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Hive and Forge – Transformation and Sacred Craft in Irish Cosmology (Part 4)
Across Ireland’s mythic, archaeological, and folkloric record, two forms of enclosure appear repeatedly as sites of transformation – the hive and the forge. These spaces are rarely treated simply as functional structures. They are places where raw matter enters, is tended through process, and emerges altered in both form and meaning. In Irish cosmology, transformation is seldom accidental. It is guided through skill, stewardship, and rhythm. The hive and the forge stand as pa
