New Druid Tartan

[Nighthawk]

What about a tartan for Druish Princesses?

Yeah, I've made that joke from time to time about my daughter... It never gets olde!

I love the "for all Druids to wear" line...is there that big of a Druid population out there that they expect a big demand?

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AA

Yes. There are a lot of us. (Two on this very forum, as a matter of fact!) Check out www.noblepagan.com and say hello.

Hmmm, I had to go get the thread count and decode it...

Seems like there's a lot of white with gold stripes in it.

I'm not sure of what to make of these colors together, but there's no explaination of why the colors were chosen.

My guess, Ted, is that it's supposed to be a throwback to the Roman-era Druids. White robes with gold trim were described in the writings of one of the Plinny's (I don't remember which off the top of my head) and various Greek sources. Personally, I think I'll stick with my Clergy tartan kilt- there's way too much white in that tartan.

[Nighthawk]

Hi Ted,

If I may, the colors in Mr. Bonewits' Druid tartan go back to the Gorsedd of the Bards, a sort of Druidic revival innaugrated by an 18th century Welsh scholar who went by the name of Iolo Morganwyg, who wished to incorporate Druids into the Welsh National Eisteddfod - a competition of bards, poets and writers held annually. This led to a revival in the interest of Druids and around that time a number of fraternal organizations organized along the lines of the Free Masons, but calling themselves "Druid" Orders began to appear. One of the most influential of these, the Ancient Order of Druids, used the colors white, blue and green to distinguish the three levels of membership - white for the Druids, blue for Bards and green for Ovates. Since that time, the fraternal Druid lodges have largely fallen into decline, but the identity of the Druids as the ancient pagan priests of the Celts has been embraced by many within the neo-pagan community who identify with Celtic culture and heritage.

Well, there you go! I should have read this thread a little further!

[Bugbear]

Thanks, The Deil's Chiel, that clears it up. I had a feeling those colors had some significance together.

And welcome to the forum.

[Arlen]

I might have know Isaac Bonewitz designed it! He's usually at the forefront of this sort of thing.

It's nice enough but I can't say I'd ever wear it. Not my kind of colours. Maybe the woven version would be nicer.