Report on the Irish Children’s Literature and Culture Symposium

... a partial explanation of the limited numbers appearing in collections. Very few of them feature Celtic deities – probably relating to Christian editing. The Ulster Cycle, for example, has heroes, though it’s possible these were originally deities. The number one tale in almost every collection (and many, ...

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... portion of global history, myths extolling the virtues of procuring meat abound. Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Ulster Cycle…. Even the Torah devotes a surprising amount of space to meat, its proper preparation, which cuts ... lack the knowledge to feed ourselves. India and China broke the cycle of famine with the green revolution, which, yes, involves some ...

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... texts planned I might want to nab from my house? Oh, and can I put in a good word for the Táin, unless you've already run around the Ulster Cycle, in which case I may just have to start a splinter group. (Kidding!) Additionally, I've been notified that pie-banditry comprises an at times necessary part of the ...

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... of women who died giving birth and are doomed to do this work until the day their lives would have normally ended.   In the ancient Celtic epic, The Ulster Cycle, The Morrigan is seen in the role of a bean nighe . When the hero Cuchulainn rides out to war, he encounters the Morrígan as a hag ...