living culture
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Danu, mother of the Irish gods, gave her name to the Tuatha Dé Danann — yet appears in no medieval text and has no myth of her own. This field study examines a goddess reconstructed from a single grammatical fragment, the tales of the folk she named, and her Victorian reinvention.
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Ceridwen, the enchantress of Welsh legend, kept the cauldron of Awen — poetic inspiration. When her servant Gwion Bach stole the gift meant for her son, a shape-shifting chase ended in his rebirth as the poet Taliesin. A study of a muse, a tale, and a living Welsh tradition of inspiration.