A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

Home › Glossary › Letter B

Bébinn

Mythology
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A beautiful Otherworld woman or goddess associated with joy and music

Detailed Definition
Bébinn appears in several tales as a radiant maiden from the sídhe, often linked to islands of eternal youth. She embodies delight, harmony, and the allure of the Otherworld. Poets invoke Bébinn to express the longing for transcendent beauty, the seduction of paradise, and the bittersweet nature of unattainable ideals.
Example
Example in poetry:
Bébinn is a name borne by several mythic women, often linked to beauty and the Otherworld; One Bébinn is a sister of the god Manannán and resides in the Land of Promise; In poetry, her name evokes luminous, otherworldly femininity; Another Bébinn is a mortal woman rescued by Cú Chulainn, blending mortal and divine realms; Poets use Bébinn to explore themes of rescue, allure, and transcendent love; Her recurring presence shows the fluidity of identity in Irish mythic naming.
Additional Notes
Bébinn (meaning “melodious woman” or “fair lady”) is a name borne by several mythic figures, often associated with beauty and the Otherworld. One is sister to Manannán; another is rescued by Cú Chulainn. The recurrence shows how names function as archetypes in Irish myth. Students should note that Bébinn often serves as a catalyst for heroic action rather than a fully developed character—useful for examining gender roles in saga literature. Poets may invoke her to explore idealized femininity, rescue narratives, or the fluid boundaries between mortal and divine women.
Also Known As
Bébinn the Fair The Melodious Maiden Lady of the Otherworld The Radiant Sister
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