http://www.ogmastudios.net en-gb ogmastudios.net 2010-8-16T00:00:00Z ogmastudios.net http://www.ogmastudios.net/page2.htm#73004 Well the research is slowly moving forward. I am trying to reconcile the Book of Invasions with Scottish myths from the Scoticronicon as well as attempting to remove the overtly Christian parts of the tale.I have been reading a book titled The Atlantean Irish an interesting read exploring the influence spreading from North Africa and the Arab world up the coast of Spain and western Europe to Ireland. This theory goes some way to support the basic ideas of Ireland being colonized by people living in Iberia. I have yet to finish the work but it the author seems eager to dispel the myth of races particularly the Celts and their association in Ireland Scotland and Wales.I want to create a primarily family focused origin myth and it can be difficult to avoid getting too waylaid by sometimes bizarre myths Christian and colonial propaganda as well as modern theories ancestral migration. I need to find a way of juggling these aspects to identify and retain the poetic core of the myth.I am stil... 2010-8-16 19:41:11 http://www.ogmastudios.net/page2.htm#71049 Just finished another great book The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes. This interesting book explores the genetic matriarchal link from mother to daughter through mitochondrial DNA. During his research the author and his team have identified 7 distinct genetic groups or clans from whom 95 of Europe can claim ancestry. His work also explores the human clans of the world and how they have migrated from Africa since the dawn of time.Most of the book looks at the evolution of the authors work and how he reached his conclusions with the information presented in an easily understood form. The later part of the book narrates a glimpse into the life of each of the 7 Clan Mothers. These ministories really help to bring the lives of these people to life though obviously they have to be taken with a pinch of salt.The most interesting thing this book brought to me was the idea that the Black Clan origin myth really is part of a larger story. Obviously I knew this anyway but still it really di... 2010-7-22 21:06:46 http://www.ogmastudios.net/page2.htm#69447 Just finished a great little book a colleague from work lent to me A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong.As the title would suggest this book explores the evolution of myth which is broken down into 6 periods Palaeolithic Neolithic Early Civilisations Axial Age PostAxial and the Great Western Transformation. A history of myth does seem a little bit of a contradiction especially for me as I feel that myth gives a more accurate portrait of what was than written history.I really enjoyed this book it works as a nice counterpoint to the writings of Joseph Campbell who is very scholarly in his style of writing whereas Karen does embrace the spiritual more readily. This spiritual leaning does bring up the only problem I had with the book a bias towards the religions of the Middle East which comes to the fore in the Chapter on the Early Civilisations and onwards. This is hardly surprising as Karen is a former Nun in a Roman Catholic Order. The last chapter suggests the growing spiritual ... 2010-7-3 08:57:47 http://www.ogmastudios.net/page2.htm#69250 I have the basic structure to the Black Clan origin myth. I actually started this a while back and have had it just about finalized in my head at least for now. The last few weeks I have been researching into the Milesians and their invasion of Ireland. Few what I have so far...The basic creation myth with Dana amp B237leI may include a bit about other invasions of Ireland but I doubt itM237l hears of the death of his nephew Ith at the hands of the three sons of Ogma and decides to set sail to Ireland where he will conquer it as revenge. M237l dies en route but his sons and wife Scota continueThe sons of M237l wage war against the D233 Danaan and Scota is killed. Peace between the Milesians and D233 Danaan who enter the Sidhe mounds the Milesians divide 201ire Ireland between themOver time the Scots or Irish spread to Alba and fight against the PictsThe arrival of the sons of OdinThe Highland Clearances the clan scatters and my branch heads south to Northen EnglandObviously this is a ... 2010-6-30 17:08:50 http://www.ogmastudios.net/page2.htm#67930 Hi allIt occurred to me that it might be a good idea to share some of the cool and inspiring books and films I have seen with you. All the items I will review in this blog will all have something to do with Gaelic Celtic or Norse myth andor history. As you can imagine my research is leading me to all sorts of interesting texts so I thought I had best make a start.First up is Outlander which is directed by Howard McCain a cunning reworking of the Beowulf myth. Set in ancient Norway a space ship crash lands releasing a fearsome stowaway. Kainan the only survivor of the crash is caught by a group of Norse and attempts to convince them to hunt the beast down. We find out that Earth is an abandoned seedcolony of Kainans people and it is they who hunted the Moorwen the beastie to extinction. At least they thought they had untill it kills Kainans family and stowsaway on board his ship.The Norse are understandably reluctant to go on the hunt when Kainan starts talking of a dragon but soo... 2010-6-14 18:44:37 http://www.ogmastudios.net/page2.htm#67388 Wow such a simple word yet such a lot to do.The research for this project is like a flower bud opening...the more it opens the more there is to to see. Its so unbelievably complicated as different versions of the myths share some similarities then shoot off in different directions not to mention the addition of Christian influences who added their own flavour.Characters are dropped and never heard from again while one character Bil233 appears to be both the son and father of M237l as well as the God of Death. Slowly though I hope to bring all together and pluck the story strands needed to bring some sort of harmony. Having said that I would still like to keep in elements of anarchy...for without which their would be a lack of flavour lol. 2010-6-8 16:34:36 http://www.ogmastudios.net/page2.htm#67159 I can reveal my new project is something I have been wanting to do for many years...an origin myth for my family I have been looking into this for many years but I have finally started to stitch it all together.I am in the process of compiling all the info I can find and have done a few simple storyboard sketches like the one shown. My aim is to use this research to write a script and so create a graphic novel detailing the origin myths of my family and out ancestral heritage. Everything that will go into it will be genuine myths though a certain amount of creative licence will be needed to fill in the gaps I am going to be covering two and a half thousand years hereI will be working on the research over the next few months as well as lots of sketching to get me back into the flow. I have no idea when this will be finished as there will be a lot of work involved but I hope to produce something that I will be able to share with my family and my eventual children in short it is a life lo... 2010-6-6 15:26:30 http://www.ogmastudios.net/page2.htm#67013 I have reviewed and reduced the price of the tees They are reduced from 16317.50 to 16313.50 thats an impressive saving of 1634 each. I have also decided to give away a free shopping bag if you buy two or more teesThe revisions to the website are nearly done and hopefully will be finished by the weekend. I have also started a new project and am hoping to have something I want to share with you by the end of the weekIts all go today. 2010-6-4 15:39:09 http://www.ogmastudios.net/page2.htm#67006 I am currently in the process of reworking this site as my life and direction has taken quite a change right over the last year or so. This website is going to become more of a project log for my personal work and I am hoping to keep it updated regularly with my progress so stay tuned for the changes happening this week Take a look in the gallery to see my latest work The Rescue of Etain. 2010-6-4 14:20:12