The Importance of Mental Illness in Irish Mythology

i adore how irish mythology is so connected with the land and place names. Because ireland was an oral culture and we didn't use writing, that we had to create mythology about every single facet of the landscape. So by having all of these intertwined stories about every aspect of the landscape, you create a mythological map in the absence of writing. What i'd like to focus on this week is the portrayal of mental illness in irish mythology. It's often really silly and really beautiful. The actual name of dingle is jangin e ish, shed a, pronounced in irish. And when you hear the people speak down there, they speak in quite a musical fashion