Lugh: The Irish God Who Was Master of Every Art and Killed His Own Grandfather With a Sling Stone
When Lugh arrived at the gates of Tara and asked to be admitted to the court of the Tuatha Dé […]
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The Dagda: The Good God Who Was Neither Good Nor Particularly God-like, and Was More Powerful for It
The Dagda is the chief god of the Tuatha Dé Danann and one of the most distinctive figures in any
The Tuatha Dé Danann: Ireland’s Divine Race Who Became the Fairy Folk Beneath the Hills
The Tuatha Dé Danann are the gods of Ireland. Not gods in the abstract, remote sense that the word sometimes
The Devil’s Pulpit: The Real Folklore Behind Scotland’s Most Atmospheric Gorge
Fourteen miles north of Glasgow, just off the A809 near the village of Killearn, a burn called the Carnock has
Cú Chulainn: The Hound of Ulster and the Hero Who Chose a Short Life Over a Long One
Before we go any further, the name is pronounced roughly Koo Kullen. Not Koo Choo-lin, not Kyoo Chulainn, not anything
The Wild Hunt: The Spectral Riders Who Cross the Winter Sky and the Traditions Behind Them
In the winter of 1127, according to the Peterborough Chronicle, several reliable witnesses including monks reported seeing something extraordinary in
Rawhead Rex: The English Bogeyman Whose Name Survived When Everything Else Was Lost
In 1659, the Oxford English Dictionary records the following observation about the English public: “Most People are agast at them,
Fionn Mac Cumhaill: The Warrior-Poet Who Gained Wisdom by Accident
The Giant’s Causeway on the north Antrim coast is one of the most visited natural sites in Ireland, a formation
Black Shuck: The Phantom Dog of East Anglia and the Night It Walked Into a Church
On the morning of 4 August 1577, the Reverend Abraham Fleming sat down and wrote about what had happened the
The Morrigan: Ireland’s Phantom Queen and the Goddess Who Arranged a Hero’s Death
At the end of the Battle of Mag Tuired, after the Tuatha De Danann had defeated the Fomorians and Ireland