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Title: In Memory of Ynys Mon
Size: 8x10

I have seen many beautiful memorials and homages to those brothers and sisters we lost during the Burning Times in Europe, and those we lost to false accusation here in the states.

What I have not seen, though, are many memorials for those Druids who died on Ynys Mon, or modern day Anglesey when the Roman forces attacked and slaughtered every living being on the island in an (sadly effective) effort to crush the Druid faith and influence.

Tacitus says of the Menai Massacre:

"[Paulinus] prepared to attack the island of Mona which had a powerful population and was a refuge for fugitives. He built flat-bottomed vessels to cope with the shallows, and uncertain depths of the sea. Thus the infantry crossed, while the cavalry followed by fording, or, where the water was deep, swam by the side of their horses. On the shore stood the opposing army with its dense array of armed warriors, while between the ranks dashed women, in black attire like the Furies, with hair dishevelled, waving brands. All around, the Druids, lifting up their hands to heaven, and pouring forth dreadful imprecations, scared our soldiers by the unfamiliar sight, so that, as if their limbs were paralysed, they stood motionless, and exposed to wounds. Then urged by their general's appeals and mutual encouragements not to quail before a troop of frenzied women, they bore the standards onwards, smote down all resistance, and wrapped the foe in the flames of his own brands. A force was next set over the conquered, and their groves, devoted to inhuman superstitions, were destroyed. They deemed it indeed a duty to cover their altars with the blood of captives and to consult their deities through human entrails."

My Druid brothers and sisters, I will never forget all that was lost that day.

model: A good friend of mine, photographed last year.
background: purchased
brushes: Obsidiandawn.com
rose petals: inadesign-stock.deviantart.com

Description
Title: In Memory of Ynys Mon
Size: 8x10

I have seen many beautiful memorials and homages to those brothers and sisters we lost during the Burning Times in Europe, and those we lost to false accusation here in the states.

What I have not seen, though, are many memorials for those Druids who died on Ynys Mon, or modern day Anglesey when the Roman forces attacked and slaughtered every living being on the island in an (sadly effective) effort to crush the Druid faith and influence.

Tacitus says of the Menai Massacre:

"[Paulinus] prepared to attack the island of Mona which had a powerful population and was a refuge for fugitives. He built flat-bottomed vessels to cope with the shallows, and uncertain depths of the sea. Thus the infantry crossed, while the cavalry followed by fording, or, where the water was deep, swam by the side of their horses. On the shore stood the opposing army with its dense array of armed warriors, while between the ranks dashed women, in black attire like the Furies, with hair dishevelled, waving brands. All around, the Druids, lifting up their hands to heaven, and pouring forth dreadful imprecations, scared our soldiers by the unfamiliar sight, so that, as if their limbs were paralysed, they stood motionless, and exposed to wounds. Then urged by their general's appeals and mutual encouragements not to quail before a troop of frenzied women, they bore the standards onwards, smote down all resistance, and wrapped the foe in the flames of his own brands. A force was next set over the conquered, and their groves, devoted to inhuman superstitions, were destroyed. They deemed it indeed a duty to cover their altars with the blood of captives and to consult their deities through human entrails."

My Druid brothers and sisters, I will never forget all that was lost that day.

model: A good friend of mine, photographed last year.
background: purchased
brushes: Obsidiandawn.com
rose petals: inadesign-stock.deviantart.com