Culann’s Hound 31: These Dreams
The Emain Macha of my tale is Navan Fort in County Armagh, a hilltop site first occupied in the Neolithic period. At times …
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Culann’s Hound 29: Crossroads
The Irish mór rígain or “Great Queen” (Morrigan) was a goddess of warfare and fate. Like many Irish deities, she sometimes manifested …
Culann’s Hound 28: Bitter Honey
Modern artwork of Aoife and other warrior women tends to be highly sexualized, and (to my knowledge) no ancient images of …
Culann’s Hound 26: Forsworn
Cúchulainn was a man of many names. His parents called him Sétanta, “the one who knows his way.” The king …
Culann’s Hound 24: Woman of Alba
“Alba” was an ancient Celtic name for Scotland, historically also used for the largest of the Atlantic Isles, including what would …
Culann’s Hound 22: Words of Scáthach
The warrior school run by the heroine Scáthach was on the Isle of Skye, but I can’t resist showing these …
Culann’s Hound 21: Son of Lugh
Cúchulainn’s famous spear, the gáe bolg or “spear of mortal pain,” was made from the bone of a sea monster, Coinchenn, …
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 …
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 …
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