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Welcome to Nine Arrow, a place where I share my illustration journey in Irish.

Join me in learning some interesting

‘cupla focail as gaeilge’ / few words in Irish.

~ Beagán a rá agus a rá go maith ~

~ Say a little and say it well. ~

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Here we have ‘an poc’ the stag! ‘Poc’ originated from middle Irish and refers to male deer’s and goats. Remember ‘poc saor’?? That was definitely in a few Irish essays growing up, ‘poc saor’ is a free in a game of football or hurling. And poc is also used in the phrase ‘poc leis and geann’ head butt, so I guess it’s referring to bashing something which stags do to each other when fighting. While I find deer feature more in Irish myth instead of the stag (check out the story of Oisín and his mother the white deer shapeshifter Sadb) there was plenty of continental celtic worship of Cernunnos the horned god of the forest. A replica of the Gundestrup cauldron is in the National Archeology museum in Dublin and you can see an early depiction of the horned god, a man with antlers like a stag. Correct me if i’m wrong but I don't think we have proof that Cernunnos was worshiped here in Ireland but as an island where plenty of different traders stopped off on their journeys to and from Northern Europe and North Africa, i’m sure there was a few stories shared here and there. .
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Mactíre, meaning son of the land is a wonderful name for a wolf and I feel a name that shows respect to the equally dangerous and beautiful animal. As I mentioned in my ‘conriocht’ werewolf post back in October last year, wolves were still found in Ireland until 1786. It's no surprise they feature heavily in Irish mythology like the Morrigan fighting Cú Chulainn in the form of a wolf, the three werewolf daughters of Airitech and some legendary figures being raised by or accepted by packs of wolves.
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I’ve also come to a realization! I can’t manage three drawings a week 😵 not in the style that i’m starting to grow into. The really fine detailing needs more than a days work on it and i’ve felt a bit rushed the last couple of weeks. I’d say i’m the only one worried about dropping down to two illustrations a week!🤣😂🤣😂! I’m sure quality over quantity is what people want 😜 I want to push myself more with new techniques and that will result in the odd total failure. I need to let that happen and not just play it safe because that's when you find some art magic!
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