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  Probert Encyclopaedia: Celtic Mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In Celtic mythology, Cuculain was the nickname of Setanta, the warrior son of Dechtire and Lug.
In Celtic mythology, Gwyrthur ap Greidawl (Gwyrthur) is a rival to Gwyn ap Nudd for the affections of Creurdilad.
In Celtic mythology, Penardum was a sea-goddess married to Llyr.
www.probertencyclopaedia.com /D3.HTM   (3081 words)

  
 Bran
Bran ("raven"), son of Llyr and Penarddun, and brother of Branwen and Manawydan, and half brother Nisien and Efnisien.
When Bran learned of the slavery imposed upon his sister Branwen by her Irish husband Matholwch, he sailed to rescue her.
Matholwch was terrified at the sight of a forest approaching Ireland across the sea: Bran's navy, and Bran himself wading through the water.
www.pantheon.org /articles/b/bran.html   (237 words)

  
 Learn more about Irish mythology in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Although many of the manuscripts containing texts relating to Irish mythology have failed to survive, and much more material was probably never committed to writing, there is enough remaining to enable the identification of four distinct, if overlapping, cycles: the Mythological Cycle, The Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle and the Historical Cycle.
The three main manuscript sources for Irish mythology are the late 11th / early 12th century Lebor na hUidre which is in the library of the Royal Irish Academy, the early 12th century The Book of Leinster in the library of Trinity College, Dublin, and the Rawlinson manuscript B 502 (Rawl.
Elements of the Ulster Cycle, such as Cu Chulainn's magic spear and the motif of the Champion's Ordeal in The Story of Bricriu's Feast, have been shown to be the sources of parts of the Matter of Britain.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /i/ir/irish_mythology.html   (1913 words)

  
 Myths and Legends - frames
Mythology Notes present descriptions of gods, summaries of myths, and some historical material on the mythologies of the Ancient Near East, Persia, Scandinavia, and the Celts.
Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ This page contains a description of the pantheon of the people refered to as Canaanites in the Bible, as recovered from the city of Ugarit in what is now western Syria.
Dazhdbog in Russian mythology Summary and excerpts from Dazhdbog's tale with commentary by Sergei Naumov.
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 False Gospel in the Stars: Leo
In Egyptian mythology, Hathor was the daughter of Nut and Ra, the wife of Ra called the 'Eye of Ra,' and mother of Horus the Elder.
In Egyptian mythology, Isis is sometimes pictured weeping over the broken column which conceals the body of her husband Osiris, while behind her stands Horus or Time pouring ambrosia on her hair.
Originally Saturn was an old Italic deity of the harvest; the Roman's built a temple to Saturn on the Capitoline hill and each December celebrated the winter planting with the Saturnalia, a time of revelry and the giving of presents.
www.watch-unto-prayer.org /leo.html   (7414 words)

  
 MythSearch.com: Celtic Myth
Retelling of the story of the land of the forever young.
The Voyage of Bran, an anonymous medieval Irish saga was translated into English from the Old Irish by Kuno Meyer in 1890.
The Voyage of Bran, Son of Febal To the Land of the Living
www.mythsearch.com /celtic.html   (252 words)

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