Blog for 3043 Mythology and Folklore

Extra Credit Reading Week 12 | Britomart  Photo by NeedPix How Sir Guyon met a Champion mightier than himself : Is this Prince Arthur as in the Arthur that later becomes super famous?? Ooooh an enchanted spear! This has to be the Faerie Queen! I'm confused though, is Britomart supernatural or is she human? The Princess of South Wales seems like a fairly human place to live...  How Britomart Fought with Six Knights : Florimell must be a faerie queen. Her aesthetic SCREAMS it. When the woodman comes rushing through I really hope someone is going to save her!! I;m very glad when Prince Arthur and Sir Guyon rush forward to help her.  I also love Britomart, who helped the awesome knight! She's such a badass!  Britomart in Castle Joyous :  I think this part was a bit boring, but it could be fun to do a narrative of Britomart's thoughts throughout this encounter. How Britomart Looked into the Magic Mirror : I think this part would be amazin...

Tech Tip So, I am potentially the least technologically savvy person who has ever existed. It is a struggle to add any extra little thing to any story, project, or post.  To put it in perspective, I still struggle to add  a picture to each post. Yeah... That's  real life.   BUT, this week I learned how to embed a Youtube video for music in my google site for my project, which you can find  HERE .   IT's actually really easy and not nearly as intimidating as I thought it was going to be! You seriously just have to press the embed button, and make sure your little blinking typer thingy is a good spot on your page. The nyou copy and paste the link to the video into the spot that pops up after clicking on the embed button and hit enter! B VOILA!!! Embedded Youtube Video!  I hope this helped y'all as much as it helped me! 

Evelyn and the Seelie Court Photo by Pixabay Evelyn rolled her oversized green eyes as she repositioned the massive basket of flowers on her hip.   For thirteen years, she had been bound to the Seelie Queen, and she was still no closer to obtaining her freedom.   The binding placed on her at just shy of five years old was set to expire in twelve days on her eighteenth birthday, but she had no clue what she would do at that point.   She couldn’t very well go back to Ireland… Time passed differently in the mortal realm and there wasn’t an Irish home in a hundred miles that would let her cross the threshold after she’d spent so long in Faerie. She stepped into the main hallway of the Seelie Queen’s castle and a long, platinum strand blew across her face, tangling in her eyelashes.   Ignoring the offending strands, Evelyn continued toward the Hydrangea Room to deliver the flowers for afternoon tea.   She had almost reached the large, intricately carved d...

Reading Notes Celtic Fairy Tales Part B Photo by Pixabay King O'Toole and His Goose : Why was the goose so important? What was the special significance of it??? Who is this Saint Kavin, and why does he have the power to make old things new? I have so many questions which arise from this story and I'm super confused through most of it.  I didn't realize that Saint Kavin was in disguise, so I was confused when he revealed himself.  This story was not really my style.  The Shee An Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire : I like that it starts out right away establishing that the Shee an Gannon was supernatural.  I've read a lot of folklore about the Sidhe, or the Shee and I was hoping they'd make an appearance! I think it was incredibly cunning of the Shee an Gannon to get himself hired by the Gruagach Gaire.  That's one thing I absolutely love about reading stories of the Sidhe, they're always so cunning and influential to those around them, includin...

Celtic Fairy Tales: Part A Photo by Flickr Connla and the Fairy Maiden : Right away, I'm super intrigued by the idea of the Hill Folk.  I was definitely surprised when she called him away to Moy Mell.  I'm not convinced that Coran the Druid actually got rid of her when she vanished... The apple feels a bit sketchy to me.  Yep, totally knew she'd be back.  I really thought Connla would have been strong enough to resist her charms, so I was really caught off guard when he sailed away with her.  I wish there would've been a bit more detail in this story, everything really happened super fast.  The Field of Boliauns : Leprechauns! I was so excited when I realized that this was about Leprechauns! I'm not quite sure why it's a big deal that the beer is made of heath instead of malt... I'm hoping we find out.  I'm kind of with the leprechaun, Tom is annoying and really should've just left well enough alone and not bothered someone needlessl...