The Bardic Power of Myth with Dr Gwilym Morus-Baird

[@Wizard_of_the_North]

Thank you.

[@CelticSource]

no worries

[@lisaannec3345]

I love your videos. They are most appreciated :)

[@CelticSource]

Thanks :)

[@juliebrett9017]

I've only just discovered your talks and music and I'm really loving it all. Thanks for sharing!

[@CelticSource]

You're welcome

[@macnacailli]

Thank you! I enjoyed this very much.

[@CelticSource]

You're very welcome.

[@theimaginarium]

It seems that you can apply this argument to help understand Beowulf better--it has the same feel of a praise-poem, where the duo involved are Beowulf the King, and the poet himself. But anyway, I totally agree that the oft-cited "power of myth" is definitely at work here and that the ancient bards knew it inside and out. Your videos on this subject also really help parse out exactly how the trick is done. Bravo!

[@CelticSource]

Thanks. They were myth-makers par excellence. As such they couldn't help but be political actors also. I will have to go back and look at Beowulf. Thanks for the prompt.

[@theimaginarium]

@@CelticSource my pleasure. So true--they were masterful. I wrote a (difficult to find) book on Beowulf, and in researching it, I discovered a few scholars found quite a bit of Celtic material had found its way into the poem. For example, M. Puhvel's "Beowulf and the Celtic Tradition" (Wilfred Laurier Academic Press, 1980). The classic translations and analyses by Fulk et al and especially Chickering have extensive discussions about this in their translations of the text. Cheers!

[@SilentSong123]

My witch practice is very much bardic based. Music is the only magic I've ever truly experienced. Magic had the power to change the course of empires. Its always been something I've been passionate about I just wish the witchcraft community would talk about it more.

[@CelticSource]

You should make them some songs . . .

[@SilentSong123]

@@CelticSource make who songs?