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Hiya, Irish Celt Pagan thingy here! Here's a few books I'd recommend to anyone curious about Irish specific Celticism Be warned tho, many of these books are very Irish. As in- they are related to Catholicism. The good news is that Irish Catholicism is super interesting especially it's relationship to the celtic parts But don't worry, It's not all related to Christianity! ━━━━━✁┈┈┈┈┈┈ The Cycles - First off, I think the most important way to learn anything is by going straight to the source SO- In Irish myth there's 4 Cycles and the general order to look into that is Mythological Cycle (The Cycle of The Gods), The Fenian Cycle (The Cycle of The Fianna), The Ulster Cycle (The Cycle of The Red Branch) and The Historical Cycle (The Cycle of The Kings) The links are to their Wikipedia pages, on that you shall find lists of the manuscripts for the Cycles which you can find and check out. Most of them should be on Archive. Org or free online in some shape or form ━━━━━✁┈┈┈┈┈┈ From those Cycles though I'd say the main stuff that your casual Irish upbringing would make you have a whiff of (and if you're only casually interested) you should look at these specifically from the Cycles - - Lebor Gabála (The Book of Invasions) from the Mythological Cycle - Oidheadh Chlainne Lír (The Children of Lír) from the Mythological Cycle - Oisín in Tir na nÓg from the Fenian Cycle - Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Giant’s Causeway from the Fenian Cycle - The Salmon of Knowledge from the Fenian Cycle - Táin Bó Cúailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) from the Ulster Cycle - Buile Shuibhne (The Madness of Suibhne) from the Historical Cycle

And general legends we're told as kids like The Changelings, Dullahan and Banshee- things you can find with a quick google which leads into the next part- ━━━━━✁┈┈┈┈┈┈ Other fun books ye can take a gander at! - Many of these I have in my personal library.

- A Treasury of Irish Fairy and Folk Tales by multiple authors/editors StoryGraph, GoodReads A great book to have on your shelf and randomly open for a ride. There's a good few funny stories in this of the gentry takin the piss and draggin some poor cunt along LMAO. 700+ pages - Irish Fairy and Folk Tales by Lady Gregor and W.B. Yeats StoryGraph, GoodReads Same vain as a the book above only the stories were specifically gathered by Lady Gregor and that other guy. This book itself is also shorter and handy to have on the shelf at 400+ pages. This bad boy is in most bookshops in Ireland. - Meeting The Other Crowd by Carolyn Eve Green, Eddie Lenihan StoryGraph, GoodReads This one talks about how modern Irish people who are predominantly Catholic may see the fae folk now. Like he talks about how the gentry are fallen angels and such which is still believed by some to this day. The stories they've picked up for this book are from the locals. (I've met Lenihan before, we argued about cats. He has a podcast Called Tell me a Story with Eddie Lenihan about specifically Irish folk and fairy tales)

- Brehon Laws: The Ancient Wisdom of Ireland by Joe Karrigan StoryGraph, GoodReads A great intro to grasping The Brehon laws. In Ireland we used to have something called The Brehon Laws which were the rules the ancient peoples lived by. The Brehon's were the "keepers" of that law. Ya learn a bit of Irish history! - The Turning of the Year: Lore and Legends of the Irish Seasons by Eithne Massey StoryGraph, GoodReads A grand out Introduction to the Irish Celtic Calendar - Irish Witchcraft from an Irish Witch by Lora O'brien StoryGraph, Goodreads Haven't read this one myself although it's extremely popular and Lora O'Brien does great work spreadin the word of Irish Celticism on Youtube - Lugh Na Bua: Lugh the Deliverer by Cathal Ó Searcaigh, Séan Ó Gaoithín & Sean Fitzgerald GoodReads, Mythical Ireland website Just a really nicely done book of the story of the member of the Tuatha De Dannan Lugh. It has both English and Irish. And lastly I'd like to recommend The Candlelit Tales podcast that you can get on any podcasting app or Youtube. They're a great way to hear all the Irish tales you can think of with story telling flare! And my favourite casual listen. ━━━━━✁┈┈┈┈┈┈ Honorable Mentions! - Dracula by Bram Stoker StoryGraph, GoodReads We know and love him: written by Irish man Bram Stoker (who totally was not Oscar Wilde's fuck buddy), Dracula! - The Bible by... whoever wrote that We are a predominantly Catholic country sooo (Review: YHWH is a priiiick)

Recommend books to me!!

