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#WorldOceansDay: #Fintan mac Bochra lived at least 5000 years after the Deluge, escaping it by turning into a salmon. When the water masses had receded, he turned into an eagle, then a hawk, afterwards into all the different animals of #Ireland and finally back to human form.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: How did the storytellers of the #IronAge learn about the prehistory of #Ireland? #Fintan mac Bochra could tell them all about it, because he lived for at least 5000 years after the Deluge well into the time of #Fionn Mac Cumhaill, becoming the repository of all knowledge of #Ireland and all history.

#MythologyMonday: #Fintan mac Bochra (= his mother or a reference to the ocean), not only escaped the pestering of 50 women but also the Deluge by turning into a salmon. When the water masses had receded, he turned into an eagle, then a hawk, afterwards into all the different animals of #Ireland and finally back to human form.
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`

`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`

#FolkloreThursday for #WorldOceansDay: #Fintan mac Bochra (= his mother or a reference to the ocean), not only escaped the pestering of 50 women but also the Deluge by turning into a salmon. When the water masses had receded, he turned into an eagle, then a hawk, afterwards into all the different animals of #Ireland and finally back to human form.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Fintan mac Bochra, The Old White, came to #Ireland with 17 wives: Cessair (Noah's granddaughter), Lot, Luam, Mall, Mar, Froechar, Femar, Faible, Foroll, Cipir, Torrian, Tamall, Tam, Abba, Alla, Baichne, and Sille. He married Ebliu later. After the death of Bíth and Ladra, when he inherited their 33 wives, he fled.
#Fintan mac Bochra not only escaped the pestering of 50 women but also the Deluge by turning into a salmon. When the water masses had receded, he turned into an eagle, then a hawk, afterwards into all the different animals of #Ireland and finally back to human form.

Do you recognize more than the topography of Ireland in this foto?