2 Geography and history:
first introduce geography and culture, I think it is necessary to help understand, first talk about what Irish mythology is, he is part of Celtic mythology, so why not directly talk about Celtic The myth actually refers to this Celtic (England, Scotland, Wales and a small part of France), so the story content of the Celtic myth is also very large.
1: The source of mythology:
Celtic mythology is a classical mythology widely circulated in Europe, and it ranks alongside Greek mythology and Nordic mythology in Europe. The early Celts maintained polytheism and their own religious structure. Later, many myths and stories were influenced by ancient Rome and Christianity. For a long time, Celtic myths could only be passed on orally, so there were many versions of a story, and many Celtic works lost a lot of wonderful content due to the destruction of the Roman Empire. In this movie, there are more Irish myths and stories mainly from Celtic myths.
3: myth Ireland
said earlier Irish mythology is an important part of Celtic mythology and Irish fairy tales What's in it, mainly Gaelic Irish myth stories, most notably the three stories are:
1. The past of the Danu Protoss and the struggle of the deep-sea giants (Tuatha Dé Danann against Fomorii),
2. Cuchulainn and other Ulster heroes (Cuchulainn and other Ulster heroes),
3. Finn and Feo The legend of the heroes (Fionn mac Cumhaill and Fianna)
4: Mythical characters in the film
Mac lir: He is the god of the sea in Irish mythology. He was the son of the sea god Lear. In addition to the identity of the sea god, he is also an excellent magician. His wife is Fand and his son is Manawydan
Macha: one of the three goddesses of fate and war, she is often compared with Morrigan and Nyman. Her name symbolizes "fight" and "anger", and has the alias of "Redhead Macha".
Selkie (sea leopard girl): It is said that they wear seal skins when they swim in the water, and they will become very beautiful beauties 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 kind. 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 seemed too docile. However, once they find the seal skin, they will return to the sea immediately without mercy. I really don't know if they are kind or cold-blooded!
5: The movie, analytical
Maclear why cry?
Described above, so many in fact, are paving the way, the next movie is really resolve
Maclear (Poseidon) Why do cry: This is actually a Fender because of his beautiful wife, but two people Maclear deep Aifen De Will often quarrel over trivial matters, which led to one of Fender’s departure. More unfortunately, Fender encountered a giant on his way out. Do you still remember the content of the Irish mythology introduced earlier? Yes, it is the past of the Danu Protoss and the Deep Sea Giants Struggle (Tuatha Dé Danann against Fomorii), so it is not surprising that Fender encountered a giant attack. Fortunately, at this time, the hero Cuchurin staged a hero to save the beauty, so it is logical that the beauty loves the hero. This is tantamount to McClear being put on a green hat and not saying that his wife eloped with others. I think this reason is enough to make McClear cry.
Why are the two brothers and sisters alone?
In the film, we know that she has two children, one is the boy’s brother ben (Ben) and the other is the girl’s sister saoirse (Saoirse). In the film, we should also pay attention to the fact that Ben was already several years old when her mother disappeared. It means that it is impossible for a mother to have to go to the sea to give birth to Saoirsa, and the real reason is that Saoirsa is not an ordinary child but is a seal girl like herself. The seal girl can only be a female, so it is not difficult to understand why the brother ben is Ordinary boy, my sister is from the elves. I need to explain the concept of gods in Celtic mythology. Gods and giants are often mixed, so many gods in Irish mythology are mixed with giants, so seal mothers It is not difficult to understand that Lianghe Children are not both elves or both humans.
Why does mother abandon the family?
In fact, the film is too vague, and it has to be mentioned that the director’s narrative of the secrets of the Kells in the previous work "The Secret of the Kells" is even more incomprehensible. To the "Song of the Sea" actually has a rounded narrative than on the good get down to business
first: we can through the interpretation of the legendary people of seals, seals female mother inexplicable reason to leave the family at any time, but as two It is not difficult for the child's mother to see that she still has some feelings for her husband (otherwise it won't be two children)
Secondly: before leaving, the mother turned her head and told her husband that she had to do this to save the child! How should we understand this sentence? We want to start from the end of the film when Saoirsa sings. Saoirsa’s song is not actually the resurrection of the elves as we understand it. On the contrary, all the elves disappear. This disappearance means disappearing in the human world and returning to the mythical realm. This also explains why Mom said goodbye in tears, she had no choice but to disappear from now on. So this leads to the following question.
Why can't mother sing and must Saoirse sing?
In fact, it’s okay for mother to sing. The previous question said that mother left her in the world in order to give birth to Saoirsa. If mother sang, there would be no story. The beginning can end. Once singing, all the elves disappear, including mother herself. , So she still loves living in the world, so she didn't sing, in other words, she wanted to escape her responsibility and stay in the world with her husband and children. But when Saoirsa was born, she knew that this kind of life was going to end, and she would die if she didn't sing. This was explained at the end of the film. When Ben found the white coat, Saoirsa still didn't get better until Saoirsa sang. It can be judged from this that not only the coat is needed, but also to sing. Singing is the mission of the seal girl. After singing the song, all the elves disappeared into the world...
Why the white coat was locked in the box and thrown by the father Lose?
Because the father knows the truth that his wife is a seal girl, that is to say, he also knows that she can't go back to the sea unless she hides her coat. In the film, the mother wore a white coat as soon as she came up. This means that the husband already believes. They are in love enough. Since they are in love, they trust each other instead of forcibly holding their wives. Later, the father threw away the box to prove that he knew that Saoirsa 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 his wife said, "I can not lose her, Buluo Na '
understanding about the end of the film
in fact this is a dark fairy tale, fairy tales are ever happy ending, mainly because fairy tales to the children, so the film more subtle , In another way to "end" the age of elves and myths, I hope my interpretation will be helpful to everyone. If there are any shortcomings and mistakes, please follow up and correct me.
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