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Irish Fairy Tales

January 16, 2011 By Araby Greene

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There’s a new Beowulf-related page, Pre-Christian Epics of Northern Europe on Fiannaidheacht: The Fenian Cycle, which chronologically falls between the Ulster Cycle and the Historical Cycle of Irish Literature. The exploits of Fionn mac CumHaill, sometimes called Finn MacCool, and the Fianna warriors are stories of heroes, chronicling innumerable fierce battles. While the Cattle Raid […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Early Irish Literature, Faery, Fairy Tales, James Stephens, Pre-Christian

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What Dark Ages? The Staffordshire Hoard

January 4, 2011 By Araby Greene

In July 2009, an Englishman with a metal detector, named Terry Herbert, found the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered. Treasures of the Staffordshire Hoard are as important as those of the history-making 1939 Sutton Hoo burial mound excavations. A recent reassessment of the find, according to Stoke-on-Trent Musuems [formerly linked page no longer […]

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The well-dressed Beowulf?

October 10, 2010 By Araby Greene

I found this great Celtic warrior outfit on Fotolia while looking at images of Celtic ruins. It’s very well constructed and would be perfect for skewering dragons, charging into battle and yelling “Gaaaahh!” Perhaps it will inspire you to new heights for October’s Halloween revelries and any future Celtic re-enactments you may attend. Yes, there […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: costume, halloween, medieval culture

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Sir Robert Cotton’s Library

August 24, 2010 By Araby Greene

Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), collected manuscripts and antiquities. His private library included the Lindisfarne Gospels, two copies of the Magna Carta, the Beowulf manuscript, and other treasures. Cotton and his former teacher, William Camden, founded the Society of Antiquaries around 1586. He was influential in the antiquarian movement of early Stuart England, which sought to […]

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