Cutting through several hundred years of misinformation and misunderstandings with respect to ‘Irish Mythology’ is a difficult task at the best of times.
These days, ‘Irish mythology’ tends to be a mixed hodge-podge of elements spawned by decades of commercial fantasy entertainment. This (and a number of other influences) has essentially meant its now a subject lacking any clear intellectual framework or even a basic, commonly understood set of concepts or terminology to understand it.
For this reason, it’s almost impossible to have a meaningful conversation on the subject (in the same way it’s impossible to have a conversation with someone on the subject of ‘chemistry’, when they don’t know what an ‘atom’ is).
One of the projects I’m hoping to complete at the end of this year, is a small training process to explain the fundamental concepts of ‘Irish Mythology’, those basic initial concepts you need to understand what you’re being presented with. Longer term, this is something I’m hoping that people can use to apply to their own circumstances, but that can really only occur in a number of sequential steps.
The working title for this project is ‘Irish Mythology 101’ but that may change. Unfortunately, circumstances have meant I’ve had to drop this project on two occasion to respond to other priorities. I’ll be working very hard to ensure that doesn’t happen again
