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I've heard this from my Grandmother, so good to be reminded of the Scottish Cinderella of my heritage. Brings back fond memories. :)K

Thanks. That explains it.

Hi Katie,

I also love the community minded approach and the concept of helping each other at a local level. Just the fact that there are so many volunteers who sacrifice their spare time for the benefit of their neighbours says quite a lot about the ethos behind food coops.

Like I gushed above, I haven't found one finer!

Sovereignty, in its most civic sense, is the world leader of a country - the President of the United States; the Prime Minister of Britain etc. But this is harking back to a more divine incarnation. It's taking possession of the land in such a way that you become synonymous with it.

I will write that article for you. Going through it step by step might make it clearer.

And BardofEly, I'm glad to see that I covered the Druidic elements well enough. I'm only a mere Wiccan here!

Hi Dustytoes,

I agree that people who are struggling financially have fewer options, and they are also the people who later become captive shoppers, paying even more for groceries than people who are better off. I was also reading that there has been a number of food coops which have been established on council estates and in more deprived areas, apparently, and due to their success, they are growing in number and starting to take increasing amounts of business from the supermarkets. Quite encouraging!

Very cool, my gaming daughter will so be adding this to her Christmas list :)K

Yes, it did me too.

I'm 90% certain that they do, as the jack is standard. But I haven't got an XBox here to check it out right now. I'll get back to you on this one in a couple of hours time. That's when I'll have checked for myself by inserting one!

I had not heard this version of the story before so thanks for inviting me over, Jo! I love your analysis of the tale too and have nothing to add for now except the whale reminded me of the Biblical tale of Jonah!

I think you should. I told the story, and you can interpret!
(What exactly is meant by sovereignty?)

I am going to show my complete ignorance here, but these headsets will work with Xbox games as well, yes? My son goes through headsets like crazy. I swear he must pitch them around the room when he is mad. I've been looking for one that will hold up.

That's fine. That's how it was meant to be read! Just pointing out the deeper druidic meaning underneath. We should get BardofEly to come and share his insight too!

Oh! I should have mentioned that the Lord of Chataibh, despite being the current ruler of Sutherland, has a very small role in this story. He's the King Stag, who doesn't want to really give up his power. The Prince of Loch Aber is the Young Stag, or the pretender to the throne.

This is why he keeps Critheanach at home. While she's in that kitchen, she's still the Crone. She represents the current state of the Sovereignty, right on the point of change; and Chataibh's grip is 'shaky', hence the name.

Also, massive face-palm here, I was so busy noting that Baobh is a War Goddess, that I totally missed her equally important role. She's a Goddess of Sovereignty too!

So her involvement is basically terminating the old king's power and sending the Sutherland Goddess(es) of Sovereignty out to find a younger, better king for the land.

I'm a noob. But yes, I could write an article about the concept of the Celtic Goddess of Sovereignty, if you like!

Isn't there an article in there somewhere? Goodness. I missed all of that stuff. I just read the story...:-)))

Roohi, Glad to have reminded you of the power of meditation. :)