I would add to that wish list a translation of the Four Branches into modern Welsh. A number of people have asked me about that over the years. But I mean a translation, not a retelling.
If anything, I think his frame story will be helpful to a lot of readers, as far as providing some historical context.
Maybe Hugh Lupton's 'The Assembly of the Severed Head'. A novel in which the author creates a frame tale within which he tells the Four Branches, and it's a pretty straightforward retelling. And while the frame tale is fictional, it's a not unreasonable story of how and why they were written down.
White standing doll facing forwards with blonde hair tied back wearing a dark top and matching trousers
Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899), French painter, obtained a police permit to wear "men's clothes' as expected female fashions were so restrictive. She was so popular that girls were given dolls dressed in trousers to mimic Rosa’s unconventional style #WomensArt #WomensHistoryMonth
Ooh! sounds brilliant!
Not something I had noticed - having lived part of the time in the US and part in Scotland, over the years. I had always understood it as Scottish 'planters' who came to the US via N. Ireland. I guess I just know the wrong hillbillies.
Sounds like a question for Dr. Michael Newton. @gaelicmichael.bsky.social
How awful for you. I hope you survive your trip through Fifty Shades of Brigadoon.
My 12 session class, Intro to Celtic Mythology, starts on Wednesday, 18th February. Whether you're just starting out, or want to fill in some gaps in your knowledge, I think you'll enjoy this class. The link for more info is: www.tickettailor.com/events/krish...
#pagansky #mythologymonday #Celtic
It's easily done. Feeling a bit the same. Life is just one long recalibration.
It just needs a little something, though, doesn't it! A wee peck of a 'p' is an improvement.
Pictorial embroidery with cat and goat creatures standing upright either side of a small tree with objects such as an apple, flower, tooth suspended above
‘Spring Ritual’ Embroidery by Turkish textile artist Irem Yazici #womensart
The latest product of my ongoing obsession with Yr Hen Ogledd (no, not the band!).
And here's the link to that Old North class I have coming up, which just happens to be 'pay what you can'.
www.tickettailor.com/events/krish...
youtu.be/6RiWbvmRbe0
Illustration from Bodleian Library MS Douce 151 (fol. 30r) of four hedgehogs beneath a tree. Two to the left of the base of the tree have apples on their backs while the two to the right do not. One hedgehog on the right appears to be trying to shake apples loose from the tree.
"The city will be rebuilt by a hedgehog laden with fragrant apples... The hedgehog will hide his apples there and construct pathways beneath the earth."
The Prophecies of Merlin, ed. & trans. by Reeve & Wright in The History of the Kings of Britain (Boydell Press, 2007), p. 152
A really insightful discussion of "telling Celtic stories".
youtu.be/mphv7qMPyvg?...
#Celtic #MythologyMonday #CelticPolytheism #Fantasy
#Pagansky
A couple of friendly corrections. The Mabinogi has branches, not the Mabinogion.
The opening of the door happens at the end of the 2nd otherworldly feast, which is said to last for eighty years, not at the seven-year feast.
Interesting new talk from the Culture Vannin folks.
Frustration buying a book from University of Wales Press. Thought PDF would bypass the eReader hassle. Paid for book, installed app, "you can only read your PDF on a phone/tablet". Nothing on UWP website to indicate this. Paperback from Amazon 2/3 cost or PDF. So much for supporting the publisher.
@bsky.app
That's three separate reminders about sports, generated by your platform, that I have had to get rid of today. Please stop!
It is amusing that, despite how academics *have* been saying for c.40 years that the ancient Britons weren't labelled Celts, most normal people have just carried on assuming they were called Celts so this is only a big reversal for *us*
We're very important and impactful, honest
At first I thought it said 'Bone on the Bayeux'
I'm not following very many people, so sometimes my feed doesn't change very fast. But you do need to make sure you're following, and as others have said, use the "following" feed, not the "discover". It seems to mysteriously change over to discover once in a while, and you might need to flick back.
Covers of Introducing the Medieval Dragon, Ass, Swan, Fox and Animal Names
Looking for a unique gift for an animal lover? Explore our Medieval Animals series for fascinating insights into the relationships our medieval ancestors had to animals (whether mythical or not...)
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Anns an duan, thathar ag ràdh gun robh Rìgh Èireann agus Rìgh Lochlainn airson crìoch a chur air na Fiantaichean agus gun do chuir iad a' Mhuilidheartach, creutair mòr iargalta, air an tòir.
’S ann mar phàirt den Chruinneachadh Chanaigh a tha an clàradh.
The recording comes from the Canna Collection.
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Anns a’ chlàradh seo bho 1950, tha Peanaidh Mhoireasdan às an Ìochdar ann an Uibhist a Deas a’ gabhail ‘Duan na Muilidheartaich’.
In this recording from 1950, Penny Morrison from Iochdar in South Uist sings ‘Duan na Muilidheartaich’, an Ossianic narrative song about how the King of Ireland and the King of Norway wanted to destroy the Fingalians and sent the Builgheartach, a great ugly sea-hag, to execute their plan.
Here's a fabulous find from Tobar an Dualchais in bits. Click the link for the recording.
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Sea monster and ship detail from Sebastion Munster’s ‘Thier 2’. Taken from the vignettes on Olaus Magnus’ ‘Carta marina’ (c. 1544). In the public domain.
www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/26590?...
