Floria Abarca asked Peadar Ó Guilín:

Hello Peadar! I really enjoyed The Call specially the rare mixture between the playful and sadistic personalities of the magical beings. Could you tell me a little more about the mythological figures that inspired you? Thank you :)

Peadar Ó Guilín Hi Floria, I'm glad you enjoyed it :) The two main inspirations for me were "The Book of Conquests", especially the translation that was illustrated by Jim Fitzpatrick in, I think, the 1980s, and the traditional Irish folklore about the fairies or, Sídhe. The two are related, in that The People of the Goddess Danú morphed over time into the naughty/nasty/unpredictable fairies.

Dagda, by the way, is thought to be an ancient Irish god. His name even means "good god", although, he is quite nasty in The Call...

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