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FREE FEAST OF THE MORRIGHAN PDF Christopher Penczak | 198 pages | 01 Oct 2012 | Copper Cauldron Publishing | 9780982774366 | English | United States Devotional Calender - Coru Cathubodua Priesthood Yeah, if you are going to draw conclusions from texts, then it is important to get Feast of the Morrighan information from the texts correct. Thank you for writing this. Feast of the Morrighan concur with Jane B above plus I get very annoyed with ignorant people who write utter rubbish about Celtic Mythology and Ireland. Search This Blog. This is a book that is often brought up and that people really like, and it has its good points for modern practice. However there are some important issues with the book, specifically inaccuracies in the mythology, that make it problematic. My approach will Feast of the Morrighan to first offer the passage or comment that is inaccurate and then the correct material with citation. Chapter 1, page 17 — The author states that the Morrigan is never explicitly called a Goddess in the mythology. Reality : The Morrigan is called a Goddess at least twice that I am aware of. Either way the word Tuatha does not mean children. Chapter 1, page 22 — the author states that the Morrigan had to be petitioned to gain her advice and aid in the second battle of Moytura. Reality — although a very common belief there is nothing in the actual mythology which states this. Chapter 1, page 23 — the author says that during the Cath Maige Tuired the Dagda sought out the Morrigan and found her washing her clothes Feast of the Morrighan her red hair in 9 tresses. He connects the clothes washing to washer at the ford type activity. The Dagda was to meet a woman on a day,yearly, about Samain of the battle at Glen Etin. So he did not seek her out,rather it was a prearranged meeting. She was not washing her clothes but rather was washing her genitals and her hair color is never mentioned. Reality — I suspect this confusion comes from a source used by the author, but since none are cited I can only guess. The Feast of the Morrighan of this confusion is the word airned which means kidneys, but is used in an idiom for testicles with toile, which means among other things will power and sexual desire so airned toile, literally sexual kidneys. However, the passage does not say airned toile, just airned — so kidneys is what it means, not testicles. Chapter 1, page 23 — continuing with the same story, the author states that the daughter of the Fomorian king is name is Boand. Chapter 1, page 24 — the author states that the Tuatha De Danann arrived in Ireland as a flock of blackbirds;this is repeated in Chapter 7 page Chapter 2, page 36 — the author states that badb is also a term for sacrificial victims. Reality — I have never heard of this before and cannot verify it any Irish or Old Irish dictionary. Reality — again this is less an issue with the author specifically but rather of the translation being misunderstood. Ragaid athair alligi a meic. The father will go lay down instead of his son. The passage is not condemning homosexuality however, which the Irish did not seem overly concerned with, but rather condemning incest. In-law each to his own kinsman. A person will not seek women out of his house. Reality — Possibly a quibble on my part. Again this is a language issue. Chapter 3, page 53 — The author states that the names Morrigan and Feast of the Morrighan sound similar, which supports a connection between the Irish Morrigan and Welsh Morgana le Fey. Reality — Feast of the Morrighan modern Anglecized version of these names do sound somewhat alike. However the names in the original languages do not. Reality — when the Milesians arrived they fought an epic battle against the Gods before winning the right to live in Ireland. Chapter 4, page 66 — Feast of the Morrighan author states that the flag of Connacht has a griffon on it. Chapter 4, page 75 — the author states that Connacht has no physical locations associated with the Morrigan. Reality — Uaimh na gCat is located in Connacht and is one Feast of the Morrighan the most well-known sites associated with the Morrigan. Reality — we have a fairly rich amount of animal lore from and Irish and Celtic perspective surrounding crows,ravens, wolves, cows, horses, and somewhat less about eels. These animals appear in many myths and stories separate from the Morrigan. Glynn Anderson has a book on Irish birds in myth and folklore and Miranda Green wrote book about animals in Celtic myth, for two examples. Chapter 6, Feast of the Morrighan 89 — the author states that the Morrigan appears to Cu Chulain as a three teated cow that he drinks from. Reality — in the Tain Bo Cuiligne the Morrigan appears as an old woman with such a cow, but she is not the cow herself. Chapter 6, page — the author states that in an interaction between the Morrigan and Cu Chulain where she appears with a cow, he challenges her and she disappears but leaves behind a crow. Reality — in that story, the Tain Bo Regamna, the Morrigan transforms Feast of the Morrighan the crow and continues trading insults and incitements with Cu Chulain. Chapter 6, page — the author states that the Morrigan attacks Cu Chulain as a wolf who causes a stampede of cows to attack him. Reality — this occurs in the Tain Bo Cuiligne, but conflates two different events. The Morrigan attacks Cu Chulainin the form of a wolf and injures his arm, and then returns in the form of a cow and causes a stampede. In the majority of versions I have read the wolf comes against him alone and the cows are a separate event entirely. Chapter 7, page — the author states that he cannot find anything in Feast of the Morrighan myth about the Feast of the Morrighan having a son with three hearts filled with serpents that must be killed. Chapter 7, page — the author states that Badb and Nemain have no children. He resumed kingship after the silver arm was replaced with the original, healed, arm. Chapter 7, page — the author states that the Dagda is not a king. This information is found in the Lebor Gabala Erenn. Eithne daughter of Balar was his mother. Glossary, page — Banba is said to be a goddess who is one of the Morrigan or called Morrigan. Reality — Banba is part of a triplicity of sovereignty goddesses with her sisters Eriu and Fotla. She is a sister to the Morrigan but is never, herself, called Morrigan. So it should be clear from this that there are many issues with the mythology as presented in this book. There were also some other Feast of the Morrighan points which I did not get into as they may be more issues of interpretation, however I think the ones that are discussed here seriously compromise the value of the book. Sadly I am all too aware that many people will never read the original myths and stories and instead rely on secondary sources such as this Feast of the Morrighan, and I believe it is very important because of that for books like this to strive to be accurate in what they present. These are not, for the most part, issues in how one looks at the stories or what one takes away from them but are problems with the myths and other information being wrong. Inarguably, factually, wrong. We can do better than this, moving forward as Irish pagans. The rituals and modern practical material may very well be fine and speak to many Feast of the Morrighan, but it is vital that we get the mythology and facts correct to go along with them. Copyright Morgan Daimler. Jane Brideson April 28, at AM. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. Dark Goddess Musings: A Feast for the Morrigan: Creating Tradition Where There is None Church and ministry leadership resources to better equip, train and provide ideas for today's church and ministry leaders, like you. The more nuanced answer is that the Morrigan has connections to several different holidays, but probably the most mythic connections to Samhain. The Morrigan plays a vital role throughout the story, beginning with her early appearance to incite the god Lugh to rise up and fight. Around the time of Samhain she meets with the Dagda, who she is said in other sources to be married to, and the two lie together, after which she advises him to gather the Aes Dana [people of skill] together while she goes to work destruction against one of Feast of the Morrighan Fomorian kings. The army gathers on the eve of Samhain and the battle is engaged on Samhain itself. During the fight the Morrigan appears at a pivotal time to encourage her people to fight and they win, driving the Fomorians into defeat. After the battle the Morrigan gives two great prophecies, one of peace and one of doom. This story itself takes place over an extended period of time, but the key action at the end all occurs around Samhain. From a modern perspective then we have several themes here relating to both the Morrigan and the holiday which someone looking to celebrate a feast day for the Morrigan could work with, Feast of the Morrighan retelling the story or sections of it every year on Samhain in her honor might also be a good idea this is something we do in my family.