Mooretoons

The River Clyde in Scotland takes its name from the goddess Clodagh, also known as Clwyd, Clut, and Clota, depending on which Gaelic language you speak or if you’re Welsh. The river was important to the early Celts as a source of food, transportation and commerce, and magical healing powers derived from the goddess. As Scotland developed seafaring and industry, the river became a vital conduit and inevitably became polluted with the waste and exhaust of steam-powered engines and coal burning factories; fortunately ecological efforts in the last few decades have cleaned it up. I felt that the Otherworld side of the Clyde ought to be less polluted, since it’s untouched by humans, and could still serve as a site of potential healing properties for any Faerie creature who gets sick. Alas, it didn’t work for Fetch and Tara’s mom, Morrigan.

I hope you like the menhir in the first panel. I totally ripped it off from the Menhir Danthine located in Belgium. I’m gonna be throwing in Celtic artifacts and details from mostly Scotland and Ireland, but Celts from other regions will get appropriated, too. Or borrowed from. Whatever.