CMP029 There and Back Again

07/25/09 • 41 min

Saga of Manannan, Part 3 and end of the Irish Mythological Cycle

This is the third and final part in the Saga of Manannan which contains two stories. The first, the Tale of Laogaire, tells of a visit of a great warrior to the Realm of the Undying who given the chance refuses to return to Erin. The second tale, the Tale of Tadg and the Three Duns or Castles tells the tale of the voyage of Tadg amongst Manannan's Islands and his encounter with the three great Halls in the Many-Coloured Land.

This is also the last episode in the Irish Mythological Cycle and the tale of Tadg rounds off the tale by returning our vision back to Four Islands in the Otherworld, perhaps the very same islands from which the Tuatha De Danaan came from to settle the land of Erin.

Full Shownotes, with sources and credits, can be found on our main Website at http://celticmythpodshow.com/irish29 Show Summary:

Running Order:

Intro 0:41
News & Views 1:22
Story 3:11
Listener Feedback - Ancestral Celt 34:01
Promo - Genesis Avalon 36:40

We hope you enjoy it!

Gary & Ruthie x x x

Released: 25 July 2009, 42m

We love to get your feedback, please email [email protected], or call us on Speakpipe

News & Views

We talk about an Irish Fest taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the USA. You can find details about this festival at irishfest.com. We also take about a Welsh Festival taking place in Pennsylvania in September and you can find out more details on the Pennsylvania attractions site.

We also mention that we attended the Anderida Gorsedd Conference a couple of weeks back and will be trying to bring you a Special Report in a future show.

We tell you our plans to round off the Irish Mythological Cycle with a Summary show and ask for feedback from you that we can include in this show as well as introduce the Welsh Mythology section of our tales with an Introductory Show before the stories begin.

There and Back Again: Part 3 of the Saga of Manannan

Names Used in this Story

Listed in order of appearance

Loch na n-Ean
Connacht
Crimthan Cass
Laegaire
Fiachna
Betach
Sidhe
Eochaid the Dumb
Sal
Goll
Dalbh
Magh Mell
Deorgreine
Connachta
Manannan
Erin
Tadg
Cian
Oliol
Airnelach
Eoghan
Cathmann
Munster
Tabarn
Fresen
Beire do Bhunadas
Liban
Conchubar Abratrudh
Curragh
Inislocha
Rudrach
Dergcroche
Bodb
Cesair
Partholon
Nemed
Fir Bolg
Tuatha De Danaan
Inis Daleb
Inis Ercandra
Conn
Connla
Cliodna
Gebann
Treon
Ciabhan
Boynne
Croidhe Essu
Children of Danu

Listener Feedback

Ancestral Celt

We play some audio feedback from Ancestral Celt, one of our earliest listeners and dearest friends.

Promo - Genesis Avalon

"Genesis Avalon" is a full-cast, fantasy maxi-series serial drama. Like a lot of kids who grew up in the 1990s, I grew up with shows like X-Men, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman, Justice League, and Spider-man. As a child of the 90's though, I also grew up with a totally different form of the superhero in the form of anime. From the boys of Gundam, to the seven warriors of Suzaku in Fushigi Yuugi, to even (dare I say it) Sailor Moon, I had been able to see two different kinds of heroes. The kinds with capes and gadgets (Or alien powers), and the kind whose mystical powers governed their duties and how they fight. So I decided I would take the mythology I loved the most and apply it to a superhero. Thus came Genesis Avalon. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed writing and directing it. And my cast is made of platinum, you are all amazing. Kathryn Pryde Creator, writer and director, "Genesis Avalon" Sources used in this Episode

Saga of Manannan, Part 3 and end of the Irish Mythological Cycle

Full Shownotes, with sources and credits, can be found on our main Website at http://celticmythpodshow.com/irish29 Show Summary:

Running Order:

Intro 0:41
News & Views 1:22
Story 3:11
Listener Feedback - Ancestral Celt 34:01
Promo - Genesis Avalon 36:40

We hope you enjoy it!

Gary & Ruthie x x x

Released: 25 July 2009, 42m

We love to get your feedback, please email [email protected], or call us on Speakpipe

News & Views

We also mention that we attended the Anderida Gorsedd Conference a couple of weeks back and will be trying to bring you a Special Report in a future show.

There and Back Again: Part 3 of the Saga of Manannan

Names Used in this Story

Listed in order of appearance

Loch na n-Ean
Connacht
Crimthan Cass
Laegaire
Fiachna
Betach
Sidhe
Eochaid the Dumb
Sal
Goll
Dalbh
Magh Mell
Deorgreine
Connachta
Manannan
Erin
Tadg
Cian
Oliol
Airnelach
Eoghan
Cathmann
Munster
Tabarn
Fresen
Beire do Bhunadas
Liban
Conchubar Abratrudh
Curragh
Inislocha
Rudrach
Dergcroche
Bodb
Cesair
Partholon
Nemed
Fir Bolg
Tuatha De Danaan
Inis Daleb
Inis Ercandra
Conn
Connla
Cliodna
Gebann
Treon
Ciabhan
Boynne
Croidhe Essu
Children of Danu

Listener Feedback

Ancestral Celt

We play some audio feedback from Ancestral Celt, one of our earliest listeners and dearest friends.

Promo - Genesis Avalon

Previous Episode

CMP028 The Realm of the Ever-Living

Four Tales about Manannan and the Many-Coloured Land

This collection of four tales forms the middle section of the Saga of Manannan. Here we learn more of the nature of the Realm of the Ever-Living - Manannan's Kingdom - The Many-Coloured Land. Mortals may venture there (when given guidance) or be summoned there by the Sidhe but whether they return or not remains a mystery..

