I read an interesting book a couple months ago. This book was titled The Paradise War. It was the first book of three in the Albion Trilogy. In the book, the main character, Lewis, went with his friend to Ireland to investigate sightings of a strange, green tree creature. His friend was taken to another world after disappearing into a small alcove inside a rock. Lewis searched for him for four weeks. Later, he investigated the rock one more time and was taken to the same world as his friend. They found each other in the middle of a battlefield. His friend told him that he’s been trapped there for four years.
The entire book was based on Celtic mythology. Everyone talked in some form of Celtic dialect. (Grabber needs some work). Every place you can think of has some sort of mythology or anything of the sort. Defining mythology will help the reader understand everything that is to come. The definition used in this paper is as follows: “Myths, on the other hand, are stories of anonymous origin, prevalent among primitive peoples and by them accepted as true, concerning supernatural beings and events, or natural beings and events influenced by supernatural agencies” (Gayley 1).
Every type of mythology has some sort of god or goddess whether it be an animal or a human being. The gods of Celtic mythology include the following: Babd (Ellis 37), Balor of the Evil Eye (Ellis 37), Belenus (Ellis 39), Boann (Ellis 41), Brigantia (Ellis 47), Brigid (Ellis 47), Camulos (Ellis 56), Cliodhna (Ellis 64), Dian Cecht (Ellis 80), and Domnu (Ellis 82) Ellis Celtic Mythology doesn’t really have a creation myth. Their version of a creation myth was a series of invasions of Ireland.
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Irish Invasion Myths The coming of Partholan into Ireland. Partholan was said to come from the west from the Land of the Living — i.e., the land of the Happy Dead. He was joined by his queen Dealgnaid and a number of companions of both sexes (Rolleston 96-97). The coming of Nemed into Ireland (Rolleston 101-102). The Nemedians also came from the mysterious regions of the dead. The coming of the Firbolgs into Ireland (Rolleston 102-103). The invasion of the Tuatha De Danann, or People of the god Dana (Rolleston 103-104). The invasion of the Milesians (Sons of Miled) from Spain, and their conquest of the people of Dana (Rolleston 106).
Every Mythology also has different types of myths. One of those is called Heroic Myths. Heroic Myth – The hero starts out in the ordinary world, receives a call to adventure (quest), refuses the call, meets a mentor, crosses the threshold, has various tests and meets both enemies and allies, has a conflict—either external or internal about whether he can do this, undergoes an ordeal, receives a reward or seizes the sword, has to travel home, has an encounter with death, and finally, returns with the prize (Campbell 77).
The Saga of Cuchulainn Another type of myth is an Aesthetic myth. Aesthetic myths have their origin in the universal desire for amusement, in the revulsion of the mind from the humdrum of actuality. They furnish information that may not be practical, but is delightful; they elicit emotion—sympathy, tears, and laughter—for characters and events remote from our commonplace experience but close to the heart of things and near and significant and enchanting to us in the atmosphere of imagination that embraces severed continents, inspires the dead with life, bestows color and breath upon the creatures of a dream, and wraps old and young in the wonder of hearing a new thing. (Gayley 432-433).
Oisin and Niam (Rollester 270-273) Finally, the explanatory myth. Explanatory Myth “…are the outcome of naïve guesses at the truth, of mistaken and superstitious attempts to satisfy the curiosity of primitive and unenlightened peoples, to unveil the mysteries of existence, make clear the facts of the universe and the experiences of life, to account for religious rites and social customs of which the origin is forgotten, to teach the meaning and the history of things” (Gayley 431). How Dermot got the love spot. (Rollester 291-292)
