This recognition is particularly evident in his allusion to the Celtic myth, "The Children of Lir" in his poem "The Wild Swan at Coole". Yeats' interest in Celtic mythology was clear in many of his earlier works and showed his parochial desires to elevate the history and culture of early Ireland. "The bell-beat of their wings" references the tolling of the bell that would free the children who had been turned to swans by a jealous Celtic princess Aiofe. ...

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Mythology can be defined as the study and interpretation of myth and the body of myths of a particular culture. ... The social function of mythology therefore is relative to many periods in history. ... Oedipus itself is an interesting study of mythology. Celtic, Greek and other forms of mythology focus on the supernatural and spiritual divinity, whereas Oedipus focuses on the king and his human frailties. ... Much mythology raises many issues that cause the audience to look deeper into their own psychoanalysis. ...

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