#irishmyth — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #irishmyth, aggregated by home.social.
-
Today's issue of The Gods and Their Croziers is out! This time it's Eithne, AKA Boann, Fidelm, Feada (and maybe Cíarnait?). She's probably also Findchoem and Ness.
Most outwardly a "mother" goddess, Eithne goes waay deeper than that: she's a goddess of wisdom and prophesy, and aligns well internationally with Cosmogonic Water/Cow goddesses such as Viraja and Adumbla.
This issue had to leave a huge amount unsaid, because Eithne and her Parallels are deep, deep goddesses.
https://buttondown.com/godsandcroziers/archive/jul-6-eithne-goddess-of-wisdom-freshwater/
#irish #mythology #irishmyth #paganism -
The first issue of today's double-feature is out: Saint Moling, a very clear saintly parallel to the god Aengus mac Óg.
Moling's mythos is a wonderful case where the saint's version of the story helps to firm-up certain details of the "known" God's mythology.
It also exposes a lot of surface-area on the theory I presented in a previous issue, that Aengus and Cúchulainn form unlikely-seeming poles of a divine continuity, that can be observed in international parallels when we know where to look.
-
⚔️ Cú Chulainn & Ferdiad – Warriors, Brotherhood, Lovers 💖
Watch the full 4:31 HD Music Video: https://youtu.be/yqca-7si9M4
#CelticMythology #CuChulainn #Ferdiad #IrishMyth #UlsterCycle #LGBT @gayart #Brotherhood #CelticWarriors #AncientLove #aianimation
-
They are both at times portrayed as scheming and deceitful, but they fit well together and accept each other. Until they don't. The one relationship that Ailill can't seem to get past is Medb's affair with Fergus, and it leads to Fergus' death. When Ailill is later carrying on an affair of his own, Medb asks Conall Cernach to deal with it, and he is happy to kill Ailill to avenge Fergus. No happy endings here, but a good marriage while it lasted? 3/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth
-
Ailill grew to be a powerful warrior, and Eochaid Dala became jealous. He challenged Ailill, and Medb intervened to ensure Ailill's victory. After Eochaid's death, Ailill ruled Connacht with Medb. Many stories say that Medb kept Ailill as her husband because he was a man without meanness, without jealousy, and without fear. This is what she requires in a husband, and he is the only man who suits her. 2/3#MythologyMonday #IrishMyth
-
The relationship between Ailill and Medb is a fascinating one. Medb's first partner was Conchobar, but she left him. Her second partner was Tindi mac Connra, who declared war on Conchobar because he raped Medb. Tindi was killed by his own brother at Conchobar's urging. Eochaid Dala then took over the battle and became Medb's third partner and ruled Connacht with her. During this time Ailill, who was the grandson of Medb's sister Ele, came to be fostered by Medb. 1/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth
-
The fact that Óengus buys Étaín for Midir isn't exactly romantic, and he's only doing it to compensate Midir for an injury that he sustained in Óengus' territory. The relationship between Óengus' parents might qualify much better as a romance. The Dagda sends Bóand's husband away and literally alters the flow of time so that he can have a child with her before her husband returns in the evening. 3/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth
-
The second woman Óengus is linked with is Cáer Ibormeith, who visits him in his dreams and makes him sick. When his lovesickness is diagnosed, cooperation and exchanges of favours between various members of the Túatha Dé Danann and humans are required in order to locate Cáer Ibormeith and negotiate for her. With the sole exception of Óengus wooing Étaín on behalf of his foster-father Midir, Óengus can't really be said to be involved in love or romance at all. 2/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth
-
A common misconception is that the Irish Óengus is a god of love, but there's no real reason to think this. He is the son of the Dagda and the Bóand and the stories about him are more focused on questions of land ownership and exchange and on legal trickery than on love. He is linked with two different women. The first is Derbriu, who is the sister of Medb. When Derbriu's foster-sons are turned into pigs, Óengus tries to help them, but ultimately fails. 1/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth
-
After his bath, Fráech was taken to bed to rest, but soon after a weeping was heard. The weeping was the sound of Fráech's mother and the women of Bóand, who had come to take Fráech into the síd of Crúachan. He returned the following day, completely healed. Fráech later died after facing Cú Chulainn in single combat in Táin Bó Cúailnge, and women from the síd came for him again, this time to take his body into what became known as the síd of Fráech. #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 3/3
-
During this sleep, a warrior of the síd used healing plants and herbs and a curing charm to heal Cú Chulainn's wounds. Another warrior who was healed in the síd is Fráech, whose mother was Bé Find, sister of Bóand. After Fráech was wounded during his combat with a lake monster, Ailill and Medb ordered that a bath be prepared for him with a broth of fresh bacon and the flesh of a heifer. 2/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth
-
In Irish stories, a warrior might be taken into the síd to be healed if one of his parents was of the Túatha Dé Danann. This happened to Cú Chulainn, whose father was Lug mac Ethlend, during his solitary defense of Ulster in Táin Bó Cúailnge. When he was grievously injured, his father came and told him to sleep for three days in the mound of Lerga while Lug took his place protecting Ulster. 1/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth
-
The poet (and completely terrible person) Athirne once demanded that the king Echu mac Luchta give him one of his eyes. To prevent Athirne's anger and satire against his people, Echu plucked out his own eye and gave it to Athirne. To reward Echu for his generosity, God performed a healing miracle and gave him the two most beautiful eyes in Ireland.
-
A drop of blood from the head pierced the stone and then knocked the pillar over, and Conall then used the force of the head to cure his crooked neck. 2/2
-
Conall Cernach is described "crooked." This seems to refer to his neck, which was injured when his uncle Cet mac Mágach tried kill him at birth by stomping on him. After killing Mess Gegra, Conall Cernach took his head. Mess Gegra told Conall Cernach that he would benefit from putting his head on top of his own. Conall realized this was a trick and put the head on a pillar-stone instead. 1/2
-
The Torch of Brighid: Flametending for Transformation, from Moon Books imprint of John Hunt Publishing, available now for preorder, to be released in June 2023! https://www.sunshineeditorialservices.com/erin-aurelia-author?fbclid=IwAR1iO9u0H2D_QX-g57oNW7aOwEg2ld4hHC1jEadjHa1vON0Gcbz43qR6WvA
#CelticCulture
#CelticReligion
#CelticPaganism
#CelticMythology
#CelticHeritage
#CelticFolklore
#CelticMythology
#CelticMyth
#CelticMagic
#IrishCulture
#IrishHistory
#IrishReligion
#IrishPaganism
#IrishWitchcraft
#IrishMythology
#IrishHeritage
#IrishFolklore
#IrishMythology
#IrishMyth
#IrishMagic
#IrishRoots