Full Shownotes, with sources and credits, can be found on our main Website at http://celticmythpodshow.com/irish28 Show Summary:

Running Order:

Intro 0:40
News & Views 1:20
Story 2:23
Listener Feedback - Ariel 39:22
Promo - Druidic Craft of the Wise 36:40
Promo - The Lakefront Pagan Voice 40:36

We hope you enjoy it!

Gary & Ruthie x x x

Released: 12 July 2009, 44m

Call us! We love to get your feedback, please email [email protected], or call us on Speakpipe

News & Views

We talk about setting up a new email address, [email protected], so that listeners can get replies a lot faster if one of us is busy. We also confirm that we're running a bit late and will do our best to get the shows out.

The Realm of the Ever-Living: Part 2 of the Saga of Manannan

Names Used in this Story

Listed in order of appearance

For more information about the Characters below, see our Biographies section.

Manannan
Erin
Bran
Ferbal
Emhain
Lir
Curragh
Nechtan
Collbrain
Cormac
Conn
Teamhair
Aille
Carpre Lifecar
Ethne
Riders of the Sidhe
Hazels of Buan
Tara
Ulaid
Finn
Fianna
Ciabhan
Dun Sobairce
Tir Tairngaire
Loch Luchra
Men of Dea
Gebann
Cliodna
Teite's Strand
Teite Brec
Iuchnu
Connla of the Red Hair
Uisnech
Tir Na-mBeo
Sidhe
Magh Mell
Coran the Druid
Traig Mor

Listener Feedback

Ariel

We play some audio feedback from Ariel of the Druidic Craft of the Wise podcast.

Promo - Druidic Craft of the Wise

Lectures on witchcraft and spiritual development, based on the teachings of the Druidic Craft of the Wise. We, the Lance and Grail Coven, have been an active part of the neo-pagan movement since 1990. You can find out more details about the Drudic Craft of the Wise on their website or on the main DCW website.

Promo - The Lakefront Pagan Voice

The Lakefront Pagan Voice

I’m Scarlet, an eclectic pagan living in Milwaukee, WI, next to beautiful Lake Michigan. Join me for discussions on pagan topics and more. Please feel free to contact me, my email is [email protected] and you can find me on MySpace, FaceBook and PaganSpace. Feedback feeds the soul and makes the podcasters world go round!

Chat

We also talk about Damh the Bard and ask our listeners who are fans to email the Pagan Spirit Gathering to request that Damh come to the USA. Their email addresses are below:-

Pagan Spirit Gathering: Email [email protected]

Damh the Bard: Email [email protected]

Sources used in this Episode

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/gafm/gafm20.htm

Next Episode

CMP Special 13 Lughnasadh 2009

Celtic Lughnasadh and another story from our Scottish Shanachie, Duncan

We've been away for nearly 6 weeks now. Unbelievably, with all of the ups and downs that life throws at you, we're still here! We're back - and to make up for our absence we bring you the biggest Celtic Myth Podshow Special ever - again!! It's just over an hour and a half long! If you like to listen to the show while commuting, it might be an idea to split it up into two halves. If you stop just after our visit to see Duncan, you'll be all set for the story in the last half.

The Lughnasadh show has six wonderful pieces of music, a dreamy story, a poem and a beautifully sung version of that poem. We've also got a section about the festival of Lughnasadh from The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. McCulloch.

Full show notes, details and Contributor pages over at our main Website at http://celticmythpodshow.com/autumn

Running Order:

Intro 0:41
News & Views 2:05
At the Edge of the Cornish Sea by David Helfand 3:11
Lughnasadh from Religion of the Ancient Celts 6:12
Middleton Moor by Kiss the Mistress 15:19
Autumn by Francis Ledwidge 21:40
Black Dog of Loneliness by Orient XPress 23:31
The Shadow of Old Dreams by Andy Guthrie 28:07
Rowan & Bracken by Odd's Bodkin 33:01
Nami's Trees by Keith Wilson 37:18
Autumn by Linda Ballew 1:11:06
Listener Feedback - Deb 1:13:28
Celtic Language Podcasts, Pt.1 1:15:20
- Scottish Gaelic 1:15:43
- Welsh 1:18:20
- Cornish 1:20:05
Lughnasadh Dance by Damh the Bard 1:21:36
Celtic Language Podcasts, Pt.2 1:26:40
- Irish Gaelic 1:26:56
- Breton 1:30:10
Well Below the Valley by Omnia 1:31:36
Outtakes 1:36:42

We hope you enjoy it!

Gary & Ruthie x x

Released: 19th Sep 2009, 1hr 40m

We love hearing from you! Email [email protected], or call us using Speakpipe

News & Views

We say hello to all of our online friends, especially those on Facebook and Twitter and send out a huge welcome to the new people joining us from Myspace. Welcome all!

We inform our listeners about the wonderful video interview with Ruthie taken by our friend, Paul Newman (catch up with Paul on Bandcamp). Paul has had a recent bereavement and we send our love out to him.

At the Edge of the Cornish Sea

by David Helfand

David Helfand composes and performs original and traditional music on Celtic Harp, mandocello, guitar, keyboards and percussion. Many of David's compositions were born through improvisation and drawn on the inspiration found in the power of music from many wondrous cultures.

"As I returned from my maiden voyage from the land of Britain full of awe, unspeakable joy and deep reservoirs of inspiration, slowly the music started to speak. From the high craggy cliffs where the ruins of Tintagel castle lay overlooking the dark waters off Cornwall's shore, to the ancient majestic ruins of Glastonbury Abbey and the dark mysteries of the Tower of London, the swirling maze of the city's streets and the magic of the standing stones on Salisbury Plain, I swam deep in the waters of imagination. Shortly after returning home and embarking on creating "At the Edge of the Cornish Sea", I soon shared with the world, dark grief and immense sadne...