Fleetwood mac perform rhiannon live at studio instrument rentals in 1976 Part of the group’s second best selling album, aptly named fleetwood mac. Rhiannon, in celtic religion, the welsh manifestation of the gaulish horse goddess epona and the irish goddess macha “i come to find out, after i’ve written the song, that in fact rhiannon was the goddess of steeds, maker of birds,” nicks explains “her three birds sang music, and when something was happening in war you would see rhiannon come riding in on a horse. One of nicks’ most mystical songs, “rhiannon,” came to her right around the halloween of 1974
About two months prior to joining fleetwood mac, nicks stumbled across the enchanting name of her. It was issued as a single the following year. Rhiannon’s influence stretches far beyond welsh mythology Her characteristics align with those of other fairy queens and sovereignty goddesses in celtic and british folklore, including the irish macha and áine, who similarly represent kingship, fertility, and the prosperity of the land. Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night and wouldn't you love to love her Takes through the sky like a bird in flight and who.
