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Culann’s Hound 60: Wisewoman

October 30, 2017

In the Dublin General Post Office, site of the 1916 Easter Uprising, stands this famous bronze of the dying CĂșchulainn. …

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Culann’s Hound 59: Homecoming

October 23, 2017

Both as a physical object and a set of ideas, a book can tie together past and present, allowing us …

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Culann’s Hound 56: Salt Tears

October 2, 2017

This is a zombie post while I am traveling to Crete 🙂 About 5300 years ago, people in Ireland built …

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Culann’s Hound 55: Resurrection

September 25, 2017

Óengus Óg (“Angus the Young”) was an Irish god of love and poetic inspiration. In my version of the tale, …

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Culann’s Hound 53: The Birds

September 11, 2017

Samhain (pronounced sow-in, to rhyme with cow-in) is a Gaelic holiday celebrated on October 31, the same day as American …

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Culann’s Hound 51: The Pearl

August 28, 2017

ManannĂĄn mac Lir, the son of the Sea, was a prominent figure in ancient Irish religion. He also appears in …

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Culann’s Hound 50: A Mortal Hero

August 21, 2017

Mortality is at the center of the great epics. In the Sumerian Gilgamesh epic, the hero (like Achilles and CĂșchulainn) …

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Culann’s Hound 49: At The Ford

August 14, 2017

CĂșchulainn’s battle at the ford with his friend Ferdiad is the climactic scene of the TĂĄin BĂł CĂșailnge. The fight is …

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Culann’s Hound 48: Black’s King

August 7, 2017

The “Staunton” style of chess pieces, required for formal competition, was created by a man named Nathaniel Cooke, an editor …

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Culann’s Hound 47: Mournful Eyes

July 31, 2017

One of the challenges I encountered in adapting the CĂșchulainn myths was that certain place names in Irish sagas do …

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