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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 He may be Nuada under another name, or his cult may have been replaced by that of Nuada; others maintain that Nechtan may be another name for the Dagda.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

Nua-#CelticSoulJourney in #Ireland: Tobereevul („Well of Aeval”): #Ireland has many ancient goddesses who come into literature and folklore as #Fairy Queens. Among the most famous is #Aeval, connected with the southwestern region of #Munster and specifically with a #airy mount at Killaloe in east Co. Clare, near which a well called Tobereevul (“well of Aeval”) gushes from beneath the crag Craganeevul (“rock of Aeval”); she is also associated with the mountain Slieve Bernaugh, where she was said to have lived. 

Her name means “beautiful” or “the lovely one,” but her behavior was more threatening than loving. Queen of the two-dozen #banshees of the region whose appearance predicted death, she appeared as a Washer at the Ford before disasters like the defeat of the historical hero Brian Boru; she was especially connected with the O’Brien family. Aeval judged the famous Midnight Court of the poet Brian Merriman, in which prudish Irishmen were found guilty of not being satisfactory lovers. Her rival was the sea fairy Clídna, who turned Aeval into a white cat. 

Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` 

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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney in #Ireland: „#Donn ("the dark one") is an ancestor of the Gaels and is believed to have been a god of the dead. In Co Limerick, a Donn Fírinne was said to dwell in the sacred hill of Cnoc Fírinne (Knockfeerina or Knockfierna). He was also associated with the weather: thunder and lightning meant that Donn Fírinne was riding his horse through the sky, and if clouds were over the hill it meant that he was gathering them together to make rain. This imagery may have been influenced by the lore of Odin and his horse Sleipnir from the Norse settlers in Limerick. Donn Fírinne was also said to appear and warn anyone who interfered with his hill. In later folklore, the name 'Donn' came to mean an 'otherworld lord' in general."
Source: Donn - Wikipedia 
https://twitter.com/duchas_ie/status/1037620863749812224 
Knockfeerina, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: St Declan's Stone in Ardmore, Co. Waterford, is a boulder burial. According to Graham Robb (`The Ancient Paths`) it lies at 182°, in line with #Uisneach, the spiritual center of #Ireland, and Malin Head.
photocredits 1. Neu-Kelte 

Nua-#CelticSoulJourney in #Ireland: `Despite the enmity between the #TuathaDéDanann and the mighty but destructive sorceress #Carman, a great festival was staged in her honor, called the Óenach Carman, whose site has been variously located on the Curragh in Co. #Kildare and
on the plains of the River Barrow in the same county, suggesting that she was a force to be propitiated. Similar festivals were also staged in honor of the goddesses Tailtiu and Tlachtga. As earth goddesses, they may have represented the dying vegetation that fed humanity, suggesting an ancient connection of such goddesses to the harvest season.` 
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` 
https://twitter.com/irishspiritmag/status/1582763488744988672?t=E464EIMQHl34zv-S8-G11A&s=09

Nua-#CelticSoulJourney in #Ireland: `The #TuathaDéDanann sent a bard against #Carman, but he failed to stop the destructive energy of this sorceress. Then a satirist came, but he too failed. Finally the sorceress Bé Chuille cast a spell sufficient to undo Carman’s. Upon hearing that her sons had been killed, Carman died of grief.` 
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` 
https://twitter.com/TheMythologyMa1/status/1358465329463242752?t=mhvENCdogdPqRFE57yIkEA&s=09

Nua-#CelticSoulJourney in #Ireland: `#Carman was said to have been one of the earliest rulers of #Ireland, a mighty but destructive sorceress whose three sons were equally distressing: darkness (Dub), wickedness (Dothur), and violence (Dian). Together they maliciously blighted Ireland’s corn until the people of the goddess #Danu, the #TuathaDéDanann, mustered sufficient magic to drive Carman’s sons from the land.` 
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` 
https://twitter.com/McDonaghNikki/status/1238101988900036608?t=ch_aG-MOCVxir6YQ_ZYSiA&s=09
On the An Slí Charman-Trail, , County Wexford, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#Fionn Mac Cumhaill’s sister, #Uirne, was cursed by a jealous rival and turned into a bitch who gave birth to Bran and Sceolan. Yellow-footed and red-eared, Bran became Fionn’s favorite dog, so fast she could overtake flying birds.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: In a field near #DunollieCastle stands Clach a Choin, the “Dog Stone”. Legend has it that this was where the ancient heroic warrior of #Celt…
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#Lugh was killed on the #HillOfUisneach. He was set upon by three other gods, Mac Cuill, Mac Cécht and Mac Gréine, the last being Ériu`s husband. The small lake known as Loch Lugh or Loch Lugborta is said to be his burial place.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: In #Irish #mythology, the #HillOfUisneach is described as the sacred centre of #Ireland, the burial place of Irish gods such as #Lugh and the…
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