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2	[[WMG: Pangur Ban is also a fairy of some sort.]]
3	It seems possible to me, she could just be [[ShapeshifterModeLock Mode Locked]] like Aisling [[spoiler: near the end of the movie]]. She's also way too smart to just be a normal cat, there has to be some magic there.
4	* Would explain why she seems to be so long-lived.
5	** She's not really long-lived, she could have only been a year old when the film begins and cats can live as long as 20 years. Though it is possible that when Aisling turned her into the ghost cat, she may have increased her lifespan.
6	** This might have been hinted at. Aidan's death is represented by his footprints in the sand being washed away by the tide. Whose footprints are furthest away from the water?
7	* She is also white/silver-furred and has Heterochromia iridium (two differently coloured eyes; a symbol for paranormal abilities). Not only that, but one eye has Brendan's eye colour (blue), and her other Aisling's (green).
8	* She's definitely not like Aisling. She was able to enter the church to get the key. Aisling was not.
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10	[[WMG: Crom Cruach was exorcised by St. Patrick.]]
11	St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland and Crom Cruach is a giant one.
12	** Actually, according to legend, St. Patrick was the one who exorcised Crom Cruach, except Crom took the form of a demon instead of a snake.
13	** Might explain why [[spoiler: he was so easily defeated by a 12-year-old with a piece of chalk, despite having previously wiped out the faerie demigods known as the Tuatha de Dannann - between The saint and the fairies, he was already like 99.99% defeated - Brendan just finished him off.]]
14	*** TWO saints in the movie's timeline, as Colm Cille has also fought Crom and taken one of his eyes. (Unless we assume that Colm Cille replaces Patrick, who isn't mentioned.)
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16	[[WMG: The book is evil]]
17	Everything bad that happens can be attributed at least somewhat to the book. Brenden risks his life multiple times for the book, at least one of which was completely unnecessary (they could have sent someone armed who knew their way around for the berries). The Abbot, who's barely seen the book, does everything he can to protect Brenden. Aidan, who has written much of the book, couldn't seem to care less. Iona, where the book had been for the most time, never did much in the way of defenses. Kells had walls, but the door wasn't strong enough to hold the Vikings out. Possibly because people were working on the book, rather than on strengthening the walls, like the Abbot wanted to do. After Brendan gets the replacement crystal, he never sees Aisling again. And of course, [[spoiler: the book was written by looking through the eye of a dark god]]. I'd consider that a bad sign.
18	* the Book of Kells is a Bible. Not sure if that makes it seem more evil, but...yeah, It's a work of art/bible..
19	* Not to mention he actually ''did'' see Aisling again.
20	** He saw her human form once, a decade or so later, for less than a second. He saw her wolf form a few times.
21	** The Book of Kells really exists you know, and considering that (as stated above) it is a Bible, specifically containing the four Gospels of the New Testament, and is a major Irish national treasure, so calling it evil would be offensive in the extreme to both the Irish and Christians in general.
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23	[[WMG: The Eye of Crom Cruach bestows wisdom.]]
24	Brendan certainly seems smarter after he gets it.
25	* Considering he had to pick a fight with [[EldritchAbomination Crom Crauch]] to get it, he couldn't have easily acted stupider after.
26	* Crom Cruach only had one, when he appears onscreen, and didn’t seem too smart, so maybe losing one of his eyes cost him some of his intellect. Particularly given what he did after he lost that one as well...
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28	[[WMG: Aisling and Brendan met before the events of the movie]]
29	In the comic prologue that reveals Brendan and abbot Cellach's back stories. When Cellach flees from the vikings while carrying Brendan, there is a scene where he jumps into the water. in this scene baby Brendan is looking at a white fish with green eyes. since Aisling has the ability to change form and she said at some point that she was a fish or something there's no reason why the fish can't be her.
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31	[[WMG: The kid from [[VideoGame/{{Action 52}} Illuminator]] is descendant of Aidan]].
32	Aidan is the Perfect "Illuminator". Is more evidence necessary?
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34	[[WMG: The film is an allegory for the progress of human society and civilization.]]
35	The monks' way of life - trying to bring humanity forward into a new age by bringing the Bible to the people - is threatened by crippling fear, represented by the Vikings. Another threat is the specific fear of death, represented by Crom Cruach. In the end, humanity as a whole stops living in fear and moves into a new age. Those who disagree with Christianity are right in a way; the process is ongoing and should not stop at any one place, be it paganism, Christianity or anything else.
36	* Yeah but it's also [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Irish_Saved_Civilization literally about the progress of Western society and civilization.]]
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38	[[WMG: Cellach was a monk at Iona once.]]
39	It's very evident Cellach and Aidan know each other. Aidan makes several references to what Cellach was like in the past ("You were always good at the old drawing, Cellach." "That is something the Abbot knew a long time ago.") As well, Cellach easily recognizes Aidan upon his arrival. Aidan didn't come to Kells for the safety of the wall - he's clear in his belief it won't work. He came because he knew - or thought - he'd find a friendly face there. Cellach, too, seems to have experience with Iona ("But the Abbot says islands are too easy to attack!") and may have begun developing his fear of outsider attacks even before he rescued Brendan from the Viking raiders.
40	* He's based on the real Cellach mac Congaile, who was Abbot of Iona before moving to Kells.
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42	[[WMG: The Vikings in this movie are Conrack's minions from ''VideoGame/{{Rune}}'']]
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44	[[WMG: The Vikings are so uniform and subhuman because they are corrupted by Crom Cruach]]
45	They are stated to be his worshipers, early in the film. Perhaps part of the reason [[spoiler: Crom Cruach was so easily defeated by Brendan is because he was a weakened]] controlling them and enflaming the last for gold.
46	** They aren't his worshippers - what the Abbot says is that some of the villagers who have taken shelter in the Abbey worship Crom. He hopes that showing the Church can protect them will help win them over to Christianity.
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48	[[WMG: The ethnicities of the Illuminators of Kells represents the reach that Christianity had over the world.]]
49	* Brother Tang represents the Far East of China, some of the earilest Assyrian Churches were built in China during the Tang dynasty.
50	* Brother Leonardo represents Roman Italy, the most influential region of Christianity in the Western World.
51	* Brother Assoua represents the East Africa, the Kingdom of Aksum was one of the first nations to adopt Christianity.
52	* Brother Sergei represents Eastern Europe, the somber and fiercely religious people who have struggled the most for their faith against outside forces.
53	* Brother Jacques and Brother Friedrich respectfully represent France and Germany, the largest pagan peoples to convert to Christandom.
54	* Brother Square is a bit unclear, but he may represent Byzantine monks of Constantinople.
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56	[[WMG: Brendan is a distant relative of [[WesternAnimation/WolfWalkers Moll and Mebh]]]]

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