This may have encouraged him to wrap up long-unresolved loose ends from the original series, such as the stranding of Walter Bayard in the world of Irish mythology, and to resolve the unaddressed complication introduced by L. Ron Hubbard's "borrowing" of Harold Shea for use in his novel The Case of the Friendly Corpse.
The order draws upon the Mythological Cycle of Irish mythology and some other early Celtic/British texts for inspiration.
A majority of his works are either based on Irish myths and legends, or else are original stories involving concepts, and sometimes characters, from Irish mythology.
Liath Luachra, the "Gray of Luachair", is the name of two characters in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.
In Irish mythology, Mug Ruith is said to have been a student of Simon Magus, who taught him his magic skills and helped him build the flying machine roth rámach.
The five stories collected in The Complete Compleat Enchanter explore the worlds of Norse mythology in "The Roaring Trumpet," Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene in "The Mathematics of Magic," Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (with a brief stop in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan) in "The Castle of Iron," the Kalevala in "The Wall of Serpents," and Irish mythology in "The Green Magician."
Dissatisfied with his life, he attempts to use his boss's process to project himself into the world of Irish heroic mythology, where with his modern knowledge he thinks to set himself up as a wonder worker.
In the stories collected as Wall of Serpents, the authors' protagonist Harold Shea visits two such worlds, those of Finnish and Irish mythology.
The original premise of the show expanded to follow the characters to magical lands of Irish mythology, and into outer space.
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Ailill Angubae according to the Lebor na hUidre version of the Irish mythological tale, the Wooing of Etain, is the brother of Eochaid Feidlech, a High King of Ireland.
Their lyrics range widely as well - the band has written deeply personal lyrics about love, loss and the personal anxieties of modern existence, but has also covered odd topics like Irish Mythology and Venetian Painter Titian, to name a few.
The Dun Emer studio and press were named after Emer, daughter of Forgall Monach, wife of the hero Cúchulainn in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, a figure famous for her artistic skills as well as her beauty.
Finn Eces (Finneces, Finegas, Finnegas) is a legendary Irish poet and sage, according to the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.
Caoimhe or Cébha "of the Fair Skin" (known as Keeva or Keva in English) was a minor character in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology, daughter of the hero Fionn mac Cumhail and wife of his enemy, Goll mac Morna.
Muirne or Muireann Muncháem ("beautiful neck") was the mother of Fionn mac Cumhail in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.
Rudraige was the name of two other figures from Irish mythology, one a son of Partholón, who led the first settlement of Ireland after the Flood, the other a Milesian High King of the 2nd or 3rd century BC.
The Cauldron of Khath Meigol and its powers of resurrection hark back to Welsh mythology's tale of the Cauldron of Annwn, and a number of the deities seem to have Celtic or Welsh roots: Paul is known as Pwyll after his sacrifice, while Macha and Nemain come straight from Irish mythology.
In Irish mythology, Tuireann (Old Irish: Tuirenn or Tuirill Biccreo) was the father of Creidhne, Luchtaine and Giobhniu by Brigid.
Áes dána or Tuatha Dé Danann, a race of people in Irish mythology
The "worlds" so examined include not only the Norse world of "The Roaring Trumpet," but those of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene in "The Mathematics of Magic," Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (with a brief stop in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan) in "The Castle of Iron," the Kalevala in "The Wall of Serpents," and finally (at last), Irish mythology in "The Green Magician."
Étaín, identified as a horse goddess in some versions of Irish Mythology
The Morrígan ("great queen") or Morrígan ("terror" or "phantom queen") (aka Morrígu, Mórríghan, Mhór-Ríoghain) is a figure from Irish mythology widely considered to be a goddess or former goddess.
Ogma, champion of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology
The cover of both albums in the Rasluka series shows Deirdre, a tragic heroine from the Irish mythology.
Connla's Well in Irish mythology, containing the Salmon of Wisdom