Celtic Legends
Brigid
Brigid the goddess — daughter of the Dagda, patron of poetry, healing and the forge (Sanas Cormaic, c.900) — and Saint Brigid…
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Celtic Legends
The Dagda
The ‘Good God’ of the Tuatha Dé Danann — chieftain, druid and giant — with his club, cauldron of plenty and harp…
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Say It Right: Tuatha Dé Danann
How to say Tuatha Dé Danann — "TOO-ah-ha day DAN-un," the divine race of Irish myth who became the fairy folk.
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Say It Right: Bean Sídhe (Banshee)
How to say Bean Sídhe — "ban-SHEE," the Irish behind "banshee": literally the woman of the fairy mound.
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Say It Right: Púca
How to say Púca — "POO-kuh," with a long oo. The shapeshifting Irish spirit that is cousin to Shakespeare's Puck.
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Say It Right: Mabinogi
How to say Mabinogi — "mab-in-OG-ee," with a hard g. The Four Branches of medieval Welsh tale, and why the title's meaning…
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Say It Right: Cú Chulainn
How to say Cú Chulainn — "koo KHUL-in," the Hound of Culann. Why that ch is a throaty loch sound, not a…
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Say It Right: Samhain
How to say Samhain — it is "SOW-in" (rhymes with cow-in), not "Sam-hane." Why the mh trips everyone up.
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Say It Right: Sidhe
How to say Sidhe — it is simply "shee," the Irish word for a fairy mound and the Otherworld folk who dwell…
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Cú Chulainn
The Hound of Ulster who defended a province alone: birth in Compert Con Culainn, glory in the Táin (Lebor na hUidre c.1100),…