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Merissa (14056 KP) rated Celtic Maidens in Books

Dec 17, 2018  
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Celtic Maidens
Ceri Norman | 2010
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I was given this book by a friend who knows of my love of "fantasy" books and folklore / mythology. This was an absolutely magnificent read that draws you in from the first page and keeps you guessing until the end. Exceedingly well written with characters you can associate with. I have to admit that my favourite part of the book is actually the location of Wales and therefore the folklore given is Welsh. It make such a refreshing change to read about Wales' history and not just Ireland.

Would highly recommend it to simply everyone!!!
  
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Morgan Sheppard (1033 KP) created a post

Jul 20, 2026 - 2:21 PM  
Annwn — the Welsh Otherworld — is one of the most distinctive and most frequently misread concepts in Welsh mythology, and it runs through a significant portion of my catalogue.

It isn't an underworld in any conventional sense. It's a realm of plenty and beauty existing alongside the mortal world, ruled by Arawn, pressing against lakes and hills and liminal thresholds where the boundary between the two has worn thin. The first branch of the Mabinogion gives us a year inside it, through Pwyll's eyes, and what he finds is a functioning court with its own honour, its own rules, its own sovereignty.

It's the Otherworld that shapes the Brodyr Alarch series, the Between Hill and Sea world, and the broader mythological texture of almost everything I write. A realm that doesn't need the mortal world to define itself against. One that simply is, and waits.

#WelshFolklore #FolkloreFantasy #WelshMythology
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1033 KP) created a post

Oct 28, 2025  
✨ Cursed to dance. Destined for more. ✨

Princess Tesni is bound by a spell that forces her to dance every night in the Otherworld. But is she only a prize to be claimed, or can love set her free?

👑 Prince Brenin dares to follow her into the shadows… answering riddles, facing gods, and risking his heart.

🌙 Slippers and Songs — a spellbinding retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, infused with Welsh mythology.

💭 If you were cursed to do one thing every night for eternity, what would it be?

#Fantasy #Romance #WelshGods #BrodyrAlarch1 #BrothersGrimm #FairytaleRetelling
https://books2read.com/SlippersandSongs
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1033 KP) created a post

Dec 4, 2025  
As December deepens and the world feels touched by a little extra magic, Slippers and Songs is the perfect tale to slip into. ❄✨

Princess Tesni is trapped in a moonlit curse that forces her to dance through the night, while Prince Brenin follows her into the Otherworld—answering riddles, uncovering secrets, and quietly falling for the woman she is beyond the enchantment.

If you followed shimmering footprints into a frost-kissed forest, where would you hope they lead?

Discover this Twelve Dancing Princesses retelling infused with Welsh mythology: https://books2read.com/SlippersandSongs

#SlippersAndSongs #YuleReading #WinterMagic #FantasyLovers #WelshMythology #BookishWinter #FairytaleRetelling #TwelveDancingPrincesses #BrodyrAlarch1
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1033 KP) created a post

Jul 3, 2026  
It's #FolkloreFriday 🌿

Today is the Festival of Ceridwen, and there's no better day to sit with one of the most complex and compelling figures in all of Welsh mythology.

Ceridwen is a goddess of transformation, the keeper of the cauldron of Awen, and the divine inspiration that flows through poets and storytellers. She brewed her cauldron for a year and a day, intending the gift of Awen for her son, and when three drops fell instead onto the tongue of Gwion Bach, the boy who'd been set to stir it, she pursued him through a cascade of transformations that ended with her consuming him and, eventually, giving birth to him again as Taliesin, the greatest of the Welsh bards.

What I find most remarkable about Ceridwen is that she resists easy categorisation. She's been called a witch, a goddess, a crone, and a mother. She's all of those things and none of them entirely. She acts from grief, ambition, and something that looks like fury. She creates, accidentally and then deliberately, the very thing she was trying to keep for someone else. The Awen escapes her and becomes something larger than she intended, which is perhaps the most honest thing mythology has ever said about inspiration.

On her festival day, it feels right to acknowledge what she represents for anyone who makes things. The cauldron doesn't always give what we expect. Sometimes it gives what the work needs instead. 🌿

#FolkloreFriday #WelshFolklore #TalesFromWales #MythAndMoonlight #WelshMythology
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1033 KP) created a post

Dec 22, 2025  
❄️ As December draws in and the world turns quiet, Sealed with a Curse invites you into a kingdom shaped by loss, grief, and the dangerous touch of divine magic.

Once, Selene walked the halls of Melthkior as a companion to its Princes. Now, she endures their cruelty as a swan herder—alone but for her beloved swans and the kindness of the kitchen folk. When the gods intervene and a terrible curse strikes the six Princes, Selene faces an impossible choice: help those who hurt her… or leave them to their fate.

A haunting, emotional fairytale retelling woven with Welsh mythology, perfect for reflective winter reading. 🦢✨

https://books2read.com/SealedwithaCurse

#DecemberReading #WinterFantasy #SealedWithACurse #FairytaleRetelling #MythicFantasy #BookishWinter
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1033 KP) created a post

May 5, 2026  
There's something about two people finding each other in the middle of an impossible task that gets me every time. 🌿 Ewan and Lowri don't come together easily, and I think that's what makes them worth following.

RAVENS AND RUIN is the fifth book in the Brodyr Alarch series, and it's the one where the mythology and the heart of the story pull hardest in the same direction 🤍 Welsh gods, Brothers Grimm folklore, and a quest that asks more than either of them expected to give.

Which do you love more in a fantasy romance, the slow burn or the moment it finally breaks? 🖤

#Fantasy #Romance #WelshGods #FairytaleRetelling #BrothersGrimm #BrodyrAlarch5
➡️https://books2read.com/Ravens-and-Ruin
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1033 KP) created a post

Dec 23, 2025  
❄️ As December settles in and the nights grow long, it’s the perfect season for stories of wandering princes, whispered secrets, and divine mysteries.

In Feathers and Foxes, Terrwyn of Melthkior—a prince and wandering scribe—is summoned to uncover the truth behind stolen apples gifted by the goddess Olwen. But in the kingdom of Erast, riddles deepen, loyalties blur, and the sudden disappearance of a young maid named Sulien draws Terrwyn into something far more personal than a simple quest.

A reimagining of 'The Golden Bird,' woven with Welsh mythology and quiet romance, FEATHERS AND FOXES is ideal winter reading for fans of fairytale retellings and mythic fantasy. 🦊✨

https://books2read.com/Feathers-and-Foxes
#DecemberReading #WinterFantasy #FeathersAndFoxes #BrodyrAlarch #FairytaleRetelling #WelshMythology #BookishWinter