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  Celtic mythology - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In contrast, those Celtic peoples who maintained either their political or linguistic identities (such as the Gaels and Brythonic tribes of the British Isles) did transmit at least vestigial remnants of the mythologies of their Iron Age forebears, which were often recorded in written form during the Middle Ages.
In Gaul, it is speculated that the Dagda is associated with Sucellos, the striker, equipped with a hammer and cup.
Mythology based on (though, not identical to) the pre-Christian religion was common place knowledge in Celtic speaking cultures up to today, though it is now dwindling.
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  Encyclopedia: Celtic mythology
In Irish mythology, Brigit or Brighit (exalted one) was the daughter of Dagda (and therefore one of the Tuatha Dé Danann) and wife of Bres of the Fomorians.
In Irish mythology Goibniu or Goibhniu (pronounced Goive-nu) was a son of Brigid and Tuireann and the smith of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
In Irish mythology, Brigid or Brighid (exalted one) was the daughter of Dagda (and therefore one of the Tuatha de Danaan) and wife of Bres of the Fomorians.
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 Celtic mythology : Goidelic mythology
Like other Iron Age Europeans, the Celts were a polytheistic people prior to their conversion to Christianity.
Few of their myths have survived intact, but Celtic mythology has nevertheless influenced modern European civilisation.
Celtic mythology can be divided into three main subgroups of related beliefs.
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 Celtic mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, the apparent religion of the Iron Age Celts.
Because the particular character of Dagda is a figure of burlesque lampoonery in Irish mythology, some authors conclude that he was trusted to be benevolent enough (or ineffectual) to tolerate a joke at his expense.
In Gaul, it is speculated that the Dagda is associated with Sucellos, the striker, equipped with a hammer and cup.
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 Celtic deities, mythological beings and historical figures
Dea Matrona In Continental Brythonic mythology, Dea Matrona was the goddess of the river Marne in Gaul.
Govannon (Goibniu) In Insular Brythonic mythology, Govannon (Welsh) was the son of Danu and Beli or Brigid and Tuireann.
Murigen In Goidelic mythology, Murigen was a goddess of lakes.
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 Goidelic mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Mythopedia Proposing a theory of unity of human mythology, listing the common motifs in mythology, ritual, and symbolism, with comprehensive encyclopaedia of gods and myths from all corners of the world.
Greek Mythology Devoted to the early Greek mythology from the Iliad to the fall of the last tyrant.
Dazhdbog in Russian mythology Dazhdbog in Russian mythology or His story, and the relationships of Russian deities.
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 Goidelic mythology - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Goidelic mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Evidence of their mythology can be gleaned from altars, inscriptions, and images in continental Europe, especially France (ancient Gaul), and in Britain, and from the mythological tales of Ireland and Wales.
Celtic mythology is closely connected to medieval literature, many of its characters and themes being represented in such romances as the legend of King Arthur.
A feature of Irish mythology is the personification of the sovereignty of the land as a goddess; a mate to be won by the king.
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 goidelic
Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic).
Goidelic languages were once restricted to Ireland, but in the 6th century Irish colonists and invaders began migrating to Scotland and slowly pushed out the Brythonic language found there.
Goidelic languages were once common on the western edge of Celtic Europe; there is also evidence that they were spoken in the region of Galicia in Spain.
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mythology mythology [Greek,=the telling of stories], the entire body of myths in a given tradition, and the study of myths.
All the modern Goidelic tongues are descendants of the ancient Celtic speech of Ireland.
Goidelic Goidelicgoidĕl´Ĭk, or Gaelic, group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages.
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 Etain article - Etain Goidelic mythology goddess Irish mythology Ailill Medb Midir - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In early Goidelic mythology, Etain was a sun goddess.
In Irish mythology Etain was one of Ailill's daughters, supposedly with Medb.
When Midir fell in love with and married her, his rejected first wife Fuamnach became jealous and cast a series of spells on her.
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 Learn more about Celtic mythology in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Few of their myths have survived intact, but Celtic mythology has nevertheless influenced modern European civilisation.
Celtic mythology can be divided into three main subgroups of related beliefs.
Before we begin, it is important to keep in mind that the Celtic culture (and its religion(s)) were not as contiguous as the more homogenous Roman or Greek cultures.
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 Encyclopedia: Celtic-mythology
Timeless Myths - Celtic Mythology provides information and tales from Irish and Welsh literature.
Categories: Celtic mythology The Gundestrup cauldron is a richly decorated silver vessel, thought to date from the La Tene Period in the 2nd or 1st century BC.
It was found in a peat bog near Gundestrup in Himmerland, Denmark in 1891.
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 Anu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
However, Anu was one of the Anunnaki who, as explained by Zechariah Sitchin, author of a series of books beginning with the 12th Planet in 1977, came from the planet Nibiru (Marduk).
In Sumerian mythology and later for Assyrians[?] and Babylonians Anu (see also An) was a sky-god, the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, spirits and demons, and dwelt in the highest heavenly regions.
He was the father of the Anunnaku (also spelled Anunnaki).In art he was sometimes depicted as a jackal.
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Two branches of the Celtic languages remain in some form: Goidelic (or Gaelic) was spoken by the earliest Celts, sometimes called Goidels, in Ireland; Brythonic or Cymric was spoken by the Brythons or Britons.
Goidelic languages southern and western Ireland; in Scots Gaelic in the Scottish Highlands and in the Hebrides; and in Manx, which is the old language of the Isle of Man. Brythonic or Cymric survives in contemporary Welsh; in Breton, in western Brittany and in Cornish.
The people that spoke these languages were not one nation but loosely connected tribes that existed in Europe north of the Alps during the early centuries of the last millennium before Christ.
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 Sharon, Ontario bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In Insular Brythonic mythology, and especially in Britain, Britannia was the patron goddess of the early British Celtic tribes.
Bran the Blessed was a character in Celtic mythology, a son of Llyr and Penarddun.
In Goidelic mythology, Bronach was the goddess of cliffs.
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 Noise (Goidelic mythology)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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 Celtic Tattoo Mythology Page #1
Scholars once believed that the dividing line between these two language groups (based on the pronunciations of "q" and "p" sounds) resulted from two distinct waves of immigration.
Three was a sacred number in ancient Celtic mythology and religion.
Riddles and triadic phraseology are frequent in Celtic mythology.
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 PART - Online Information article about PART
planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)
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 Miles Lampson bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In Greek mythology, Ainia was an enemy of Achilles and an Amazon, one of the twelve who accompanied Penthesilea to the Trojan War.
In Celtic mythology, Aillen was a monster from the underworld.
In Goidelic mythology, Aine was a goddess of love, growth, cattle and the moon.
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 Brian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In Goidelic mythology, and especially Scotland, Brian was a bumbling fool who helped Cailleach rescue Dia Griene.
In Irish mythology, the sons of Tuireann murdered Cian, the father of Lugh, one of the greatest of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
They also dismembered his body and tried to cover up their crime.
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