The Bones of Irish Mythology

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A Chairde, Friends,

We crossed the Solstice threshold enriching our bones with the feast that is the mythological lineage we have inherited - and continue to let story our lives in new ways as our ancestors did once upon a time.

• We opened with a guided drop-in, travelling down a winding tower to meet our personal otherworldly guide at the edge of the Celtic Otherworld.

• We mapped the four cycles: Mythological, Ulster, Fenian and the Cycle of Kings, as a framework for understanding the whole tradition.

• We explored the mythic ancestors who live within these four cycles like Ériu in the Mythological Cycle, Medb in the Ulster Cycle, Fionn in the Fenian Cycle, and Cormac Mac Airt in the Cycle of Kings, and so on…

• We looked at who carried the mythology: the filí, the poet-seers and druids in oral culture, and the Christian monks who then captured their voices on vellum.

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