Actress Eve Hewson is the definition of a modern swan.
"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, Wi...
William Blake – Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing c. 1786 The boundaries between the Otherworld and our own are said to be slighter on May Eve, and it is then that protection agai…
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Eve (1896) by the French artist Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (1865-1953). Levy-Dhurmer was a Symbolist/Art Nouveau painter and shows here a femme fatale who seems best friend with the devilish snake.
On the eve of the Norman Invasion, Ireland was divided into several rival kingdoms fighting a bloody and ruthless struggle to dominate the island. Much of this struggle is covered in the early episodes of my podcast series on the Norman Invasion. While most of the ancient boundaries of these kingdoms no longer exist, this... Read more »
Rundown house in Kenmore, Scotland
Learn about the mythology associated with the ancient Celtic goddess, Danu - the goddess of the earth, water, fairies, wisdom, and craftsmanship.
Brigid was the Celtic Goddess of poetry, healing and fertility with her feast day, Imbolc, celebrated each February 1.
Background Fionnuala and her brother Aed were the first born children of Lir of Sídh Fionnachaidh and his wife Aobh (Eve). Twin boys followed called Conn and Fiacra. Their mother died giving birth to the twins and their father married Aoife their mother’s younger sister. Fionnuala was as fair as the young rowan tree. Aed was […]
The boundaries between the Otherworld and our own are said to be slighter on May Eve, and it is then that protection against the fairies is believed to be more crucial than at any other time of the…
The 26-year-old actress revealed the second season of the cat-and-mouse drama 'may not be what [viewers] think it's going to be' when it airs on BBC America next month.
by Jenny Phillips Did people celebrate Halloween during the Civil War? Well, the answer’s complicated. Halloween, ‘All Hallows’ Eve,’ or ‘All Hallow’e’en’ can trace its origins in America back to the mid-1800s, with an influx of Scottish, English and Irish immigrants. These immigrants brought with them their tradition of carving turnips and rutabagas (eventually traded […]
An unbiased person, hearing of the severity of Eve's punishment for nibbling on a fig, may conclude that God is overreacting. But, in this instance, God doesn't deserve the bad press, because, I would contend, God does not punish Eve.
Artist insights with the daily illustration / art dispatch from professional illustrator and creative consultant Mairin-Taj Caya.
The artist Patrick Scott has died aged 93, on the eve of a major retrospective ‘Patrick Scott: Image Space Light’ at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin