Aodh Ó Riagáin | S5 Ep14 | Myth Workers and Culture Makers Series

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We express ourselves through mythic concepts and symbols, all the time, even when we don’t engage in traditional storytelling. This new series called Myth Workers & Culture Makers takes us into conversation with artists, leaders, and creatives of all kind who shape their work - and our world - through myth.

OUR GUEST

Aodh Ó Riagáin is an Irish creator of illustration, hand-drawn animation, comics and beyond, working with a foundation of traditional tools. Creatively known by the moniker Oreganillo., Aodh is working in the bardic and the druidic tradition of storytelling and myth-making. 

Connect with Aodh: https://oreganillo.org/ and on Instagram @oreganilloartworks

In this episode:

• Aodh considers taking up the bardic tradition to be a lifelong quest 
• Irish words that helped Aodh tap into the Irish mythic tradition (and receive the Silver Branch of Manannán): ceantar, which means place or locality, and alltar, which is its opposite - the otherworld.
• Aodh’s fascination with Queen Medb (Maeve), the subject of his graphic novel in progress. Goddesses like Medb and Mongfind can help us work with contemporary issues of power.  
• Aodh’s short film, Candlebaths - a meditation on fire.
• Ursula K LeGuin’s essay Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction
• How shamans, druids, and witches would have been neurodivergent people who have a complex and vibrant internal world but are “maybe not so good in the material world.”
• Aodh’s five year plan: make a feature film that deals with Irish mythology

Music at the start of the show is by Beth Sweeney and Billy Hardy: billyandbeth.com

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