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…
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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
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…