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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 10h

I suspect that, in fact, Peredur isn't a version of Perceval, at all. Instead, Perceval is a version of an early iteration of Peredur that didn't survive, and which the French didn't understand very well. The Peredur we have has been patched up with bits of Perceval. Just an opinion, obviously!

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Quote of the day: "The Hollywood Indian has a distant relative whom I shall call the ‘Home Counties Celt’." - Simon Rodway. 'The Mabinogi and the shadow of Celtic mythology' (2019)

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've been reading Miles Dillon's 'Early Irish Literature' (1948) and was struck by his lovely translation of this lament from Aided Maele Fothartaig maic Rónán. #MythologyMonday

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Queen of Clubs, 1909, by Margaret Macdonald, Art Nouveau pioneer and Glasgow School Artist #WomensArt

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's nothing quite like an early saint, full of Christian charity ... or a vengeful king.

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I lived in Edinburgh during the years the author describes. The city and university seemed so generous in those days, even to people like me, who weren't officially part of it, but who loved its intellectual, cultural, and "ethnological" life. I had many friends at the School of Scottish Studies.

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here's some deeper teaching and a devotional meditation. youtu.be/wD_Zpr9lYPs

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Mabon ap Modron

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I love that you brought this bit of history into the conversation. I'll have to start including it in my teaching (with credit to you!).

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 20/09/2026

“I found more than 30 anonymous poems. So many of them immediately struck me as being by women, about female themes, & written in a female voice. And I certainly wasn’t expecting to find lesbian love poetry” —Marie Matland’s 16th-century Scottish sapphic verse thecoldmagazine.co.uk/theatre-lite...

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Step aside, Sappho! Meet the Scottish lesbian poet hiding in a 500-year-old manuscript

Explore the life of Marie Maitland, a pioneering Scottish poet of the 1500s who defied societal norms and embraced her identity.

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CODECS @codecs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

(1/2) I’m sorry to announce CODECS will be unavailable while server problems continue. We may be in a spot of bother with the (new?) limitations of our hosting plan. Some essential maintenance scripts require a generous amount of time to complete, but ...

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of my favourite novels of all time. I often want to tell people to read it, but not sure how it would land with a lot of younger people, or those far removed from the culture, as there are so many things that might not make sense to them. But if you're not frightened off by that, then read it!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Lucy Ogden, ceramic artist living and working in Shoreham by Sea on the south coast of the UK #WomensArt (via Instagram)

Four white plates with angular images of black birds all against a wood backdrop

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Registration is open for this year's run of my Celtic Horse Goddesses class. We'll be learning about Epona, Rhiannon, Macha, sovereignty, the horse-human relationship through history and other good things. "We'll" because I always learn from my students, too. #pakansky

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See ticket prices – The Celtic Horse Goddesses – Zoom

The Celtic Horse Goddesses – Zoom, Sat Oct 17, 2026 - Sat Dec 5, 2026 - This class is offered on a tiered, PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN basis Su...

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A bit of one of Lugh's battle poems from the Cath Maige Tuired, translated by Isolde Carmody.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One of the largest coastal promontory forts in Cymru/Wales for #HillfortsWednesday 🤩🌊 The epic Deer Park fort at Martin's Haven, south-west Pembrokeshire - a centuries-old embarkation point for the islands, Ireland & beyond Did Pytheas the Greek ever stop here? 🤔🛶 📷 My own, yesterday

A huge coastal headland seen from a boat across the sea, with wide blue skies above

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Rebecca Sharp @rebeccasharp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Less than a month to go! The final, homecoming performance - Sat 3 Oct - St Mary's Kirk, Haddington (East Lothian). tinyurl.com/MMMHaddington ...where you'll also find the 2nd edition of the book (Matecznik Press), updated & with a new preface by Prof. Katherine Forsyth (Celtic & Gaelic, UoG).

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Maiden Mother Mage

A poetic reimagining of 6th century Lothian princess Thaney (St Teneu), daughter of Loth of Traprain Law. Written by Rebecca Sharp

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Dee Nickerson, contemporary UK painter who explores themes of living in the countryside #WomensArt #September

Painting featuring two women walking in a golden field with two dogs and a cat surrounded by flying birds

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #womensart

Pictorial textile artwork featuring a landscape of a field with treeline in the distance under a dramtic sky

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I would object to LLMs even if they weren't planet destroying plagiarism-based bullshit engines because students need to learn core skills and how to do the work themselves. Also, they are planet destroying plagiarism-based bullshit engines that give answer-shaped nonsense.

