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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Aug 21, 2026 - 3:42 PM  
It's #FolkloreFriday 🐟

This week's folklore focus — the Salmon of Knowledge in Celtic tradition, and what the story of Finnegas and Fionn actually says about how wisdom moves through the world.

Finnegas spends seven years fishing for the salmon that consumed the nine hazel nuts at the Well of Segais and carries all wisdom in its body. He catches it and gives it to his apprentice Fionn to cook. A blister forms. Fionn burns his thumb and puts it in his mouth. The wisdom passes to the boy, not the druid who spent seven years seeking it.

The tradition records this without explanation or apology. The salmon went where it went. Finnegas sought correctly. Fionn received correctly. The wisdom moved according to its own logic rather than anyone's intentions or efforts.

It's one of the most honest things Celtic mythology says about knowledge. And one of the most quietly consoling, for anyone who has ever worked hard toward something that arrived somewhere else.

#FolkloreFriday #WelshFolklore #CelticMythology