Synopsis

„In The Beginning Was Water” is an animated movie which is our interpretation of Irish legends about origin of Shannon River (the source of Shannon-irl. Lag na Sionna- is placed in Cavan), and the myth about Salmon of Knowledge (Irl. bradán feasa).

The plot is built through symbolic events, archetypal themes, in particular related to the element of water. The script was inspired by Mircea Eliade's book "Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy". Femininity expressed in the symbolism of water is the leitmotif of the story.