Dominic Kelly: The Hero Light – Irish Myth and Epic #8
Dominic Kelly is a performance storyteller who has ventured deep into the vast landscape of stories that surround the Irish mythological hero Cú Chulainn – so much so that he cycled around Ireland to see all the mythical places found in the Táin, sometimes called Ireland’s National Epic or the Irish Iliad.
We speak about engaging with myth, how stories like the Táin have the potential to ground us in reality, and if there’s a value to violence told well.
Tickets for The Hero Light at Ulverston’s Coronation Hall on 17th march 2022
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hero-light-furness-tradition-tickets-245923242037
Dominc Kelly’s blog about cycling the Táin
Dominic Kelly’s website
Folklore of Birds Twitter feed by Dominic Kelly
REFERENCES
The Táin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Táin_Bó_Cúailnge
Ulster cycle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Cycle
Fenian cycle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian_Cycle
Mythological cycle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythological_Cycle
Cú Chulainn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cú_Chulainn
Fionn mac Cumhaill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fionn_mac_Cumhaill
Saint Patrick’s Day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day
The Morrígan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morr%C3%ADgan
Asterix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix
The sacred bull
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_bull
Minoan religion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_religion
Celtic otherworld
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Otherworld
Aos Sí
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aos_S%C3%AD
Lugh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugh
Tuatha Dé Danann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_Dé_Danann
Peter Brook’s Mahabharata
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mahabharata_(play)
Jiddu Krishnamurti