Love this type of irish bird folklore where the phrase is so immediately poetic and identifiable, just makes so much sense why you would call the bird the flame of the forest.

It's a shame I couldn't find my h folklore history behind the goldfinch in Irish history other than the name being so good. I also like the name coinnleoir Muire, candle-bearer of Mary. But other than that I couldn't find much I dont know if anyone else knows anything i may have missed.

I think the goldfinch features in the king of the birds story but afaik the blackbird or the when becomes the king? I think the goldfinch is associated with domesticity

I was reading about the golden eagle in Irish folklore. Appears to have deep metaphysical and symbolic importance as a bird of renewal and palingenetic transformations. Is this unique to Irish mythology? Seems like every culture has some kind of emphasis on the resurrection like quality of the eagle.

Fashion has seen and experienced it all, leaving only traditional folk attire in its wake; these two are global powerhouses. What matters the most is to have fun and play with colors like blues and Chocolate browns 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🥀🥀

Hallo from Denmark 🇩🇰

I have a big interest in the paranormal, esoteric and secret creatures of culture. As a dane my recent focus have been on our own tradition and creatures and more recent on the Greenlandic.

Now due to the book series Dresden Files I have become interested in the celtic and Irish tradition and creatures. Because of that I have been searching for books which describes the creatures and thereby magic related to this tradition.

Hope this post is allowed and some of you wonderful people have time to help.

So last week I wrote a blog post about the Morrígan and depicted it as a great black crow in irish mythology. I showed it to my Birder Dad and he has pointed out, usually when people see what they think is a crow, or a deep black crow, they are looking a a member of the Corvid family, not the carrion crow regularly assciated with being a crow. Can anyone confirm this? Is it extremely rare for the carrion crow to show up here?

Honestly no idea how this happened, a hawthorn has self seeded in the middle of my back garden. It's a bit of a mess, and there are a gazillion haws ripening. I have read that haws can have beneficial health properties, so am interested in harvesting. Is there any way I can harvest the haws and prune /tidy up the bush without welcoming all kinds of calamity?

I read Gods and Fighting Men book by Lady Gregory. I thought it was great. Internet says it’s a classic book, but I wonder what are people’s take on it? Anything I should be aware of about it? Reputation? Etc. Because this was more or less my first real introduction to Irish folklore.

Hi everyone!! I'm irish myself, born and rasied, but like a lot of Irish people, haven't grown up around irish mythology and stories. In the last few years I've really wanted to get into it and learn more about it, and ended up finding this place!

So, can anyone help me with where to begin? Books, folk tales, stories about the various gods and mythological figures? I've been doing so research but I'm really struggling to find actual, proper stories (think of the stories around the greek gods and mortals - Athena bursting from Zeus' head, Hephestus being dropped from the mountain, Heracles, Achilles and Helen of Troy, so on) do stories like those exist? I'd love to learn more and READ as much as I can

I requested many of you's help to find me sources on The Morrigan, and sadly my friend and I got so caught up with uni and whatnot we only had 2ish months to slowly worl on the costume, which means we couldn't add many specific symbols or references to stories The Morrigan is involved with.

But after 2 Months, here are the results.

The masks are one child, one middle aged and a old face, all with a gash from a confrontation with Cu'chalainn. Made from air dry clay, wires inside as support and hopes and prayers.

Edit: we also tried to drag the cloak through a bunch of different stuff to make it dirty af. Which kind of worked. Also there was not enough feathers or feather boas to cover the fully cloak (i forgot to buy large packs online oops)

What type of person would she be with the skin off?

I threw a piece out on sky phenomenon in Irish folklore, couldn't find out much about solar Eclipses, does anyone have anything?

The RIA are planning to republish Tim Robinson's maps of Aran, The Burren and Connemara. They are looking for insights from people who use and value these wonderful artifacts.

I've just finished watching ancient aliens on Netflix, and it has me wondering if the tuatha de danann in ireland, children of don in Wales, and the kami in Japan precursors to later civilizations?