Mabon : The Lost God of Celtic Britain
Story Crow
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Who was Mabon, the mysterious lost god of Celtic Britain?
Every autumn, thousands of people celebrate Mabon at the fall equinox. But the Mabon of modern Paganism has a much older and stranger story. In Welsh mythology, Mabon ap Modron is the divine child who was stolen as an infant and imprisoned, before being rescued in one of the great quests of medieval Welsh mythology.
But is Mabon connected to Maponos, the Celtic god worshipped across Britain and Gaul? And if so, who was Maponos?
In this film I follow the trail through King Arthur's Britain, Welsh mythology, archaeology and sacred landscapes, from Mabon to Maponos to Apollo, Nodens, Nuada, Angus Óg, Orpheus and Demeter.
Along the way we visit Roman inscriptions, ancient temples, Neolithic monuments and explore the possibility that the story of the Divine Son, the Great Mother and the returning light may be far older than the surviving Celtic myths.
So where did Mabon go? And what might it mean to find him again?
Contents:
00:00 Intro - Mabon & the Autumn Equinox
01:19 Mabon ap Modron & Maponos
02:38 The story of finding Mabon from 'Culhwch & Olwen'
23:13 'The Ancients of the World' by Tamsin Quin
27:34 Mabon in The Mabinogion
33:44 The Hunt for the Otherworld Boar (Rinwen Sessions)
34:53 The God Maponos in History and Archaeology
37:09 Maponos in Gaul (The Chamaliérs Tablet)
40:39 Maponos in Roman Britain
49:49 Apollo Cunomaglos and Other Romano-British Hunting Gods
51:59 The Matronae, The Modron and the Great Mother
54:04 Apollo & Diana
57:33 Orpheus & Euridice
59:12 Demeter & Persephone
01:00:31 Nuada, Nodens and Lludd of the Silver Hand
01:01:50 Newgrange & The Birth of Aengus Óg
01:06:52 The Healing Temple of Nodens
01:09:27 Finding Mabon : What does this all mean?
The excellent music at the top and end of this video is by the Folk group 'Tarren' check them out here:
TARREN - Masters of War
To support my work as a storyteller and folklorist, consider following me on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/TheStoryCrow?utm_...
Cheers folks. Blessings on your heads.
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Mabon : The Lost God of Celtic Britain
Story Crow
100,053 views
Who was Mabon, the mysterious lost god of Celtic Britain?
Every autumn, thousands of people celebrate Mabon at the fall equinox. But the Mabon of modern Paganism has a much older and stranger story. In Welsh mythology, Mabon ap Modron is the divine child who was stolen as an infant and imprisoned, before being rescued in one of the great quests of medieval Welsh mythology.
But is Mabon connected to Maponos, the Celtic god worshipped across Britain and Gaul? And if so, who was Maponos?
In this film I follow the trail through King Arthur's Britain, Welsh mythology, archaeology and sacred landscapes, from Mabon to Maponos to Apollo, Nodens, Nuada, Angus Óg, Orpheus and Demeter.
Along the way we visit Roman inscriptions, ancient temples, Neolithic monuments and explore the possibility that the story of the Divine Son, the Great Mother and the returning light may be far older than the surviving Celtic myths.
So where did Mabon go? And what might it mean to find him again?
Contents:
00:00 Intro - Mabon & the Autumn Equinox
01:19 Mabon ap Modron & Maponos
02:38 The story of finding Mabon from 'Culhwch & Olwen'
23:13 'The Ancients of the World' by Tamsin Quin
27:34 Mabon in The Mabinogion
33:44 The Hunt for the Otherworld Boar (Rinwen Sessions)
34:53 The God Maponos in History and Archaeology
37:09 Maponos in Gaul (The Chamaliérs Tablet)
40:39 Maponos in Roman Britain
49:49 Apollo Cunomaglos and Other Romano-British Hunting Gods
51:59 The Matronae, The Modron and the Great Mother
54:04 Apollo & Diana
57:33 Orpheus & Euridice
59:12 Demeter & Persephone
01:00:31 Nuada, Nodens and Lludd of the Silver Hand
01:01:50 Newgrange & The Birth of Aengus Óg
01:06:52 The Healing Temple of Nodens
01:09:27 Finding Mabon : What does this all mean?
The excellent music at the top and end of this video is by the Folk group 'Tarren' check them out here:
TARREN - Masters of War
To support my work as a storyteller and folklorist, consider following me on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/TheStoryCrow?utm_...
Cheers folks. Blessings on your heads.