I'm looking for an area in Ireland that would have been aware of Celtic legends in the late eighteenth century/early nineteenth century, preferably rural-- just enough so that a local boy would have some idea of what was going on if he was approached by Fair Folk. Is that reasonable, or would the English acquisition of Ireland have driven most of ( Read more... )

Hey all! I am doing a Beauty and the Beast retelling, and my enchantress makes her spell gender-specific. As in, she says "you won't be free until you can love someone and she loves you back." (Yes, I am snatching the whole "lovey schmoopy' spell from Disney, a little bit, but that's where I got this whole idea. hopefully, in the grand scheme of ( Read more... )

A dream-spawned plotbunny has seized onto my mind with its long, pointy teeth and is demanding a story loosely based in the Labyrinth paradigm but set in Ireland. That requires me to fit the Goblin King and the labyrinth and all that into the paradigm of Irish mythology, which I know nothing about other than leprechauns aren't after my Lucky ( Read more... )

Hi all, I'm doing a bit of work with Celtic mythology at the moment, and in general, Wikipedia and Google have had my back, but I just can't get anything on this, so I'm turning to little_details. Basically, I need to know if there is a specific name for dryads or tree spirits in Celtic mythology. I've got a bit of leeway--if there were a specific fairy, Tuatha ( Read more... )

I seem to have my goddesses and creatures mixed up in my head. I'm looking for the name of a creature that can turn into a crow/raven or wolf, and stalk through a battle field feeding on the souls of the dying. In my head I'm thinking Morrigans, but Morrigan is a Celtic goddess with the ability to become a crow, and she doesn't feed off the souls ( Read more... )