I'm of Irish heritage and growing up my mom would always use the term 'fey', but not describing faeries or anything like that, she used it to refer to people with a strange extra knowledge/intuition, for example, she'd say my sister was 'fey' because she always knew when someone was pregnant before they knew themselves or when my sister was little she would talk to "the angel on the shelf", so mom used it to describe people who saw things others didn't.

I remembered that very suddenly and I've been kind of looking it up to see if other people used the term the way my mom did but I can't find anything and I was wondering if anyone had any knowledge from Irish mythology about where my mom got that term and used it the way she did? Thanks!!

I am curious about it. I had an insight but I was looking if there is any, but couldn't find on Google. Even on Shakespeare, I would appreciate to know.

I've been wondering if there exists a book or collection of the four full cycles that's decent? If not, does anyone have any recs for a book of each one that would be good? I heard good things about Thomas Kinsella's Ulster cycle book.

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(Made this on r/IrishHistory first and a commenter suggested I ask here!)

As I’m sure you can tell, the extent of my knowledge on Irish Mythology is...well, it’s non-existent. I was just curious as to how the otherworld works. Is ‘everything’ forever young?

I believe more specifically this genre would be called, Echtra (hope I spelled it correctly)! I am not too interested in the mythologies after Christianity, or Immram, but I will take what I can get! I have been trying to find an anthology of them, hopefully translated to English, and I know it's a long stretch, because it seems as though most are lost. I just absolutely love reading tales about the Otherworld and epic Irish poems or works! Anything would be helpful! Also, I love reading through this subreddit, so thank you to everyone who participates!

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Looking for a myth, folklore, story or at least good lengthy verse with wolves as the main focus

I'm reading Lady Gregory's Complete Irish Mythology, and it says on pp. 82-3 that the hag of Connacht has a basket on the hag of Munster. It's a magical bull of some sort and its two cows that the Connacht hag sends an army across the Sionnan(!) to take.

But what is a basket, exactly?

I'm not hugely familiar with Irish or Celtic mythology outside of a few names here and there (Oberon, Titania, the mainstream stuff)

Looking to read up on Irish Mythology, as it fascinates me. Any good books you all would recommend? I'd rather learn from books than scrolling through Wikipedia articles.

Hi everyone, my name is Tormis Narno. I just joined this sub yesterday and I'd like to share something I created. Recently I have composed and performed a piece of music based on the stories of Cú Chulainn so I thought I should show it to people who know a lot about Irish myths.

https://youtu.be/OnAW8XzjDRY

I'm an amateur composer (I'm a student actually) but I've worked really hard for this, and there's a very complex leitmotif system going on -- if you listen to it many times I think you'll be able to tell which motif represents which character.

I hope you enjoy!

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I can't seem to find much about her but I am interested. Does anybody have any knowledge they could share? Much appreciated.

It seems that Irish mythology didn't so much give their gods/goddesses as designated jobs as other regions. I can find goddesses with connections to nature, but not so much the bros. They are usually more associated with metalwork and war or nothing at all. I was looking for something along the lines of Cernunnos. Please, any help would be appreciated.

I have found many sites that reference the poet Cairbre who is said to have written the first satire in Ireland, a poem that gave Bres boils, making him unfit to be king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Does anyone know if this poem actually exists, or was only spoken of for the sake of the story? I've searched and come up with nothing but the story of the poem and poems dedicated to the story.

Hey there! I'm heading to Ireland later this year and I was hoping to find a place that would allow us to be immersed in the mythical/mystical side of the culture. What comes to mind would be something like the equivalent of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. If something like that doesn't exist anything that would involve a kind of tour including commentary on leprechauns, banshee, fey and things of that ilk. Am I out of luck or does such a place/tour exist?

I'm looking for the "Mayo Táin", but all I can find is a "retelling" which has terrible reviews due to the language used. Is there a decent translation of the story to English (not retold or altered, just translated)? Thanks a lot!

I love this song, how about ye?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai0ufYO0uXI

The voyage is a recurring theme in the Cycle of the Kings and in the Mythological Cycle, yet one notes that the theme is treated differently in both cycles:

1. Do you agree with this statement? If so, what are the main differences between the treatment of the theme of voyage in the Cycle of the Kings and in the Mythological Cycle.
2. What do you suppose the Monks hoped to achieve in their portrayal of the voyage in both these cycles?
3. What does the difference in treatment say about the approach of the monastic scribes to the writing down and transmission of native Irish lore in general?

I appreciate any and all input. Thanks for your time!