's "Song of the Sea" story has left us with a lot of questions, such as who is McCrell, and why did he cry so sadly? Why can't the mother seal sing and Saoirsa sing? What happened to Macha? And so on and so on, I'm afraid it's not something that an article can solve to make it clear, but at least we can explain something by understanding the source of the myth in the movie.
First of all, I want to introduce geography and culture. I think this is necessary and helpful to understand. Let’s talk about what Irish mythology is. He is a part of Celtic mythology. Then why not directly talk about Celtic mythology. The Celts actually refer to (England, Scotland, Wales, and a small part of France), so the story content of Celtic mythology is also huge.
1: Mythology source:
Celtic mythology (Celtic mythology) is a classical mythology widely spread in Europe, and it is side by side with Greek mythology and Norse mythology in Europe. The early Celts maintained polytheism and their own religious structure, and later many myths were influenced by ancient Rome and Christianity. For a long time Celtic mythology could only be passed on orally, so there were many versions of a story, and many Celtic writings lost a lot of wonderful content due to the destruction of the Roman Empire. This film mainly comes from Celtic mythology and Irish mythology.
3: Irish mythology
As mentioned earlier, Irish mythology is an important part of Celtic mythology. What are the contents of Irish mythology? Irish mythology is mainly Gaelic stories. The three most famous stories are :
1. Tuatha Dé Danann against Fomorii (Tuatha Dé Danann against Fomorii),
2. Cuchulainn and other Ulster heroes (Cuchulainn and other Ulster heroes),
3. The legend of Fionn mac Cumhaill and Fianna 4: Mac lir (Mac Lir)
, the mythical character in the film : He is the god of the sea in Irish mythology, the son of the former sea god Lear
, In addition to his identity as a sea god, he is also an excellent magician. His wife was Fand and his son was Manawydan
Macha: one of the three goddesses of fate and war, who is often compared to Morrigan and Niman. Her name symbolizes "fight" and "rage", and has the alias of "red-haired Macha".
Selkie (seal girl): It is said that they only wear seal skins when they swim in the water, and they will become very beautiful when they are on land. If the seal skins they took off were secretly taken and hidden, they would not be able to return to the sea. But even among the water fairies, they are rare and gentle. They will never use violence or curse to kill people who hide their leopard skins. They will live with that person and get married. Selkie also seems to be too tame. But once they found the seal skins, they would return to the sea without mercy. I really don't know if they are kind or cold-blooded!
5: Analysis of the story in the film Why did
McCleer cry?
The above introduction is actually a foreshadowing, and the next step is to really analyze the movie
Why does McClell (Poseidon) cry: It's actually because of his beautiful wife Fender, McClell loves Fender deeply, but the two will often quarrel over trivial matters, which leads to one of Fender's runaways, which is even more unfortunate. Fender encountered giants on his way out. Do you still remember the content of the Irish mythology introduced earlier? Yes, it is the past of the Danu gods and the struggle of the deep sea giants (Tuatha Dé Danann against Fomorii), so Fender encountered a giant attack. It's not surprising, fortunately at this time, the hero Cuchulainn staged the hero to save the beauty, so it is logical that the beauty loves the hero. This is tantamount to the fact that Maclean was given a cuckold not to say that his daughter-in-law eloped with someone else. I think this reason is enough to make Maclean cry.
Why are two brothers and sisters a elf and a person?
In the film we know that she has two children, one is a boy brother ben (Ben) and the other is a girl sister saoirse (Saoirse). It means that the mother cannot have to give birth to Saoirse in the sea, and the real reason is that Saoirsa is not an ordinary child but a seal girl like herself, and a seal girl can only be a woman, so it is not difficult to understand why brother ben is ordinary Boy, my sister is an elves.
Why did my mother abandon the family?
In fact, the film is too vague, and it has to be mentioned that the director's narration in the Secret of the Book of Kells in the previous work "The Secret of the Book of Kells" is even more bizarre and unclear. When it comes to "Song of the Sea", the narrative is actually much more rounded than the previous one, so let's get down to business
. First of all: it is not difficult to interpret the legend of the seal people. The mother seal has a reason to leave the family inexplicably anytime, anywhere, but as two It is not difficult for the mother of the child to see that she still has some feelings for her husband (otherwise it would not be 2 children)
Second: Before the mother left, she turned to her husband and said that she had to do this to save the child! How should we understand this sentence. Let's start with Saoirsa singing at the end of the film. Saoirsa's song is actually not the resurrection of the elves as we understand it. On the contrary, the elves have disappeared. This disappearance refers to disappearing in the human world and returning to the mythical kingdom. This also explains why Mom said goodbye in tears, she had no choice but to disappear. So this leads to the following question.
Why Mama Can't Sing Must Saoirsa Sing?
In fact, it is okay for my mother to sing. The previous question said that my mother left Saoirse in the world in order to give birth. If my mother can sing, there will be no story. The beginning can be ended. Once singing, all the elves will disappear, including the mother herself. , so she is still attached to life on earth, so she did not sing, in other words, she wanted to escape her responsibilities and stay in the world to live with her husband and children. But with the birth of Saoirse, she knew that this kind of life was coming to an end, and she would die if she didn't sing. This is explained at the end of the film. When ben found the white coat, Saoirsa still didn't get better until Saoirsa sang. Only after returning to health, it can be judged that not only need a coat, but also sing. Singing is the mission of the seal girl. After singing, all the elves disappear into the world...
Why is the white coat locked in the box and thrown by the father Lose?
Because the father knew the truth that his wife was a seal girl, that is to say, he also knew that she could not return to the sea only by hiding her coat. In the film, the mother was wearing a white coat as soon as she came up. This expresses the meaning here. The husband already believes that They love each other enough, and since they love each other, they trust each other instead of forcibly holding their wives. The father threw the box back to prove that he knew that Saoirse was a seal girl and would return to the sea like her wife sooner or later, so when he threw the box in the film Lost Wife Says 'I Can't Lose Her Again, Brona'
on Film Ending
In fact, this is a dark fairy tale. In the past, fairy tales have happy endings, because fairy tales are mainly for children, so the film is more subtle and uses another way to "end" the age of elves and mythology. I hope my interpretation is correct. Everyone is helpful. If there are any shortcomings or mistakes, please post corrections.
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