The Wondersmith and His Son The Seattle Storytellers Guild Epic Event - March 2016
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The Wondersmith and His Son is a literary epic inspired by various Irish Myths written by Ella Young.
"Meeting the Wondersmith" and "Wondersmith and Irish Myth": Two Articles from In The Wind, Winter and Spring, 2016 issues by Barry McWilliams. These stories, though original to Ella Young fall within the Mythological framework.
- A Look at Wondersmith and His Son by Justin Turtle on Read All The Newbery's.
- Chapter Summaries prepared for the Tellers.
On Line Resources for The Mythological Period of Irish Myth Sources on The Wondersmith of Celtic myth: Goibniu a craftsman of metal.
- Gobán Saor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.htm
- Goibhniu The Smith in Wikipedia
- Goibhniu at Celtic Mythology: Spirits of Earth and Air
- Goibhniu at Britannica.com
- Goibniu and the Gobban Saor
- Meet Dan _The Modern Celtic Blacksmith at aliisaacstoryteller.htm
- The Blacksmith in Irish Mythology at aliisaacstoryteller.htm
- Goibhniu at Worlds of Imagination
- St. Gobhan- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.htm
- Mythological Cycle
- Prehistoric Ireland
- Celtic polytheism
- Celtic Otherworld - Dwelling plsce of the gods.
- Tuatha Dé Danann - the gods of the first mythological cycle who invaded Ireland and have since gone into the otherworld (sidhe)
- Lugh - A warrior hero, or the sky god.
- Fir Bolg - In Irish myth, the fourth group of Irish - defeated by the invading Tuatha Dé Danann.
- Balor - One eyed king of the Formrians - god of drought.
- Fomorians - Nature spirits and rivals of the gods.
- Hill Forts - cf Balor's Castle
- Hill Forts mapped
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Articles
Other Online Resources
- Other possible Irish Epics can be drawn from The Mythological Cycle with the Children of Lyr; The Fenian Cycle of Fionn Mac Cumhaill (aka Finn MacCool); The Ulster Cycle with Cu Chulainn and the Cattle Raid of Cooley; and The Historical Cycle of the Kings with Cormac Mac Airt; Or even a program of Irish tales drawn from Joseph Jacob's volumes of Celtic Tales, Ella Young's and others.
- The Four Cycles of Irish Mythology
- Fenian Cycle
- Fionn mac Cumhaill
- Irish Fairy Tales by James Stevens
- Bard Mythologies
- Historical Cycle
- The WonderSmith and His Son by Ella Young
- Celtic Gods and Heroes (Celtic, Irish) Revised Edition by Marie-Louise Sjoestedt
- The Celtic Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
- An Introduction to Celtic Mythology by David Bellingham
- Heroes of the Dawn: Celtic Myth by Time-Life Books
- Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Berresford Ellis
- Celtic Mythology: Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes by Philip Freeman