tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2970583190895738592..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Thou Shalt Not Ride Sunwise About Tara - by Katherine LangrishMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-40875198117176212922014-11-04T16:36:00.737+00:002014-11-04T16:36:00.737+00:00Wonderful post, Kath. It took me right back there ...Wonderful post, Kath. It took me right back there to the middle counties of my childhood (County Laois) and the wonderful tales around the fire. I LOVE the painting of Grainne, the russet-haired beauty in white. Carol Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837854482139736944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-84999234450823026902014-11-04T12:21:56.852+00:002014-11-04T12:21:56.852+00:00What a fantastic post, Kath! I have always felt Gr...What a fantastic post, Kath! I have always felt Grainne's geas on Diarmuid was unfair. It's the same story as Tristram and Yseult of even, in my opinion, the ur-legend of Gwnwyfhar and Mordred (Madron).But this version takes all agency away from D. just as the later love potion motif does for Tristan and Isolde.Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-9343019593076466282014-11-04T10:36:56.740+00:002014-11-04T10:36:56.740+00:00I have always thought that geasa are every bit as ...I have always thought that geasa are every bit as unavoidable as those oracles in Greek mythology - just as in a folktale, when a character is warned not to do something and invariably does, unintentionally, and you just KNOW that they won't have a happy ending. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com