I have been gathering and reading a decent variety of introductory books regarding Celtic paganism and Druidry, but I find myself desperate for suggestions of books I can purchase anywhere other than Amazon.

I have a particular interest in Irish, Welsh, and Gaulish context at the moment, but am open to reading about other areas as well!

Preferably looking for non-wiccan sources, and I will not accept anything with any instances of generative AI.

Anyone have any suggestions?

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Andor Appreciation Day 2 - Everyone Has Their Own Rebellion

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and here's the original Irish version <3

Messe ocus Pangur Bán, cechtar nathar fria saindán; bíth a menma-sam fri seilgg, mu menma céin im saincheirdd Caraim-se fos, ferr cach clú, oc mu lebrán léir ingnu; ní foirmtech frimm Pangur bán, caraid cesin a maccdán. Ó ru·biam — scél cen scís — innar tegdais ar n-óendís, táithiunn — díchríchide clius — ní fris tarddam ar n-áthius. Gnáth-húaraib ar gressaib gal glenaid luch inna lín-sam; os mé, du·fuit im lín chéin dliged n-doraid cu n-dronchéill. Fúachid-sem fri frega fál a rosc anglése comlán; fúachimm chéin fri fégi fis mu rosc réil, cesu imdis, Fáelid-sem cu n-déne dul hi·n-glen luch inna gérchrub; hi·tucu cheist n-doraid n-dil, os mé chene am fáelid. Cía beimmi amin nach ré, ní·derban cách ar chéle. Maith la cechtar nár a dán, subaigthius a óenurán. Hé fesin as choimsid dáu in muid du·n-gní cach óenláu; du thabairt doraid du glé for mu mud céin am messe.

Pangur Bán

I think for my first post on this blog it would be appropriate for it to be the 9th Century Irish poem by a monk who loves his cat

Pangur Bán and I at work,

Adepts, equals, cat and clerk:

His whole instinct is to hunt,

Mine to free the meaning pent.

More than loud acclaim, I love

Books, silence, thought, my alcove.

Happy for me, Pangur Bán

Child-plays round some mouse’s den.

Truth to tell, just being here,

Housed alone, housed together,

Adds up to its own reward:

Concentration, stealthy art.

Next thing an unwary mouse

Bares his flank: Pangur pounces.

Next thing lines that held and held

Meaning back begin to yield.

All the while, his round bright eye

Fixes on the wall, while I

Focus my less piercing gaze

On the challenge of the page.

With his unsheathed, perfect nails

Pangur springs, exults and kills.

When the longed-for, difficult

Answers come, I too exult.

So it goes. To each his own.

No vying. No vexation.

Taking pleasure, taking pains,

Kindred spirits, veterans.

Day and night, soft purr, soft pad,

Pangur Bán has learned his trade.

Day and night, my own hard work

Solves the cruxes, makes a mark.

[pangurbog]

Pangur Bán

I think for my first post on this blog it would be appropriate for it to be the 9th Century Irish poem by a monk who loves his cat

Pangur Bán and I at work,

Adepts, equals, cat and clerk:

His whole instinct is to hunt,

Mine to free the meaning pent.

More than loud acclaim, I love

Books, silence, thought, my alcove.

Happy for me, Pangur Bán

Child-plays round some mouse’s den.

Truth to tell, just being here,

Housed alone, housed together,

Adds up to its own reward:

Concentration, stealthy art.

Next thing an unwary mouse

Bares his flank: Pangur pounces.

Next thing lines that held and held

Meaning back begin to yield.

All the while, his round bright eye

Fixes on the wall, while I

Focus my less piercing gaze

On the challenge of the page.

With his unsheathed, perfect nails

Pangur springs, exults and kills.

When the longed-for, difficult

Answers come, I too exult.

So it goes. To each his own.

No vying. No vexation.

Taking pleasure, taking pains,

Kindred spirits, veterans.

Day and night, soft purr, soft pad,

Pangur Bán has learned his trade.

Day and night, my own hard work

Solves the cruxes, makes a mark.