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Listen to the Banshee

I’m not sure I’ve ever done a post about Banshees, of Inisherin or otherwise. I haven’t seen that movie, but I suspect it doesn’t have any literal Banshees in it. I did write before about the Bean-Nighe, which is sometimes considered a type of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Cartoons, Celtic, Characters, Discworld, Etymology, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Oz, Television, Terry Pratchett | Tagged aiobheall, banshees, bean-nighe, birds, blarney castle, blarney stone, brigid, carrigcleena, cats, ciabhan, cliodhna, cormac maccarthy, crows, dragons, dryads, dwarves, fairies, forest of burzee, funerary rites, gargoyles, gebann the red druid, ghosts, gnomes, going postal, gryle, guards! guards!, hares, keening, leprechauns, leprechauns in oz, manannan mac lir, mark haas, morrigan, moving pictures, mr. ixolite, o'caoimh, ruadan, sean mac seamas, sirens, stoats, the colour of magic, tiny toon adventures, tonn cliodhna, tuatha de danann, weasels |

I Left My Soul in San Francisco

Weird Al: The Book, by Nathan Rabin with Al Yankovic – Weird Al has been highly influential on my tastes in both music and humor, so it’s a shame there hadn’t been a book about him. Well, actually, there was … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Buddhism, Celtic, Christopher Moore, Egyptian, Humor, Music, Mythology, Religion, Uncategorized, Weird Al Yankovic | Tagged a dirty job, anubis, morrigan, nathan rabin, secondhand souls, set, weird al the book |

Dagda Nabbit!

Marvel Comics’ Thor series has incorporated gods from pantheons other than the Norse, although the degree to which they adhere to the original mythology varies quite a bit. The writers have added some of their own deities to the mix, … Continue reading →

Posted in Celtic, Comics, Mythology, Norse | Tagged asgard, boand, caber, dagda, elcmar, fomorians, hercules, leir, ler, llyr, marvel comics, morrigan, nuada, ron frenz, samhain, the black galaxy saga, thor, tom defalco, tuatha de danann, uaithne |

I Am Become Death

I like to do a post around Halloween about horror or horror-adjacent movies I’ve watched, but since we still have out two Netflix we haven’t watched, you might have to wait until November for that. In the meantime, here are … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Celtic, Christopher Moore, Comics, Egyptian, Mythology | Tagged a dirty job, call of the wild, coyote blue, death, disney, donald duck, floyd gottfredson, goofy, horace horsecollar, mickey mouse, morrigan |

Did You Hear About the Morrigan?

One of the most prominent figures in Irish mythology is the Morrigan, probably meaning either “Great Queen” or “Phantom Queen,” although it’s a little unclear who she actually was. As with many old deities, her name and function might well … Continue reading →