Wednesday, July 7, 2010

A Re-Reading of an Irish Folktale

















Lych-gate and coffin plinth at Chilmark church, Wiltshire with corpse road beyond. Image: Paul Devereux.

The Corpse Watcher contains several shamanic themes such as spirit travel, the otherworld, and rescuing of a sick soul. In this retelling the rescuer is also the rescued told in animated form through the lens of a late 1940's and 50's noir fiction.



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