S3 EP9 — How Druids Learned To Read The Moon Through Story

The History of Ireland by Kevin Dolan

Mar 7, 202514:48Society & Culture

Did Étain represent the moon? And did The Wooing of Étain teach druids how to read the moon's movement over decades? In this episode we explore how connected to the natural world Irish stories really are and meet the epo...

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