogh Ruith, son of Fergus. They lived a secluded life, as Mogh Ruith was hated and feared by the church of the time. His name means Devotee of the Wheel, and he is often labeled as the last remnant of the earlier deity Ruith, the god of the wheel. His wheel represents the sun and the great cycle of seasons and years.
Mogh Ruith, a blind man, taught his daughter Tlachtga all his skills. Together they worked with all the best masters of magical knowledge in Ireland and Scotland until they exhausted the teachers and students available to them on the islands and traveled to the east for further study.
Arriving in Italy, they placed themselves under the tuition of a powerful wizard named Simon Magnus, a new testament character (Acts 8 ) who tried to buy the power of the holy ghost to use for his own ends. In this story, we find them living in the city of Samaria where Simon had convinced local city dwellers that he was god by demonstrating his sorceries to them over a long period of time.
The Bible tells us that when Peter arrived in Samaria, Simon became quite impressed with the miracles Peter performed in public and attempted to bribe Peter so that he could learn the secret of performing these miracles also. Simon's attempted bribery resulted in his being accused of what came to be known as simony, which, in those times, was regarded as a grave offense. For this, Simon received the wrath of clerical writers.
Medieval Irish writers found no difficulty in identifying the sorcery of Simon Magnus with the magical powers of Mogh Ruith and used the parallel to discredit the pre-Christian religion of the area. In a curious blend of biblical lore and Irish mythology, we are told that Mogh Ruith in his adventures with Simon Magnus was the man who wielded the axe that cut off the head of John the Baptist.
It is said that Tlachgta, Mogh Ruith and Simon Magnus constructed a fabulous flying wheel named Roath Ramach, a machine they used for sailing through the air, a demonstration that their power was greater than that of the apostles. Tlachgta brought the flying wheel with her to Ireland and it was said to be made from two pillars of stone. She made the Rolling Wheel for Trian, the Stone in Forcathu and the Pillar in Cnamchaill (Cnamchaill means bone damage). These devices were dreaded by all and stories were told for generations that anyone who touched them died, any who saw them were blinded, and any who heard them were deafened. Some speculate that these stones were lightening rods and the dread associated with them a result of bolts of lightening conducted upon them.
The alliance between these three had tragic consequences for Tlachgta. She was raped by the three sons of Simon Magnus on the Hill of Ward and died there giving birth to three sons. Her sons were named Doirb, Cumma and Muach and gave their names to three regions of Ireland. It was said that as long as their names were remembered in Ireland, vengeful strangers would not visit the land. The great earthworks seen on the Hill of Ward were raised over her grave after her death and a festival was held each year in her honor. She was closely associated with Munster and has come to represent the aspect of nature and fertility allied with Samhain at the dying time of the year. The Hill was considered to be owned by Munster because it was part of the reward that Mogh Ruith claimed in return for helping King Fiacha.
The number three, associated with Tlachgta and her three children, is a mystical number, considered by some to represent past, present and future. It may have spatial significance -- left, center, right -- and a third consideration is that of male, female and progeny. It is clear that the number three represented the whole world of person, place and time.
Tlachtga's story is similar to the Irish stories of triple goddesses Talitiu and Macha, who both had multiple births that resulted in death, had mounds/forts raised over their graves, and had festivals held in their donor. Like Macha and Talitiu, Tlachgta is a tutelary goddess on whose protection the tribe depended. Her rape and death may represent an allegorical telling of the eclipse or the suppression of her cult at this period in time.
In Gaelic, tlacht means earth and gae means spear, so Tlachgta means the 'Earth-Spear'. She gives her name to the Hill of Ward, near Athboy, County Meath. It was here that the fires of Samhain were lit in early November when, by custom, the tribes gathered to offer tribute to the ancestors. Many interpreters of Irish history state that the Hill of Ward was the assembly point for druids in Ireland, though the word druid is not found in the Irish language until much later. There are more details of the magical battles of these times. It's interesting to note that in the old texts in which these stories are recorded there are apparently blank spots where Mogh Ruith's spells would have been repeated, probably because they were considered too dangerous to write down.
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:04 pm
 Sayuri Nitta:
Guardian. Ex-maiko, now lives in Gaia with her husband and her daughter.
Has an adoptive daughter Sati, who contains within the soul of Kali, the Hindu Goddess.
Sayuri is a real motherly mother; caring, generous and prone to worrying about all the members of her family too much she spends her spare time baking or playing the shamisen.
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:44 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:45 pm
Name: Tlachta ( Laccie for short)
Apparent Age: 17
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:26 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:05 am
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:42 am
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:48 am
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:02 am
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:04 am
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:13 am
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:14 am
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