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	Nechtan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		His wife's name is given as either Boann or Elcmar; either way, this wife was later wooed by the Dagda, who impregnated her with Oegnus.
		Nechtan's well of wisdom was situated under nine hazel trees, the nuts of which imparted wisdom.
		In other places, the Brugh is said to belong to the Dagda; it is also thought that Nechtan may simply be a double of the Dagda.
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	Nechtan IV of the Picts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nechtan son of Derile or Nechtan son of Dargart (OIr Nechtan mac Der-Ilei or Nechtan mac Dargarto) (before 686–732) was king of the Picts in the early 8th century.
		Nechtan was convinced by Ceolfrid, and the expulsion of clergy associated with Iona in 717 may be related to the controversy over Easter and the manner of tonsures; equally it may have been entirely unrelated.
		A battle between Óengus's army and Nechtan's enemies at Monith Carno (perhaps Cairn o' Mount, near Fettercairn) ended with the defeat of Nechtan's enemies, among whom are named Biceot son of Moneit, Finguine son of Drostan and Feroth son of Finguine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nechtan_IV_of_the_Picts (1282 words)

	nechtan - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		In Irish mythology, Nechtan was the father and/or husband of Boann.
		In the Irish mythological tale the Voyage of Bran, Nechtan mac Collbran was the companion of Bran mac Febal.
		Nechtan was also the name of a 8th century king of the Picts in Scotland who converted to Christianity.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Nechtan (146 words)

	Boann
		Irish goddess goddess of bounty and fertility, whose totem is the sacred white cow.
		She is the wife of the water god Nechtan or of Elcmar, and consort of the Dagda, by whom she was the mother of the god Aengus.
		To hide their union from Nechtan, Boann and the Dagda caused the sun to stand still for nine months, so that Aengus was conceived and born on the same day.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/b/boann.html (86 words)

	The Heroic Age: Politics of Exile in Early Northumbria
		It has been suggested that Nechtan was a member of the Strathclyde royal family and father of Beli, king of Strathclyde c.
		Nechtan was from a collateral line of the Strathclyde dynasty (Miller 1975:261) which was likely a rival to the line of Rhydderch Hael, a long-reigning king of Strathclyde (r.
		The accession of Nechtan as king of the Picts may have been unusual since he is styled in the king lists as "nepos Uerb" ("grandson or nephew of Uerb"; A.
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	The Hendersons, Clan Henderson, or Clann Eanruig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Nechtan mac Derile became King of Picts in 706.
		King Nechtan embraced the new Roman Christian Church (which paid homage to the Bishop of Rome and worshiped on Sunday) to block the power of the Celtic Christian Church (the faith of Columcille which remained independent and continued to worship on the Sabbath.) King Nechtan retired to a monastery in 724.
		Eanruig Mor mac Righ Nechtan (Big Henry the son of King Nechtan) established a distinguished family line.
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	Nechtan - high king of Picts
		Throughout his childhood, Nechtan was educated in the highest monasteries of the day, fluent in all northern British dialects and Gaelic learned on visits to Iona, maintained through contact with a Columban ‘familia’ of monks who attended Nechtan’s brother, Bridei’s court.
		Along with the request for physical assistance, Nechtan asked for guidance in the correct calculation and maintaining of Easter Tables: this had been a stigma among northern kings since the religious controversy at the 664 Whitby synod nearly 50 years before.
		Bede says Nechtan had promised to introduce Latin usage for his people ‘insofar as their remoteness from the Roman language would allow.’ So it was essential his bishops – already fluent in Latin –; were completely familiar with Pictish patterns of speech.
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	Egbert; Concise History of Seventh Century Ireland
		This is the same Nechtan who wrote the Letter to Ceolfrith of Wearmouth Jarrow seeking guidance on the Easter question, which subsequently led to the Picts adopting the Roman practise and severing relations with Iona.
		The case for the letter which Nechtan king of the Picts wrote to Ceolfrith’s having been drafted by Egbert, is very systematically and convincingly made by Duncan.
		Nechtan’s letter, drafted by Egbert, sought a reliable and unambiguous pronouncement on the catholic Easter.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Nechtan (mythology)
		When Boann visited the well, it overflowed and chased her to the coast, forming the river Boyne.
		The name 'Nechtan' is perhaps cognate with that of the Romano-British god, Nodens, or the Roman god, Neptune, and the Persian and Vedic gods sharing the name Apam Napat.
		Nechtan or Nectan became a common Celtic name and a number of historical or legendary figures bear it.
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	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Nechtan: The name used by three Pictish Kings of Celtic ancestry who ruled Caledonia between at various times between 458 and 730 AD, well before the invasion of the Central Highlands by Celtic Scots tribes from Ireland in 846 AD.
		Around in the early 700s, King Nechtan converted to Christianity and founded a shrine to the apostle Andrew, who later became Scotland's patron saint.
		In 685, King Brude and his army of Picts destroyed an invading force of Northumbrian Saxons on a battlefield in a region known as Nechtansmere, or Nechtan's marsh.
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		Nechtan was a Pictish king and a water god.
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	Nechtan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nechtan Scéne, character in the Irish Ulster Cycle
		Nechtan mac Collbran, Irish-mythological character in Voyage of Bran
		This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nechtan (80 words)

