To celebrate Brigid’s Day 2022, the Herstory Light Show takes place on Monday 31st January and Tuesday 1st February, illuminating iconic landmarks in Dublin and Kildare including Trinity College Dublin, The GPO, Kildare Cathedral, Kilkea Castle, and more.
To celebrate Brigid’s Day 2022, the Herstory Light Show takes place on Monday 31st January and Tuesday 1st February, illuminating iconic landmarks in Dublin and Kildare including Trinity College Dublin, The GPO, Kildare Cathedral, Kilkea Castle and more.
Ireland will celebrate St. Brigid with a brand-new bank holiday, while the Association of Irish and Celtic Festivals in the US is hosting a St. Brigid's Day live stream concert.
Happy Monday! Recently we’ve had a few posts on the site doing deeper dives into some of our favorite lesser-known or misunderstood figures out of mythology and folklore, like the Goddess Brigid, the real St. Patrick, and Hades (who is not the devil!), which you wonderful readers have really seemed to enjoy and a few of you have even commented that you want more mythology. Well, wish granted. Welcome to Monday mythology, where we’ll be digging into different myths each week to highlight some of our favorite tales, heroes, and gods from around the world.
Today we’re headed to Hawai’i to talk about a truly amazing Goddess who deserves widespread attention, because she’s powerful, brave, and yes, queer. Meet Hi’iaka, a goddess of magic, hula, trees, and even the islands of Hawai’i themselves.
Opinion: what do the myths and legends have to say about St Patrick s relationship with feminism?
There was much interest recently in the idea that St Patrick might have had a wife, Sheelagh, and that her feast day was the day after his on March 18th. The feminist angle was exulted by some and seen to reflect the balance between male and female in the cosmic order. But what of the St Patrick we find in mythology?
As a folk hero , St Patrick is the one who single-handedly converted the whole Irish population to Christianity. In legends, he did this by destroying Paganism: interestingly, many of the monsters he battles may well be Goddess figures. For instance, after climbing Croagh Patrick in Co. Mayo, the saint kneels down to pray and is attacked by a black bird. In some versions of the legend, St Patrick throws his bell at the bird and, in doing so, banishes her so that she cannot return to the mountain.