Culann’s Hound 18: O Mournful Wonder
For my version of the Cúchulainn myth, I relied for the most part upon English translations of the Irish sagas. But …
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Culann’s Hound 17: Hound-Slayer
Voltaire said that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. But Charlemagne’s achievement was admirable. In an …
Culann’s Hound 16: Shadow Woman
The “Shadow Woman” of my title refers to Scáthach, a mysterious warrior woman who trains Cúchulainn in the martial arts. She …
Culann’s Hound 15: Bachelor Farmers
The Irish sagas speak of the god Lugh, but we have no pictures of him from antiquity. He had to …
Culann’s Hound 13: A Fine Minuscule
As you know if you’ve read my story The Voynich Affair, I love a mysterious manuscript. I am drawn to the …
Culann’s Hound 12: The Hound
Cúchulainn (“Hound of Culann”) famously earned his nickname as a young child, when he was attacked by the fierce guard dog …
Culann’s Hound 11: Mythos
The “Anna Livia Plurabelle” chapter in Finnegans Wake is said to have been Joyce’s favorite, and was originally published as …
Culann’s Hound 10: Comeliest of Men
I am fond of classic book and magazine illustrations, especially the romantic ones from the late nineteenth and early twentieth …
Culann’s Hound 5: Advent
Near the top of the list of places I want to visit is Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland, where nine …
Culann’s Hound 3: Poor Creature
Ireland is full of Neolithic monuments, structures dating from long before the arrival of the Celts with their Indo-European language, …
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