Two Instances of “Crow”: A Cultural Study of Irish Mythology and Intertextuality in “The Dead.”

Tuesday, 7 January 2020, 10:47.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Morrígan as Battle Crow I have this hard and fast rule in my life. When I am given a gift – whether I want/need it – I always smile and say Thank You. My gift today. :o) Thank you, Research Gift Givers. Much wanted AND needed Two Instances of “Crow”: A Cultural Study […]

#1 POS aka F1RST

Sunday, 5 January 2020, 12:51.Reading time less than 1 minute.

17th Dec 2019 by Greta Brookes : Trauma Bonding Y’all work it out. I’m BORED!

Triogal Ma Dh’ream/Een dhn bait spair nocht

Sunday, 5 January 2020, 12:20.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Unlike so many today – I actually KNOW who I am and where I come from. So. I’ll stand shoulder to shoulder with Every Last Child of the Mist and E’en do and Spare Not. No prisoners. NO quarter. Clueage. The UAV live chat is a real treat. Mmmmmn. Wonder where #1 POS @V got […]

Vlad the Impaler Rising

Thursday, 2 January 2020, 11:22.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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Burn Baby BURN!

Thursday, 2 January 2020, 8:17.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Full Wolf Moon

Thursday, 2 January 2020, 4:11.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’m only doing this here because I know that y’all can keep a secret, So, shush. Mum’s the Word :o) From The Old Farmer’s Almanac : Full Moon January 2020

The Legend of Black Vaughan

Wednesday, 1 January 2020, 13:25.Reading time 1 minute.

Hereford’s Diocesan Exorcist must encounter a legacy of evil within the crumbling walls of an old hotel along with memories of murder… ‘Merrily has become an ever more engaging protagonist, a passionate, flawed modern women every bit as concerned with the intricacies of crime as she is with demons that go bump in the night.’ […]

Cluj-Napoca

Wednesday, 1 January 2020, 12:13.Reading time less than 1 minute.

OK. Cluj keeps coming up in my research right now. I’d never heard of it before. So I searched. You’ll never guess where it is!!!!!! NO CLUES! WTF? Go away Bram Irishman Stoker. Stop haunting me :o( Wiki : Cluj-Napoca

The Children of the Mist…Loch Katrine…Scotland

Wednesday, 1 January 2020, 11:35.Reading time less than 1 minute.

What is going on with all the freaking Kate’s in my life right now??? Spooky vibe. Anyhoo – one day I WILL go home and “live happily ever after” :o)

Diicu Buicescu’s Granddaughter

Wednesday, 1 January 2020, 11:18.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I talked the other day of a female belonging Diicu Buicescu’s bloodline. It’s his granddaughter. Interesting coat of arms and blurb below! Once an Amazon, always an Amazon (?!)

Leaping

Monday, 30 December 2019, 14:55.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Which somewhere in my strange brain (the word – leaping) in the English vernacular means MAD. Angry. Frustrated. It’s official. I AM the most annoying person ever. I’ve just annoyed myself. So many myths about the sword lying in the bed between two lovers. In the Volsunga (below) I remember Tristan and Isolde. Something about […]

Nothung

Monday, 30 December 2019, 8:29.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Siegfried tastes the dragon’s blood (Rackham) Back with the Nibelung. Siegfried’s sword was called Nothung. Wiki : Siegfried And if I remember correctly (!) Magnus Barelegs’ sword was called LegBreaker in English. Forgotten the olde Norse name. Anyhoo – Siegfried slays Fafner the Dragon with Nothung. The only one to ever accomplish such a huge […]

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.