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The second of two talks I did last weekend. You can download the notes and references PDF and the discussion at the end is great, too! I love it when smart, open-minded people come to my events. (No paywall) #MythologyMonday #Celticpolytheism #pagansky

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Celtic mythology: The Irish Sea connection | Kris Hughes

Celtic mythology: The Irish Sea connection by Kris Hughes on Patreon. Join Kris Hughes's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Satisfying how the Protestant urge to religious self-criticism gets you an eighteenth century Welsh Methodist writing things like "and are we not also rather like the Hindus ourselves, because we only marry people who go to the right kind of chapel and are extremely attached to our cows?"

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This six-week class starts on Sunday. It's PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN, with very affordable prices, if you need them. We start with Maponos and Matrona in Gaul and North Britain. All welcome! #pagansky #CelticPolytheism

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Buy tickets – Mabon, Modron, and Maponos – Zoom

Mabon, Modron, and Maponos – Zoom, Sun Aug 30, 2026 - Sun Oct 11, 2026 - Come be in the class!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

'Reeds all about it' machine embroidery by UK textile artist Rachel Wright #womensart

Pictorial textile artwork featuring a windmill to the right in a field with tall grasses and under a swirling sky

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I'm doing a couple of online talks this weekend. All welcome! You can get the link, and a bit more information at: www.patreon.com/KrisHughes/p... It would be great to see some new faces.

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I don't like phones much, so no tik tok or insta for me, either!

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The hill I'm willing to die on, in case you wondered.

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Knew it'd be Patrick Sims-Williams before I even clicked it.

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Or was that a fèis (or maybe a feis).

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Dyn Hysbys @dynhysbys.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Pren cerddin yn erbyn andwyo 🌿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (rowan wood against harm). Folks are more familiar with the rowan cross & red berries charm. In Cymru, there's a tradition of making a ring from rowan wood & placing it as an apotropaic charm in the home. #folklore #witchsky #Welshhistory #folkmagic #Wales

A small hoop made from a rowan twig, fastened with red thread and hanging against the wall.

Written in Cymraeg in a gothic script, in red ink on white paper, 'Pren Cerddin yn erbyn Andwyo'.

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This is the last in a long series of 'content' I've produced over the past eight months on the topic of swine in Celtic myth. It became a bit of an obsession. Hopefully, all done now!

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The Fate of Diarmuid

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

All I've got for you is a series of 'archaeological murder mysteries' centred on Irish bogs. I read one maybe 20 years ago. I don't remember hating it ... erinhart.com/books.php

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Author Erin Hart

Erin Hart, author of Nora Gavin/Cormac Maguire novels

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ha! Gaughan's rendition was playin in my head before I ever scrolled down to see you'd posted it! A great find for enjoying my breakfast.

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Kris Hughes @krishughes.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Who do we think this stylish horse rider is?

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 08/08/2026

A shepherd in Kintail was settling in for the night, when about twenty cats came & sat round the fire, holding up their paws to warm themselves… —from John Gregorson Campbell’s 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 & 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 & 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 (1902) #BookWormSat #InternationalCatDay #folklore

A shepherd in Kintail, living alone in a bothy, far from other houses, after kindling in the evening a bright cheerful fire, threw himself on a heather bed on the opposite side of the house. About twenty cats entered and sat round the fire, holding up their paws and warming themselves. One went to the window, put a black cap on its head, cried “Hurrah for London!” and vanished. The other cats, one by one, did the same. The cap of the last fell off, and the shepherd caught it, put it on his own head, cried “Hurrah for London!” and followed. He reached London in a twinkling, and with his companions went to drink wine in a cellar. He got drunk and fell asleep. In the morning he was caught, taken before a judge, and sentenced to be hanged. At the gallows he entreated to be allowed to wear the cap he had on in the cellar; it was a present from his mother, and he would like to die with it on. When it came the rope was round his neck. He clapped the cap on his head, and cried “Hurrah for Kintail!” He disappeared with the gallows about his neck, and his friends in Kintail, having by this time missed him, and being assembled in the bothy prior to searching the hills, were much surprised at his strange appearance.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/08/2026

The Cheviot, the Stag & the Black, Black Oil Currently on the BBC iPlayer: the 1974 TV adaptation of John McGrath’s iconic 7:84 play about the exploitation of the Scottish people through history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the North Sea oil boom #drama #theatre www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Play for Today - Series 4: The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

The 1974 TV adaptation of John McGrath's iconic 7:84 play about the exploitation of the Scottish people through history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom.

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