Costumed performers prepare for the Beltane Fire Festival in Edinburgh. The annual event blends ancient Celtic rituals with modern performance, drawing thousands to Calton Hill to mark the arrival ...

A procession of light and fire was held at the Hill of Uisneach, an ancient ceremonial site steeped in Irish mythology. Performers dressed in Celtic costumes ... the summer, a ritual that dates ...

Anthropologist and pagan Lyn Baylis tells the BBC: "Fire rituals to bring light into ... The practice is said to have grown from a Celtic myth, about a man named Jack who made a pact with the ...

Brigid's Day, February 1, is when Ireland remembers the Celtic goddess Brigid and her immense ... into a maiden who collects kindling to make a fire in the winter that will warm the spring and ...

an ancient ceremonial site steeped in Irish mythology. Performers during the Bealtaine Fire Festival at the Hill of Uisneach in Co Westmeath (Niall Carson/PA) Performers dressed in Celtic costumes ...