By: Keitha (FireWind)
July 17th/99
FESTIVALS & SABBATS:
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Beltane: |
BEL-tayn |
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Imbolc: |
IM-bolc |
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Lammas: |
LA-mas |
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Litha: |
LIH-tha |
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Mabon: |
MA-bon |
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Ostara: |
o-STAR-ra |
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Samhain: |
SOW-in (as in cow"), or sometimes
sew-WIN |
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Saturnalia: |
sat-er-nay-lee-ah |
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Yule: |
yool |
GENERAL WORDS:
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Athame: |
AH-tha-may or ah-THA-may |
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Besom: |
BEH-som |
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Centaurs: |
sen-torz |
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Cornucopia: |
corn-oh-coh-pee-a |
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Coven: |
CUH-ven |
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Deosil: |
JIH-sel (yes,that's right) |
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Elysium: |
i-liz-ee-um |
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Fauns: |
fonz |
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Harpies: |
harp-eez |
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Lethe: |
leeth-ee |
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Hesperides: |
hes-per-ah-deez |
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Mead: |
meed |
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Nibbelungs: |
nee-buh-loonz |
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Styx: |
sticks |
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Widdershins: |
WID-der-shins or VID-der-shins |
COMMON DEITIES
AND PEOPLE:
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Andromeda:
an-drom-e-da |
Flora:
flor-ah |
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Aphrodite:
af-ro-die-tee |
Freya:
fray-ah |
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Apollo:
a-pol-low |
Gaia/Gaea:
ga-ee-ah/jee-ah |
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Arachne:
ah-rack-nee |
Ganymede:
gan-uh-meed |
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Ares:
er-eez |
Hades:
hay-deez |
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Ariadne:
ar-ee-ad-nee |
Hecate:
heck-ah-tee |
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Astarte:
as-tar-tee |
Hermes:
her-meez |
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Bacchus:
bak-us |
Hestia:
hes-tee-ah |
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Balder:
ball-der |
Janus:
jay-nus |
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Banshee:
ban-shee |
Jove:
joh-v |
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Bellerophon:
bel-er-oh-fon |
Juno:
jew-no |
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Beowulf:
bay-oh-woolf |
Latona:
lah-toh-nah |
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Brigit:
bridge-it |
Lavinia:
lah-vin-ee-ah |
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Calliope:
ca-lie-oh-pee |
Leda:
lee-dah |
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Cassiopeia:
cass-ee-oh-pee-a |
Lleu:
lee-oo |
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Cerberus:
ser-ber-us |
Loki:
loh-kee |
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Ceres:
sir-eez |
Maia:
may-ah |
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Charon:
cer-un |
Minerva:
min-ner-vah |
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Chimera:
ci-mir-a |
Minos:
m-eye-nos |
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Chronos:
kroh-nos |
Morrigu:
mor-ri-goo |
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Circe:
sir-see |
Orestes:
o-rest-eez |
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Clio:
clee-oh |
Orpheus:
or-fee-yoos |
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Cronus:
croh-nus |
Palinurus:
pal-in-yoo-rus |
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Cuchulain:
koo-kool-in |
Perseus:
per-soos |
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Cybele:
sib-uh-lee |
Pleiades:
plee-uh-deez |
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Cynthia:
sinth-ee-ah |
Prometheus:
proh-mee-thoos |
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Dagda:
dag-dah |
Proserpina:
prose-er-pee-na |
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Danae:
dan-uh-ee |
Proteus:
proh-tus |
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Delphi:
dell-fee |
Rhea:
ree-uh |
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Demeter:
dee-mee-ter |
Sabine:
sah-been |
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Diana:
dee-ah-nah/die-ah-nah |
Sappho:
sah-foh |
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Dido:
die-doh |
Semele:
sem-uh-lee |
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Dionysus:
die-ohn-eye-sus |
Sibyl:
sib-l |
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Endymion:
en-dim-ee-un |
Syrinx:
si-rinks |
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Euripides:
yoo-rip-uh-deez |
Thethys:
teth-is |
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Europa:
yoo-roh-pa |
Thalia:
thay-lee-ah |
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Eurydice:
yoo-rid-uh-see |
Urania:
yoo-ray-nee-ah |
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Fianna:
fee-ahn-ah |
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