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Unreal Irish Folklore
Ruth A
30 episodes
9 months ago
Unreal is a podcast about Irish history, stories, folklore and tradition. Each episode searches for the origins of some of Ireland’s most famous myths and folklore, and takes a fresh look at exciting legends and history which have become almost forgotten in centuries past.

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Unreal is a podcast about Irish history, stories, folklore and tradition. Each episode searches for the origins of some of Ireland’s most famous myths and folklore, and takes a fresh look at exciting legends and history which have become almost forgotten in centuries past.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Irish Werewolves and their Tales
Unreal Irish Folklore
30 minutes 13 seconds
5 years ago
Irish Werewolves and their Tales

Early Irish forests were thick with wolves. Fierce, fast and predatory, it’s no wonder these animals inspired so many myths and stories before their extinction. The legend of the werewolf - men and women who could walk through the world in the shape of wolves - has captured imaginations for centuries.

 

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Sources and Further Reading

 

  • Werewolf
  • Wolves in Folklore, Religion and Mythology
  • Bretha Crólige (Brehon Laws) translated by D. A. Binchy

 

Ossory Werewolves

  • Leabhar Breathnach Annso Sis, translated by James Henthorn Todd
  • Topographia Hibernia, by Gerald of Wales
  • The Wonders of Ireland by Patrick Weston Joyce
  • Werewolves of Ossory

 

St Ronan

  • “Chronique IX” by By H. D’Arbois de Jubainville, in Revue Celtique (translation here)
  • Ronan of Locronan
  • stronans.co.uk

 

The Wolf Women of Cruachan Cave

  • “The Story of the Three She-Wolves” in Irische Texte by Whitley Stokes
  • “The Cave of Cruachan” in Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Augusta Gregory

 

Lady Jane Wilde’s Wolf Stories – in Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland

  • Cathal the King
  • Connor and the Wolf Men

 

Fiachna

“Fragmentary Annals” in Silva Gaedelica by Standish H. O’Grady

 

Cormac Mac Art

  • “Birth of Cormac Grandson of Conn” in Silva Gaedelica by Standish H. O’Grady
  • “The Birth of Cormac” in The High Deeds of Finn by T. W. Rolleston

 

Music

  • The Butterfly by Sláinte
  • Magic Forest by Kevin MacLeod
  • Hidden Past by Kevin MacLeod
  • Surreal Forest by Meydän
  • Smouldering by Kai Engel

 

Sound Effects

  • Forest Day by sonidosreales245
  • Dusk Wolf by killyourpepe
  • Cooper Creek Solitary Wolf Howl by betchkal
  • Wood of Wolves in the Rain by maurolupo


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unreal Irish Folklore
Unreal is a podcast about Irish history, stories, folklore and tradition. Each episode searches for the origins of some of Ireland’s most famous myths and folklore, and takes a fresh look at exciting legends and history which have become almost forgotten in centuries past.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.