Celtic Legends
The Morrígan
The Irish goddess of sovereignty, war and prophecy — as she appears in Cath Maige Tuired and the Táin — kept distinct…
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Category: <span>Myth & Folklore</span>
Celtic legend, gods, heroes and spirit beings — each story traced to the tradition it belongs to, the text it was first written down in, and its date.
Celtic Legends
Samhain: What It Actually Was
Separating the medieval Irish evidence for Samhain from the Christian Halloween lineage and the 20th-century neopagan Wheel of the Year — carefully…
Celtic Legends
The Wolf in Irish and Norse Tradition
Two traditions, not one: the Irish wolf (mac tíre, the Ossory werewolves of Gerald of Wales, c.1188) kept distinct from the Norse…