The Leaving of St Moluag's Church on the Butt of the Isle of Lewis Scotland 4 of 10

A few images taken on leaving St Moluag's Church on the Butt of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. The light was excellent and the view worth sharing.

© PHH Sykes 2022
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Further information,

“The inhabitants of this island had an ancient custom to sacrifice to a sea god called Shony at hallow tide…..The inhabitants came round to the church of St Mulvay…every family furnished a Peck of Malt, and this was brewed into Ale: one of their number was picked out to wade into the sea up to their middle, and carrying a cup of ale in his hand, standing still in that posture, cried out with a loud voice saying, Shony I give you this cup of ale, hoping that you’ll be so kind as to send us plenty of sea ware (seaweed), for enriching the ground the ensuing year. And so threw the cup of ale into the sea. This was performed at nightime.”*
*Spelling corrected to aid reading
Shony – The God of the Sea, a Pagan Survival?
www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/ancient-sites/st-moluags-church/

ST MOLUAG'S CHURCH (TEAMPULL MHOLUAIDH)
...the focus of a pagan fertility festival each year on All Saints' Day (1 November). This was dedicated to the sea-god Shony...
...islanders went into the surrounding fields and spent the rest of the night "in dancing and singing, &c."
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lewis/stmoluags/

Lewis, Eoropie, Teampull Mholuaidh, St Moluag's Church
Chapel (Medieval)
A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building.
Church (Medieval), Bell (17th Century)
Lewis, Eoropie, Teampull Mholuaidh, St Moluag's Church
canmore.org.uk/site/4419/lewis-eoropie-teampull-mholuaidh...

Taken in: UK / Scotland / Eoropie (show map)

Taken on: June 22, 2022

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