#boand — Public Fediverse posts

`Words translated as “white” are often found in names and titles of #Celtic divinities. The word might be better translated as “shining” or “radiant,” for it refers to a quality of light rather than the absence of colour. Many deities and heroic figures bear names that suggest they were seen as emanating brilliant light: #Bóand (or Bó Find), the #Irish cow goddess, whose brightness may be the light reflecting off her river, the Boyne; #Fintan the salmon, who swam in the sacred well and whose flesh carried all the world’s wisdom; and the brilliant hero #Fionn Mac Cumhaill.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

`Words translated as “white” are often found in names and titles of #Celtic divinities. The word might be better translated as “shining” or “radiant,” for it refers to a quality of light rather than the absence of colour. Many deities and heroic figures bear names that suggest they were seen as emanating brilliant light: #Bóand (or Bó Find), the #Irish cow goddess, whose brightness may be the light reflecting off her river, the Boyne; #Fintan the salmon, who swam in the sacred well and whose flesh carried all the world’s wisdom; and the brilliant hero #Fionn Mac Cumhaill.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

`Words translated as “white” are often found in names and titles of #Celtic divinities. The word might be better translated as “shining” or “radiant,” for it refers to a quality of light rather than the absence of colour. Many deities and heroic figures bear names that suggest they were seen as emanating brilliant light: #Bóand (or Bó Find), the #Irish cow goddess, whose brightness may be the light reflecting off her river, the Boyne; #Fintan the salmon, who swam in the sacred well and whose flesh carried all the world’s wisdom; and the brilliant hero #Fionn Mac Cumhaill.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

`Connla’s well is the source of the River #Boyne, which is now known as Trinity Well. #Boann went there seeking knowledge against the will of her husband, Nechtan, who owned the well. The waters rose and carried her out to sea, where in some versions she was drowned, but in others survived although maimed.`
`The other name for the #Boyne is Sruth Segsa, “river of Segáis,” a name given to #Bóand herself in the #Otherworld. If the well were in the possession of Bóand from the start, as this implies, rather than of her husband #Nechtan, the likelihood that her drowning was not punishment but creation is heightened.`
Sources: Ali Isaac; P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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RT @NeuKelte
#Celtic #FaustianFriday: #Boann/#Bóand, the goddess of the Boyne River, brought the `bricht neime` (literally `poison spell`) to her nephew, the …
https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1532786725327622151

`Connla’s well is the source of the River #Boyne, which is now known as Trinity Well. #Boann went there seeking knowledge against the will of her husband, Nechtan, who owned the well. The waters rose and carried her out to sea, where in some versions she was drowned, but in others survived although maimed.`
`The other name for the #Boyne is Sruth Segsa, “river of Segáis,” a name given to #Bóand herself in the #Otherworld. If the well were in the possession of Bóand from the start, as this implies, rather than of her husband #Nechtan, the likelihood that her drowning was not punishment but creation is heightened.`
Sources: Ali Isaac; P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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RT @NeuKelte
#Celtic #FaustianFriday: #Boann/#Bóand, the goddess of the Boyne River, brought the `bricht neime` (literally `poison spell`) to her nephew, the …
https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1532786725327622151

`Connla’s well is the source of the River #Boyne, which is now known as Trinity Well. #Boann went there seeking knowledge against the will of her husband, Nechtan, who owned the well. The waters rose and carried her out to sea, where in some versions she was drowned, but in others survived although maimed.`
`The other name for the #Boyne is Sruth Segsa, “river of Segáis,” a name given to #Bóand herself in the #Otherworld. If the well were in the possession of Bóand from the start, as this implies, rather than of her husband #Nechtan, the likelihood that her drowning was not punishment but creation is heightened.`
Sources: Ali Isaac; P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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RT @NeuKelte
#Celtic #FaustianFriday: #Boann/#Bóand, the goddess of the Boyne River, brought the `bricht neime` (literally `poison spell`) to her nephew, the …
https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1532786725327622151