One Of These Tuatha Dé Danann Lesbian Lovers Is Trans Btw

I keep doing that presentation, and I'm shamelessly enjoying it.

I needed to do a presentation about why studying memory politics is important, and this escalated quickly.

The hills, they are hollow

(The hill in the background is actually a rath)

Co. Galway, 2024

Orbsen mac Allot aka Manannán mac Lir giving a teenage Aengus Óg a much needed lecture on consent

The Navigator Revisiting Manannán mac Lir in his youth, before the famous self-navigating boat was fully automated + the good old Early Irish practice of putting severed heads to household use

Another WIP inspired by @sorrows-hand’s talk on women’s rights and divorce in Medieval Ireland at 2024 IONA conference

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I often feel overwhelmed by Late Medieval - Early Modern finds in Irish and Scandinavian museums, much more so than by known human sacrifices, etc. All those knitted caps, mittens, warm cloaks - just regular garments of some person who was walking somewhere from somewhere and reasonably hoped to get there. Just can't shake the thought of some part of them still out there; still walking.

Mannin Castle, Co. Galway

pov: Lugh Samildánach offers you a game of fidchell. your bet?

I did not like the official Inktober 2023 prompt list much, so I made my own one based on Irish mythology, for fellow Celticists and otherwise enjoyers. Everyone is welcome to share and join!

The background is designed after a gold lunula found in Killarney (~2000 BC).