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Lludd Conquers All

When reading Philip Freeman’s Celtic Mythology, I was reminded of a rather bizarre story that I think was in the version of the Mabinogi that I read, although it’s not traditionally considered part of that work. It’s about Lludd Llaw … Continue reading

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Land of Dairy Milk Bars and Honey

Tonight, I’m going to take a look at British Israelism, the movement popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that insisted the British were descended from refugees from Israel. This was essentially a way to be pro-Semitic and … Continue reading

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