{"id":4745,"date":"2021-04-06T11:41:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T10:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/?p=4745"},"modified":"2021-04-06T11:47:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T10:47:48","slug":"anglesey-druids-from-past-to-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/2021\/04\/06\/anglesey-druids-from-past-to-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglesey Druids from Past to Present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210320-WA0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4747 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210320-WA0002-135x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210320-WA0002-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210320-WA0002.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210320-WA0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4748 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210320-WA0003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210320-WA0003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210320-WA0003.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210320-WA0007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4750 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210320-WA0007-135x300.jpg\" alt=\"Anglesey Druids - Rekindling the Ancient Seat of Learning\" width=\"135\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210320-WA0007-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bangor-and-district\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210320-WA0007.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kristoffer Hughes, Chief Druid of Anglesey, gave a Zoom talk about the history of Anglesey Druids. Ynys M\u00f4n\u2019s association with the Druids and Druidism suggests a deeper magic to the island. Giraldus Cambrensis writing in 1188 recorded the phrase M\u00f4n mam Kembre, familiar today as M\u00f4n Mother of Wales, owing to the fertility of the island and her pseudonym as the bread basket of Wales. Later local lore developed the additional phrase &#8220;Grandmother of the world&#8221;; perhaps in relation to the vast influence of her Priests throughout the Neolithic and Iron Age periods. In Celtic society women and men would fight as equals, but it seems apparent that on M\u00f4n the women actively chose to be the first line of defence perhaps expressing M\u00f4n\u2019s reputation as an island of the Goddess. Anglesey has one of the largest concentrations of ancient sacred sites per square mile of any other part of Britain and is the crown jewel of the Druid Way.<\/p>\n<p>Druidry is as vibrant and alive today as it was in the days of the Iron Age; it is a relevant and applicable spirituality that celebrates life, learning, tradition, heritage and ancestry.<\/p>\n<p>It is a tradition that sings in praise of nature and of being.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.angleseydruidorder.co.uk\/about\">https:\/\/www.angleseydruidorder.co.uk\/about<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bryn_Celli_Ddu\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bryn_Celli_Ddu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kris donated his speaker fee to the Dementia Services at Ysbyty Gwynedd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristoffer Hughes, Chief Druid of Anglesey, gave a Zoom talk about the history of Anglesey&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":751,"featured_media":4755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anglesey Druids from Past to Present | News | Blog | Events | SI Bangor and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bangor and District : Blog &amp; News : Anglesey Druids from Past to Present : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bangor and District . 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