Jo-Anne Blanco
Seanchán the Bard and Irusan, the King of Cats
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....
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 1 min
The Four Arthurian Warrior Women
What distinguish the four warrior women of Arthurian times described here are their extraordinary virtues of nobility, bravery,...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Reassessment of Morgan le Fay
From the late Middle Ages onwards, Morgan le Fay has not been portrayed as the independent ruler completely apart from Arthur and his...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 2 min
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...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 1 min
The King o’ the Cats
The British folktale ‘The King o' Cats’ contains a prototype of a Cat-Sìth. In the story, a sexton’s wife and her black cat, Old Tom, are...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 2 min
The Black Cat - Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Black Cat” uses a Celtic Cat-Sìth both as a symbol of guilt and as a nemesis to punish the guilty. The...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Morgan as Queen of Avalon: Ruler in Her Own Right
The earliest portrayals of Morgan le Fay depict her as the ruler of a magical island, known as the Avalon, the Island of Apples. Here the...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Morgan le Fay and the Cat
Cath Palug or Kapalu, the giant cat that began its legendary life in early Welsh texts, became, eventually, a friend and ally of Morgan...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 5 min
#Folklore Thursday Igraine Part IIII
The beginning of the second novel of Stewart’s Merlin trilogy, The Hollow Hills, has a pregnant Ygraine, now Queen and married to Uther,...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 1 min
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...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 4 min
Merlin #FolkloreThursday
Merlin, from the prophetic bard Myrddin Renowned as one of the most famous legendary figures of all time and certainly the most famous in...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 3 min
The Giants of Cornwall: Cormoran and Cormelian
There are two Giants in Cornish folklore known as Cormoran. The first is the name of the Giant in the fairy tale “Jack the Giant Killer.”...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Jan 12, 2022
- 2 min
Defaming Morgan
Why was it deemed necessary – and why is it still deemed necessary – We were running with a story line that the number of children’s book...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
Morgan le Fay as Leader
Powerful sorceress. Wicked witch. Benevolent enchantress. Evil crone. Immortal goddess. Demonic villain. Feminist icon. High Priestess....
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