From Wednesday 6th November and every Wednesday for six weeks until November 11th from 6.30pm until 8.30pm https://bardmythologies.com
The Classicist, Mary Beard, in her powerful recent book, Women and Power points to the inherent misogyny in many of the classical myths, and the matter of mute women and brutal men. She asks how can women be heard, and suggests that women ‘not only need to be re-situated on the inside of power’ but ‘power itself has to be re-defined.’ Bard Mytholoiges intents to use this Nine Waves Series to explore how power might be re-defined perhaps with a ‘harrowing’ of the Myths from the cultural foundations of modernity.
My second book SÍDH : Stories from the Women in Irish Mythology, brings to life the Irish Myths from the perspective of the female characters. This is an opportunity to explore the stories and the matter of power and influence of women in the world.
The WOMEN and POWER Series will look at the myths of Cessair, Neice of Noah who sailed all the way from Meroë in Sudan with fifty women and three men, Dealgnat wife of the Partholón who came from Greece and were the leaders of the second people to come to Ireland. We will also look at Saint Brigid, who was also an Irish goddess from the Tuatha Dé Danann (People of the goddess Danú), the ancient lesser known story of Midir and Étaín, and Sadhbh, mother to Oisín, the one to follow the beautiful Niamh Chinn Óir to Tír na nÓg, also Diarmaid and Grainne, an epic tale of pursuit and exile and the mother of Cormac mac Áirt, the mythical king who reigned during the time of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Fianna of Ireland. All the while we will be exploring these wonderful tales from the perspectives of the women in the myths to redefine what power means in today’s very troubled world.