Kris Hughes

Indian artist Bharti Kher Squaring the circle, 2007 Bindis on painted panel #WomensArt

These classes have started, but we're taking a little break until 7th November, so it's still possible to sign up, and catch up through the miracle of class recordings and notes. Come join us! More info at: www.tickettailor.com/events/krish...

Course starts this Saturday, 24th October. Meets on Saturdays at 12 noon Pacific/3 pm Eastern/8 pm UK. Info and registration at: www.tickettailor.com/events/krish...

“He who does not know how to write thinks it is not work: three fingers write; the whole body labors." ✍️ Veritas.

What do you do when your beloved husband is put under a crow-enchantment? Not hard to answer. Disguise yourself as a man, become a smith's apprentice, make horseshoes, and nail them to your hands and feet. Problem solved! #MythologyMonday

Watching this now. I'm a bit of a fangirl, I admit. youtu.be/Bg45hHdUgSA?...

Link for more info about this class at: www.tickettailor.com/events/krish...

The story of Suibhne Geilt (Mad Sweeney) tells of a king bird-cursed by the blessed St. Rónán for appearing naked before him, flinging his psalter into the nearest lough, then piercing his bell with a spear and killing one of his clergymen. (no paywall) #MythologyMonday

There's a tendency in some non-specialist sources to stick the "folklore" label on anything from a medieval Welsh manuscript and...no? Unless you're fine with me calling the Canterbury Tales folklore too

Registration for my final round of Celtic mythology classes is open. Have a look at the schedule in this post, or you can go directly to: www.tickettailor.com/events/krish... #pagansky #Celticmythology

Kuno Meyer (20 Dec 1858 Hamburg, Germany-11 Oct 1919 Leipzig). Scholar of Celtic philology/lit. Founded/edited 4 journals on Celtic Studies. Many texts/translations of Old & Middle Irish romances/sagas. Wrote on name origins & ancient law! Prof of the RIA. #medievalsky www.dib.ie/biography/me...

I shared a poem related to this story a couple of days ago. Lovely poem, convoluted story. (welcome to Celtic Studies!) When my brain gets bogged down, I draw maps.

20 Myths about the Middle Ages www.medievalists.net/2023/09/20-m... #medievalmyths

How did this river come to be here? What is under that loch? A why does water well up from the earth? #pagansky #CelticPolytheism

Quote of the day: "The Hollywood Indian has a distant relative whom I shall call the ‘Home Counties Celt’." - Simon Rodway. 'The Mabinogi and the shadow of Celtic mythology' (2019)

I've been reading Miles Dillon's 'Early Irish Literature' (1948) and was struck by his lovely translation of this lament from Aided Maele Fothartaig maic Rónán. #MythologyMonday

Queen of Clubs, 1909, by Margaret Macdonald, Art Nouveau pioneer and Glasgow School Artist #WomensArt

Upcoming class starting on 24th October. Explore sacred wells, springs, rivers, lochs, and the saints and deities associated with them. Early bird prices until 10th October, while tickets last. #pagansky #Celticmythology

There's nothing quite like an early saint, full of Christian charity ... or a vengeful king.

Subtitle: Why do good gods do bad things? #mythologyMonday #pagansky

I lived in Edinburgh during the years the author describes. The city and university seemed so generous in those days, even to people like me, who weren't officially part of it, but who loved its intellectual, cultural, and "ethnological" life. I had many friends at the School of Scottish Studies.

Here's some deeper teaching and a devotional meditation. youtu.be/wD_Zpr9lYPs

This is a really nicely crafted talk about Mabon. Very informative and well-presented. #pagansky youtu.be/dtCoN6PZ_iA?...

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Here's one for #MythologyMonday

“I found more than 30 anonymous poems. So many of them immediately struck me as being by women, about female themes, & written in a female voice. And I certainly wasn’t expecting to find lesbian love poetry” —Marie Matland’s 16th-century Scottish sapphic verse thecoldmagazine.co.uk/theatre-lite...

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One of my favourite novels of all time. I often want to tell people to read it, but not sure how it would land with a lot of younger people, or those far removed from the culture, as there are so many things that might not make sense to them. But if you're not frightened off by that, then read it!

Sometimes a wild god - Hail the mighty Psarantonis, and the tiger within.

Lucy Ogden, ceramic artist living and working in Shoreham by Sea on the south coast of the UK #WomensArt (via Instagram)

Registration is open for this year's run of my Celtic Horse Goddesses class. We'll be learning about Epona, Rhiannon, Macha, sovereignty, the horse-human relationship through history and other good things. "We'll" because I always learn from my students, too. #pakansky

A bit of one of Lugh's battle poems from the Cath Maige Tuired, translated by Isolde Carmody.

Great poem here by Stephen Murphy. youtu.be/o01vA0MJhUs?...

One of the largest coastal promontory forts in Cymru/Wales for #HillfortsWednesday 🤩🌊 The epic Deer Park fort at Martin's Haven, south-west Pembrokeshire - a centuries-old embarkation point for the islands, Ireland & beyond Did Pytheas the Greek ever stop here? 🤔🛶 📷 My own, yesterday

Less than a month to go! The final, homecoming performance - Sat 3 Oct - St Mary's Kirk, Haddington (East Lothian). tinyurl.com/MMMHaddington ...where you'll also find the 2nd edition of the book (Matecznik Press), updated & with a new preface by Prof. Katherine Forsyth (Celtic & Gaelic, UoG).

Does this post have a bit of everything? Aonghus, Apollo, Maponos, highly talented birds, scholarly citations, wild conjecture - it's all here. (no paywall) #MythologyMonday #CelticPolytheism #pagansky

Dee Nickerson, contemporary UK painter who explores themes of living in the countryside #WomensArt #September

Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com

UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #womensart

The second of two talks I did last weekend. You can download the notes and references PDF and the discussion at the end is great, too! I love it when smart, open-minded people come to my events. (No paywall) #MythologyMonday #Celticpolytheism #pagansky

Satisfying how the Protestant urge to religious self-criticism gets you an eighteenth century Welsh Methodist writing things like "and are we not also rather like the Hindus ourselves, because we only marry people who go to the right kind of chapel and are extremely attached to our cows?"

This six-week class starts on Sunday. It's PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN, with very affordable prices, if you need them. We start with Maponos and Matrona in Gaul and North Britain. All welcome! #pagansky #CelticPolytheism

Recording of a talk I did on Saturday. There's also a free PDF of useful reading resources, and a surprisingly good discussion at the end. (No paywall) #MythologyMonday #Celticpolytheism #pagansky

'Reeds all about it' machine embroidery by UK textile artist Rachel Wright #womensart

I'm doing a couple of online talks this weekend. All welcome! You can get the link, and a bit more information at: www.patreon.com/KrisHughes/p... It would be great to see some new faces.

The hill I'm willing to die on, in case you wondered.