Books & Reviews
Reading the four cycles of Irish myth: a path through the primary sources
The Mythological, Ulster, Fenian and Kings cycles, explained: which translations actually read well, and the order to tackle the primary sources without…
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Books & Reviews
The best Irish mythology non-fiction: where to actually start
New to Irish myth and drowning in lookalike 'Celtic' titles? A frank, in-print starting shelf, from Marie Heaney's retellings to Mark Williams's…
Myth & Folklore
The Cailleach: the divine hag of Gaelic tradition
The divine hag of Scottish Gaelic and Irish tradition: maker of mountains, queen of winter. Honest about a thin medieval record and…
Celtic Legends
The Children of Lir (Oidheadh Chloinne Lir)
Fionnuala and her brothers, swans for 900 years: Ireland's tenderest sorrow-tale. It stars the Tuatha Dé, but the text is Early Modern…
Art & Creativity
How to Feature Folklore in Illustration Without Flattening the Culture
A craft-and-ethics guide to illustrating folklore with specificity — research, sourcing and crediting — using Rackham, Alan Lee and Jim Fitzpatrick as…
Art & Creativity
12 More Writing Prompts, This Time From Welsh and Scottish Tradition
Twelve folklore writing prompts from the Mabinogi, the Cŵn Annwn, the Cailleach, selkies and Tam Lin — each tied to a real…
Art & Creativity
Where to Find Public-Domain Manuscript Art for Folklore Work
A working map of the real digitised manuscript collections — the Book of Kells, ISOS, the British Library — and an honest…
Art & Creativity
Drawing the Morrígan: A Folklore-Accurate Reference Guide for Artists
What the Irish sources actually describe about the Morrígan — the washer at the ford, the red charioteer, the shapeshifter — versus…
Mystic Lifestyle
Folklore-motif jewellery: triskeles, knotwork and what they actually mean
Which folklore-motif jewellery is genuinely old and which invented: the pre-Celtic triskele, medieval-manuscript knotwork and the Victorian Celtic-Revival layer.
Home & Décor
Imbolc and Brigid’s Day: decorating for early spring
Decorating for Imbolc and St Brigid Day the rooted way: the rush-cross tradition sourced and dated, hearth customs, and folk custom split…