green knight Archives

The Holly King & Oak King Explained

santa-looking holly king staring down an oak king

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

The Green Knight’s Irish Origins: How Bricriu’s Feast Inspired the Arthurian Legend

knight made of trees covered in moss holding a mossy axe

Did the Ulster Cycle tale, Fled Bricrenn (Bricriu’s Feast), inspire the Arthurian legend Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?

They Might Be Giants: 10 Colossal Celts of Irish Myth & Legend

created with Craiyon.com using the prompt: "giant from Irish mythology"

It’s a tall tale as old as time: warrior and the giant. But who are the most famous giants from Irish mythology? And are they *really* giants, or wizards in disguise?