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  Llewellyn Encyclopedia
Although often used synonymously with talisman, amulets are made to keep things away (such as illness) while talismans are used to bring things to you (such as good luck).
Andumnos: (Gaulish) - The Underworld / Otherworld / Netherworld which corresponds to the Greek Elysian Fields and Tartaros, and to the Teutonic Valhall and Hel.
There are many isles of the Celtic Otherworld.
www.llewellynencyclopedia.com /glossary.php   (7450 words)

  
 Samhain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Many mainstream Wiccans do believe that the symbolism of the "veil between the worlds is thin" is integral to the belief system, but not all take the saying to be literal.
suggest the following: In parts of western Brittany Samhain is still heralded by the baking of kornigou, cakes baked in the shape of antlers to commemorate the god of winter shedding his "cuckold" horns as he returns to his kingdom in the Otherworld.
The Romans identified Samhain with their own feast of the dead, the Lemuria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samhain   (1682 words)

  
 Dragon Septs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
—nightclub in Paris popular with the Parisian Otherworld.
—the Otherworld, a term used to refer collectively to the immortal and mortal beings of paranormal origin.
—the title of the individual who heads up the European branch of the Otherworld.
dragonsepts.com /funandgames.html   (1125 words)

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