Three Cranes, Esus, and Tarvos

[chronarchy]

I've been working on further developing my connection with our Grove's namesake, Trigaranus (aka "Three Cranes", who we usually refer to in the singular as "Garanus" or "Crane"), within my own mind. If these 6th night rituals work out for the Grove, we'll talk about developing this a tad further as a Grove, too

Comments

[dragynphyre]

...the last thing I want to do is jump off the deep end and into fluff. The best I can do is avoid pretending that this stuff is "really the way it was" and say, "Well, if I were practicing Gaulish religion today, what on earth would I be doing?"I, for one, am less reconstructionist (fundamentalist?) than many, so I'm definitely interested in this sort of interpretive work. For me, religion should be an evolving thing, not static. I tend to get snippy with anyone that insists that their way of doing things is the way that it has always been done, and that it is the ONLY way, anyway

[peaceful_fox]

Shhhh. You can't tell anyone that he was a temple priest at Atlantis. It's a secret, except for of course, those that buy his new book, "I Was a Temple Priest at Atlantis" for $29.95. ::::evil grin::::

All kidding aside, I think this work is helpful as well.

[chronarchy]

Shush! I don't need people telling folk what my next book is titled and what it's about!

[chronarchy]

Thanks. I'm big on labeling, after I've found numerous interpretations of the Esus myth that . . . well, they make no sense, but they're presented as "Ooh, this is the Gaulish myth of Esus and his bull!" Like this one: creative, pretty, and complete speculation.

The thing I worry most about, I think, is someone stumbling on it and co-opting what I'm doing and thinking it's somehow authentic. *shivers* If someone thinks I know what I'm doing, well . . . *shivers again* :)

[dragynphyre]

You shouldn't have to worry too much, though if it's creative and pretty enough, it'll wind up on someone else's website and you'll have to worry about them calling it authentic (if they even credit the author at all...)

[chronarchy]

This is certainly true!