Leaving behind the realms of accepted Irish history I plunged into the shadowy ... perhaps an oracle giving advice direct from the Gods. Those who manipulate such magic must surely be Gods ...

such as the maiden-mother-crone aspect of certain female Irish deities, birth-life-death, mind-body-spirit, and so on. The pagans had long considered the shamrock as a sacred symbol, its three ...

When Mad Sweeney introduces himself to Shadow Moon as a leprechaun in American Gods, he is being totally serious – even though, as Shadow points out, mythical Irish fairies are usually thought ...