Guest Blog Celtic Goddess ArchetypesMy guest blog about Celtic goddess archetypes was featured on When Women Inspire. The website is hosted by one of my favorite bloggers and poet, Christy Birmingham. If you are looking for inspiration, be sure to follow this website. It is dedicated...
Linnea Tanner Website Now Live! Finally the stars have aligned and my website is live again! In mid-August, our house was hit with a devastating hail storm, stripping our trees and destroying our gardens and flowers. Shortly after the storm, my website crashed and I had...
Linnea Tanner Interview by AllAuthor I'm excited to share my recent interview by AllAuthor which provides insight into my epic historical fantasy series: Curse of Clansmen and Kings. Book 1: Apollo's Raven is available at Amazon. Book 2: Dagger's Destiny (previously titled Empire's Anvil) was released on September...
Life in Ancient Britannia as Depicted in Apollo's Raven by Linnea Tanner Originally published on April 3, 2018 The following is a reblog of my guest post, Life in Ancient Britannia as Depicted in Apollo's Raven by Linnea Tanner, that was originally published on 12 March 2018 at Myths,...
The whole race [Celts] is made for war. High-spirited and quick to battle. — Strabo, Greek Historian GOLDEN AGE OF CELTS Status-Building in BattleDuring the Golden Age of the Celts (Le Tène Period), cattle thievery, slave raiding, and vendettas between clans and tribes formed the basis of low-intensity...
‘Cities and Thrones and Powers, Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die. But, as new buds put forth To glad new men, Out of the spent and considered Earth The Cities rise again’ –Rudyard Kipling IntroductionThis is part 4 of the historical and archaeological evidence...
THE STANDARD PATH of the mythological adventure of the hero is represented in the rites of passage: separation—initiation—return. A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder where fabulous forces are encountered and a decisive victory is won,...
Celtic Tradition of Raven: I have fled in the shape of a raven of prophetic speech (Taliesin). The raven offers initiation—the destruction of one thing to give birth to another. For deeper understanding, the heroine must journey through darkness to emerge into the morning's new light....
Introduction Archived articles which were posted on an earlier version of my website will be transferred to my new site and be republished an an ongoing basis. Enjoy the article below about Apollo and Coronis, and how this myth associates the sun god with healing. As soon...