I cannot remember exactly how I discovered the book in my teens. What I can remember is the experience of reading it for the first time, of getting lost in its marvellous, frenzied chaos and laughing aloud. It holds a unique appeal for me as an artist because, like a spiral staircase, it tricks you into thinking that you are simultaneously working towards a destination and moving away from it. Continue reading
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At a Crossroads: Archaeology engages with Myth
The textual lore this book on Archaeology draws on is not only saga and epic, but also place-lore, and interestingly, hagiography. Continue reading
Dancing the Bones of Archaic Irish Stories
An account of a theatrical performance by Niki na Meadhra Celtic Club, 29 March 2015. Niki na Meadhra performed her one-woman show, Dancing the Bones of Irish Myth and Legend, to a mixed audience of Celtophiles, Narrato-philes, and some enthralled adults and children, at the Celtic Club on Sunday 29 March. It was storytelling taken … Continue reading
Dancing the Bones of Irish Myth and Legend
Meet heroes, tricksters, the Cailleach, and beautiful maidens in difficult situations. Continue reading