2010 July 05
This post is the first in the series about Celtic festivals. By the way, the story of our hidden object game begins exactly on the eve of one of those festivals. Have you already figured out which festival we’re talking about? If not, check out for our new posts to unravel this mystery!
2010 July 05
This post will continue the theme of Celtic festivals. And this time we’ll tell you about Beltaine.
Beltaine is the Celtic festival which takes place on the first day of May and celebrates the beginning of the summer.Also ‘Beltaine’ is the Gaelic name for the month of May. This name is derived from Old Irish Beltene which means ‘bright fire’. Beltaine was dedicated to Belenos, the god of sun and fertility, whom druids made symbolical sacrifices to. They believed he could be seen in the world of human these days.
2010 May 11
We’ve already told you about the mystery of Celtic never-ending knots forming beautiful patterns and fairy animals. And the animals and their portrayal precisely are the topic of this post.
2010 May 11
Medb is beautiful but cruel queen of country Sidhe, one of the main characters of Celtic legengs. She ordered two Banshees to spirit away a boy, the younger brother of a girl, heroine of the adventure game. Grasping and evil, Queen Meld confines the boy in a mirror in her sinister magical castle inside a hill.
2010 May 11
In our previous posts we’ve spoke about Celtic patterns and their origin. This post will tell you about the triskelion or triskele, one of the ancient symbol which was widely used in Celtic culture until now. The word ‘triskele’ is derived from Greek tri – ‘three’ and skelos – ‘bone, leg’. This symbol is depicted like three symmetrical spirals (or running legs) outgoing from one point, or any similar symbol which has three protrusions.
2010 May 05
In our previous post about four-leaf clover we’ve touched the subject of Christianity in Ireland. And now we’ll tell you more about another more common symbol of Christianity and one of the most popular symbols – about the Celtic cross.
2010 May 05
The misty and cloudy lands of Albion were inhabited not only by beautiful fairies and funny pixies. The legends gave birth to many mythical personages who were so ugly that one could even die if he sees them. Awful creatures lived in forests on the hills and foggy swamps. Some of those beings sometimes were seen at night near roads or towns
2010 May 05
‘From the bonny bells of heather They brewed a drink long-syne, Was sweeter far than honey, Was stronger far than wine.’
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