One of the more famous Irish tales involving cats is the story of Seanchán Toirpéist, Ireland’s chief bard, and Irusan, the King of Cats. The...
Seanchán the Bard and Irusan, the King of Cats
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Folklore
The Island of the Cat
In The Voyage of Máel Dúin, a tale of an epic sea voyage written in Old Irish ca. 1000 A.D., the hero and his crew alight on an island with a white...
The Fairy Cat – Cats in Celtic Mythology
The most infamous black cat of Celtic legend was the Cait-Sidhe (‘The Fairy Cat’ – ‘sidhe’, pronounced ‘Shee’, meaning ‘fairy’), otherwise known as...
Cats and Witchcraft
Cats were (and still are) seen as the most common familiar to witches, which older women practicing medicinal and healing crafts were often believed...
Cats in Celtic and Arthurian Legend
How much do we adore our feline friends? I couldn’t be without our two beloved rescue cats who have been with us now for almost two and a half...
Folklore Thursday Igraine Part III
Wolfram von Eschenbach’s 13th century Parzival and Heinrich von dem Türlim’s Diu Krône (‘The Crown’) both tell similar stories and with the same...