History Archives - Irish Myths

What Are the Four Cycles of Irish Mythology?

Why scholars organize Irish myths into four cycles (and why the original Príomh-Scéil and Fo-Scéil classifications are better)

When are the Irish myths supposed to be set? You’d have to go story by story, high king by high king, to get it all mapped out on a timeline.

Is there any truth to the claim that Halloween is a satanic holiday? We’ll need to investigate the origins of Samhain to find out

a map that leads to a better understanding of the Irish gods, their divine dwellings, and how the Tuatha Dé Danann became the fairies

Put on your comparative mythology hat (horns?) and prepare to ponder the many potential similarities between Irish and Norse mythology

Patrick himself wrote that he was abducted by Irish pirates and enslaved in Ireland for six years, but is that the real story?

A god, a demon, a goblin, an idol: whatever Crom Cruach is, we know St. Patrick destroys it (according to legend)

Did Saint Brigid actually exist? Or was she a reimagining of the Irish pagan goddess (or a druidess) of the same name?

A tall tale about greed, love, and the changing of the seasons, penned by one of Ireland’s most famous writers, Oscar Wilde.

Peel back the bark on these two pagan personifications of winter & summer and uncover their most famous iterations in religion & mythology.