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Taliesin’s Tale

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Nathan

I don’t think I’ve said that much about the legendary bard Taliesin, although I’ve come across him when researching other British mythology. I tend to subconsciously associate him with Tam Lin and Thomas the Rhymer, I guess because they’re also … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Celtic, Etymology, Finnish, Greek Mythology, History, Magic, Music, Mythology, Names, Poetry, Uncategorized, Welsh | Tagged amaetheon fab don, annwn, arawn, bards, bible, bran the blessed, cad goddeu, cerridwen, chronicles of prydain, crewarwy, deer, dogs, elffin ap gwyddno, fflewddur fflam, fionn mac cumhaill, giants, gwion bach ap gwreang, gwydion fab don, king arthur, king urien, lloyd alexander, merlin, morfran, myrddin wyllt, ogham, orpheus, potions, salmon of knowledge, taliesin, trees, vainamoinen, witches | 1 Comment

So I Says to Mabon, I Says

Posted on September 25, 2021 by Nathan

This past Wednesday was the Autumnal Equinox, so I guess you should keep an eye out for pumpkin Piranha Plants and Koopas in Mario masks. I believe I was first aware of the season change in Super Mario World from … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, British, Celtic, Greek Mythology, Halloween, Holidays, Mario, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Religion, Video Games, Welsh | Tagged aidan kelly, apollo, autumn, avalon, birds, blackbirds, bullet bills, culhwch, custennen, deer, demeter, dogs, eagles, eleusinian mysteries, fish, giants, goreu, gwyn ap nudd, king arthur, king urien, koopa troopas, mabon, mabon ap modron, maponos, modron, morgan le fay, olwen, owls, paganism, persephone, pidgits, pigs, piranha plants, salmon, seasons, sir kay, sir owain, super mario world, taliesin, twrch trwyth, ysbaddaden | 3 Comments

The Ecosystem of Yggdrasil

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Nathan

A comment on my post about video game squirrels mentioned Ratatosk (or Ratatoskr, probably a more accurate transliteration, but not how I originally knew it), the squirrel from Norse mythology. He’s a red squirrel who runs up and down the … Continue reading →

Posted in algonquin, Animals, Comics, Final Fantasy, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Native American, Norse, Video Games | Tagged bahamut, dainn, deer, dragons, duneyrr, durathror, dvalinn, dwarves, eagles, final fantasy xiv, giants, glooscap, goats, god of war, hawks, heidrun, heroine's quest, jotun, marvel comics, mead of poetry, miko, nastrond, nidhogg, niflheim, odin, prose edda, ragnarok, ratatosk, rati, serpents, snorri sturluson, squirrel girl, squirrels, trees, valhalla, vedrfolnir, wabanaki, world tree, yggdrasil | 3 Comments

You Bring the Winter

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Nathan

The Cailleach is a name for a Celtic goddess generally associated with winter, but as with a lot of deities, there’s more to her than that. She has several names, duties, and forms depending on the locality. One commonly used … Continue reading →

Posted in Celtic, Holidays, Mythology | Tagged beira, cailleach, cailleach bheara, deer, groundhog's day, imbolc, weather, winter, witches, wolves | Leave a comment

Deer, Deer

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Nathan

Here’s number four in the Revisiting Disney series: Bambi. Like Dumbo, this one focuses on animal characters. Indeed, we never see any humans at all, with “man” only existing in the background as the enemy of the forest dwellers. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged bambi, deer, flower, miss bunny, paul mccartney, thumper | 1 Comment

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Taliesin’s Tale

So I Says to Mabon, I Says

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You Bring the Winter

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