: I would love Buadach, of the men, , Cernach, , mac Róich and Mac Cumhaill with his to help and her , repel the Roman invasion of Britain.

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: I would love to see , Mac Cumhaill with his and join in repelling the Roman invasion of .

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: There`s historical evidence of women who led their tribes into battle, as did the British queens  and .
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of Celtic and `
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Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, was the epitome of a woman scorned. After the Romans took her lands, flogged her and violated her daughters, she led an open revolt that brought Roman Britain t…
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commemorating : There`s historical evidence of women who led their tribes into battle, as did the British queens and .
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of and `
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, or ? 1 thing we can say for certain, Boadicea is a typo – at least, the mediaeval monkish equivalent. wrote Boudicca – …
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: There`s historical evidence of women who led their tribes into battle, as did the British queens  and .
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of and `
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Boudicca was the queen of the Iceni tribe who led a revolt against the Romans in Britain in 60AD, a brave women fought for the injustice of her raped daughters & to reclaim the land that…
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: `The eating of some animals was generally forbidden. Caesar said that the would not kill nor eat hare, hen, or goose. Yet such taboo beasts could, upon certain occasions, be sacrificed. There is evidence that the queen
sacrificed a hare to divine her people’s future.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of and `
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@ciwf @johnmurrays @ChrisGPackham @MeganMcCubbin The hare. So much mythology around this beautiful animal - it always feels like a blessing to see one.
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: `In her ritual to the goddess , warrior queen released a hare. Although at first the hare seems a timid beast for a war divinity, it can grow fierce when threatened and is thus an appropriate image of defense.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of and '
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Hares were sacred to Andraste, a goddess of victory in pre- Britain, & were used in rites of divination. When Boudica faced the Roman Army in battle during Ice…
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