I've been reading The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers, recently. While I've read portions of several of Joseph Campbell's works, it was generally in the context of research I was doing while I was a student. My eldest son has the DVD set of Bill Moyer's interviews with Campbell, which I've been thinking of watching, and I decided ( Read more... )

While looking for fairy lore about handkerchiefs in response to this post by asakiyume, I came across the following story on the SurLaLune Fairy Tales website: The Three Daughters of King O'Hara. This story is from the book Myths and Folklore of Ireland by Jeremiah Curtin. I'd never come across this story before and was really delighted with it as it ( Read more... )

I have been researching the wildlife, both animal and plant, that might be found in Welsh coastal areas. In the process, I've come across some truly gorgeous photography. One of the best sites is A Picture of GowerSince I'm not interested in a specific location, but more in the general types of things that might be found on the coast (although I've ( Read more... )