Paige finally gets her chance to make everyone listen to a story from Irish Mythology. Tune in to hear about an Irish epic centered around a cattle raid and a protagonist with the weirdest superpower.
Mythology & Folklore: Irish
- Most of this came from the preface of the Tain
- Wikipedia got Paige through the info on the Morrigan and Lugh
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The Táin, translated by Thomas Kinsella
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Discussion Questions
- Tale Foundry suggests that one of the reasons that Irish mythology isn’t as popular, and also is an excellent choice for writers, is because there are a lot of holes in the myths. It isn’t as tightly constructed as say Norse Mythology or Greek Mythology. What do you think about this?
- Cuchulainn is used as a propaganda tool by Northern Ireland. What do you think about harkening back to a glorified past based on mythology?
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