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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at Carbury Hill Co. Kildare, #Ireland: In #Irish #mythology, #Nechtan was the father and/or husband of #Boann, eponymous goddess of the River Boyne. He may be Nuada under another name, or his cult may have been replaced by that of Nuada; others maintain that Nechtan may be another name for the Dagda. He inhabited the #otherworldly Síd Nechtain, the mythological form of Carbury Hill.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nechtan_(mythology)
Carbury Hill, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte -
`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.`
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`The grand-daughter of #Lir, god of the sea, #Sinann, visited a well, variously named the well of Segáis and Connla`s well. She ate the fruits of the Tree of Knowledge, although she knew it was forbidden. As a result, the waters of the well rose up, carrying her out to sea and drowning her there.` This way she created the river #Shannon.
Source: Ali Isaac
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#Celtic #WyrdWednesday: `Connla’s well is the source of the River #Boyne, which is now known as Trinity Well. #Boann went there seeking knowledge…
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`The grand-daughter of #Lir, god of the sea, #Sinann, visited a well, variously named the well of Segáis and Connla`s well. She ate the fruits of the Tree of Knowledge, although she knew it was forbidden. As a result, the waters of the well rose up, carrying her out to sea and drowning her there.` This way she created the river #Shannon.
Source: Ali Isaac
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#Celtic #WyrdWednesday: `Connla’s well is the source of the River #Boyne, which is now known as Trinity Well. #Boann went there seeking knowledge…
https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1646123179486658563 -
`The grand-daughter of #Lir, god of the sea, #Sinann, visited a well, variously named the well of Segáis and Connla`s well. She ate the fruits of the Tree of Knowledge, although she knew it was forbidden. As a result, the waters of the well rose up, carrying her out to sea and drowning her there.` This way she created the river #Shannon.
Source: Ali Isaac
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RT @NeuKelte
#Celtic #WyrdWednesday: `Connla’s well is the source of the River #Boyne, which is now known as Trinity Well. #Boann went there seeking knowledge…
https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1646123179486658563 -
`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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#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