The mythology explored goes beyond Celtic mythology to Classical (Greek and Roman) mythology and Egyptian mythology, exploring links between animal myths, from The Táin Bó Cúailgne and Cú Chulainn to ...

Mainstream animation as we know it has always connected deeply to folklore and fairy tales. Disney’s early shorts and feature films adapted stories by the Brothers Grimm. Studio Ghibli drew ...

The ancient Irish were at least familiar with the notion of reincarnation, as Irish mythology shows. The Druids left us no written record of their religion or the belief system of our ancient Irish ...

Ireland is the birthplace of Halloween. Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival, was first celebrated on the island over 2,000 years ago and marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of ...

Cathie Ryan gets into a song by closing her eyes. That way, the famous Irish-American singer said Friday, her lyrics are about the subject of the song and not about her. “It’s a way of going inside to ...