	FOGS - Canticle for a Lost Nation: part III
		It has traditionally be assumed that Nechtan of Derelei was a 'southern' king like many of his predecessors.
		Nechtan and his brother were from the same lineage as Bridei son of Beli who fought and won at Dunnichen
		Nechtan is not mentioned again until c.732 when he died, again in retirement.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~stones/picts/canticle/canticleIII.html (1509 words)

	Picts - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia
		The reported expulsion of Ionan monks and clergy by Nechtan in 717 may have been related to the controversy over the dating of Easter, and the manner of tonsure, where Nechtan appears to have supported the Roman usages, but may equally have been intended to increase royal power over the church.
		Saint Serf of Culross was associated with Nechtan's brother Bridei.
		The kings of the Picts when Bede was writing were Bridei and Nechtan, sons of Der Ilei, who indeed claimed the throne through their mother Der Ilei, daughter of an earlier Pictish king.
	www.medbib.com /Picts (4511 words)

	Celtic World > Celtic Deities > N to Z
		Nantosuelta, Nechtan, Nemglan, Nuadha Airgetlamh, Oenghus, Ogma, Rhiannon, Sucellus, Sovereignty (Banba, Fodla and Eriu), Tailtu, Taranis, Tiernon
		The Irish water god, Nechtan in some myths is married to Boann.
		On Nechtan's hill there was a well that was the source of all knowledge, to which only Nehtan and his three cup-bearers had access.
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		Boann was a Water Goddess married to Nechtan, and the mother of Aonghus, the Irish god of Love.
		According to legend, upon Nechtan's hill, he had a holy well that was the source of all knowledge.
		When Boann found her way to the well, the waters rose from the well and chased after her, becoming the river Boyne.
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	Glamis Inverarity Kinnettles Kirk, Angus, Scotland - St. Buite, Patron Saint of Inverarity Kirk.
		The picture, left, is of a stained glass window depicting St. Buite praying at the dead King Nechtan's bedside and can be seen at the Lowson Memorial Church, Jamieson Road, Forfar.
		He came to Pictland, in 480AD while on his way back to Monasterboice (the Irish name is Mainstir Bhuite, Buite's monastery) from Rome, visiting Nechtan, King of the Picts at a place near what was then, Dun Nechtain, now known as Dunnichen.
		Such was Nechtan's gratitude that he gave Buite the place in which the miracle occurred, a place near Dunnichen renamed Caer Buide, and now known as Kirkbuddo.
	www.stferguskirkglamis.co.uk /saintsstbuite.html (862 words)

	Lowson Church
		When contemplating this saint, we must remember that we are dealing neither with Boniface of Canterbury, an arrogant and much disliked prelate nor with the greatly loved Boniface of Devon, who became the apostle of Germany.
		The Venerable Bede in his history of the English Church tells how King Nechtan mac Derile in 710, wishing to convert his Pictish subjects to Roman usage, wrote for guidance to Abbot Ceolfrid at Wearmouth.
		In addition to guidance on Roman practices in religion, Nechtan sought master builders to build him a church “after the Roman style”.
	www.lowson-memorial.org.uk /windows/st_boniface.htm (461 words)

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		In one version of her legend she was the wife of the water god Nechtan.
		Only Nechtan and his cupbearers were allowed to go near the well.
		When Boann attempted to circle the well, the waters rose up and pursued her until she was drowned in their waters.
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	Baby names - NECHTAN
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	NECHTAN : The deity from Celtic Mythology
		NECHTAN: The God who owned the hill upon which stood the Holy Well of All Knowledge.
		This is the well that BOANN managed to upset so much that it chased her down the hill and boiled into the River Boyne.
		NECHTAN gnashed his teeth and took to nibbling the hazel nuts of knowledge, which only made him sadder but wiser.
	www.godchecker.com /pantheon/celtic-mythology.php?deity=NECHTAN (139 words)

	McNitt Family History
		It was also the custom of Scots tribes to use the patronymic term "mac" to refer to a male child as the son of his father.
		It was the last of these Nechtans who during the early 700s converted to Christianity and made a decision that influences Scottish history to this very day.
		While King Nechtan, and our relationship to him, may be more legend than fact, it is a fact that in 1164, King Malcolm IV gave the MacNauchtan Clan control of lands in the Highlands to the west of Strathtay, in return for aid in controlling the rebellious MacDougalls.
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	Amazon.com: Nechtan: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When a Pictish king, Nechtan, admired her lovely eyes, she is said to have plucked...
		in some traditions she was married to the water god Nechtan; other sources say she was the wife of the magician...
		that came to her mind were the white cloak of Nechtan and the golden stringed harp of Wrad.
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	FOGS - Canticle for a Lost Nation: part II
		Nechtan highking of Picts, the last in the Heroic Age of Pictish warriors, anointed leader of his people,
		Throughout his childhood, Nechtan was educated in the highest monasteries of the day, fluent in all northern
		Nechtan's new wave relied heavily on his nobility for its introduction: in his scattered nation where there
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