Tag Archives: fionn mac cumhaill

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

Get Off Your Ass

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Nathan

This might well be my last book review post of the year. I got an overview of the books I read in 2021 on Goodreads a few weeks ago, but I have no idea why they didn’t save it until … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, Celtic, Characters, Conspiracy Theories, Egyptian, Hinduism, Korean, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mayan, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Navajo, october daye, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Roman, seanan mcguire, Semitic, Voodoo, William Shakespeare | Tagged a midsummer night's dream, aliens, anunnaki, apsaras, apuleius, aru shah, beware the grove of true love, bruto and the freaky flower, calamity juice, carlo collodi, carlos hernandez, chupacabra, cupid and psyche, dalgyal gwisin, demons, don quixote, donkeys, dushyanti, ellen d. finkelpearl, erzulie, fairies, fionn mac cumhaill, ghosts, gilgamesh, graci kim, gum baby, isis, j.c. cervantes, kwame mbalia, miguel de cervantes, my life as a child outlaw, my night at the gifted carnival, nymphs, pandavas, paola santiago, paola santiago and the forest of nightmares, peter singer, pinocchio, rebecca roanhorse, rick riordan presents, roshani chokshi, sal and gabi, sarwat chadda, shaggy man, shakuntala, sikander aziz, tehlor kay mejia, the adventures of pinocchio, the cave of doom, the cursed carnival and other calamities, the demon drum, the golden ass, the gum baby files, the initiation, the last fallen star, the loneliest demon, the road to oz, the winter long, tristan strong, urvashi, witches, yoon ha lee, zane obispo | Leave a comment

What’s Buggane You?

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Nathan

The Buggane is a monster in the folklore of the Isle of Man, which I suppose makes it a Manxome foe, like the Jabberwock. As an American, the main thing I know about the place is the tailless cats. Since … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, British, Christianity, Etymology, Fairy Tales, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Religion | Tagged bogeyman, boggarts, bugganes, chicken rock, fairies, fionn mac cumhaill, giants, greeba mountain, isle of man, kitterland, pookas, st. trinian's church | Leave a comment

No Beef with Aengus

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Nathan

Aengus Og, or Aengus the Younger, is an Irish deity associated with love and creativity. There are said to be four birds constantly flying around his head. Aengus was the son of an illicit affair between the Dagda and Boann, … Continue reading →

Posted in Celtic, Language, Magic, Mythology | Tagged aengus og, boann, bodb derg, caer ibermaith, cuchulainn, dagda, diarmuid o'duibne, elcmar, fionn mac cumhaill, grainne, midir, samhain, st. patrick, swans | Leave a comment

Brain Food

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Nathan

It being St. Patrick’s Day, I thought it appropriate to regale you with a bit of Celtic mythology. Okay, it’s actually only St. Patrick’s for another half hour, and I’m not sure I’ll finish this post in that time, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Celtic, Mythology | Tagged boann, finegas, finn eces, fintan, fintan mac bochra, fionn mac cumhaill, fish, noah, noah's ark, river boyne, salmon, salmon of knowledge | 2 Comments

A Brief Visit to Tir na n’Og

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Nathan

Before the exploration of the world made it necessary for fairylands to be located in alternate universes, dimensional pockets, or far-off planets, it was pretty common for the writers of legends to set them in unexplored or barely explored regions … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Celtic, Chronicles of Narnia, Japanese, Mythology, Oz | Tagged aurea, embarr, fairies, fionn mac cumhaill, melody grandy, niamh of the golden hair, oisin, oscar, st. patrick, the lost king of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tir na nog, tuatha de danann, urashima taro, wizard of oz, zim greenleaf, zim greenleaf of oz | 12 Comments

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