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Live Fast, Die Very Old

Posted on March 15, 2026 by Nathan

With St. Patrick’s Day coming up and my having recently read a book on Celtic mythology, I thought I might want to write about a mythical personage who is said to have actually met the supposed serpent-scaring saint, Caoilte mac … Continue reading →

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Secret Mountain Sex Parties

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Nathan

One of the stories mentioned in Sabine Baring-Gould’s Curious Myths of the Middle Ages is that of Tannhäuser and the Venusberg, which is probably best known through Wagner’s opera. I wasn’t that familiar with it, so I looked into it … Continue reading →

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Crazy Celtic Cruises

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Nathan

A common theme in mythology and related fiction is that of the sea voyage that includes a visit to a bunch of weird islands with bizarre people and creatures. This sort of thing can also happen in stories of overland … Continue reading →

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A Brief Visit to Tir na n’Og

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Nathan

Before the exploration of the world made it necessary for fairylands to be located in alternate universes, dimensional pockets, or far-off planets, it was pretty common for the writers of legends to set them in unexplored or barely explored regions … Continue reading →

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