Samhain Season: Fairies, Wildness, & Belonging

Halloween is nearly here and the fairies - and other supernatural beings - are on the move! This week, I share some fairylore about this time, and I tell a moving Samhain tale from Donegal about a young man out of rhythm with people and season. This folklore has much to offer us as creative people, both in art and in life.
I'm so grateful to all of you who have written comments about your creative lives and how learning about Irish tradition is enriching them. Thank you!
This week, our invitation is to straddle BELONGING and OTHERNESS:
1. How will you explore or express BELONGING in your creativity and art?
2. How will you explore or express OTHERNESS or WILDNESS in your creativity and art?
WORDS & PHRASES & SOURCE
Samhain = 1 November and also the Irish name for November itself
Oíche Shamhna = Halloween
Na daoine maithe = the good folk, i.e., the fairies
Bhí sé rud beag corr mar sin = He was a bit strange like that
Story sourced from Síscéalta Ó Thír Chonaill, collected and edited by Seán Ó hEochaidh, Máire Mac Néill, and Séamus Ó Catháin
WHAT IS THIS CHANNEL ABOUT?
This channel sits at the crossroads where Irish tradition and folklore meet creative living and practice. I'm sharing what I've learned from 25 years as a teacher of Irish folklore and language and from 50 years as a conscious creator. My heart's desire is to inspire you to live and create with JOY and EAGERNESS.
WHO AM I?
I'm a poet, singer, storyteller, and scholar and teacher of Irish language and folklore with a PhD in Celtic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University where I've been teaching for the past 25 years. I also run the Bardic Academy, a school for singers, harpers, poets, and pianists, as well as the Celtic Wisdom School where we study Irish folklore with an eye to growing in creativity, wisdom, and joy.
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