Full Moon at Bealtaine Framed
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- 10" x 8" white wooden frame ready to hang
- Story is included on back of frame
- Giclée print of original ink painting
- Printed on fine art paper using archival inks.
Bealtaine is an ancient fire festival that celebrates the return of Summer. In Ireland bonfires were lit on the eve of Bealtaine and great celebrations, feasting and rituals were were held throughout the night marking the beginning of the bright half of the year. The most important fire was lit at the hill of Uisneach - the sacred centre of Ireland which is marked by “Ail na Muireann” (the stone of divisions).
Uisneach has long been associated with the Otherworld. At the time of Bealtaine it is said that every fairy fort, lios or rath in Ireland is open. This is a time when the Sidhe are abroad as they move from their Winter abode to their Summer lodgings. “The fairies are in the best of humours upon May Eve and the music of the fairy pipes may be heard all through the night while the fairy folk are dancing upon the rath. It is then they carry off the young people to join their revels; and if a girl has once danced to the fairy music, she will move ever after with such fascinating grace, that it has passed into a proverb to say of a good dancer, “ she has danced to fairy music on the hill”……….*But if a person sleeps on the rath the music will enter his soul, and when he awakes he may sing the air he has heard in his dreams.”
Quotation from “Legends, charms and superstitions of Ireland” by Lady Wilde
*It is generally advised to steer clear of raths at night to avoid bad luck, ill health or worse and to leave the Good People to go about their business without human interference.
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