`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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#Celtic #FaustianFriday: #Boann/#Bóand, the goddess of the Boyne River, brought the `bricht neime` (literally `poison spell`) to her nephew, the …
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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 
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Warned that she should not approach a well—variously named the well of Segáis and Connla`s well— wherein wisdom was hidden, Sínann ignored the prohibition. In some sources she caught the Salmon of Wisdom who swam there and, upon eating its flesh, became the wisest being on earth, in others, she merely arrived at the well in search of wisdom. In either case, the result was the same: the well broke forth from its bounds in a great flood, drowning Sínann as it carried her to sea. Thereafter the river Shannon could never return to the limiting confines of the well and instead watered one fifth of #Ireland. Although often interpreted as a cautionary tale, warning women against seeking wisdom, Sínann’s story can also be seen as a creation myth, in which she sacrifices herself to establish the land’s fertility.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#FolkloreThursday: #Celtic #mythology tells that the #Boyne was formed when #Bóand desecrated the secret spring of her husband #Nechtan in the Síd…
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#Celtic #mythology tells that the #Boyne was formed when #Bóand desecrated the secret spring of her husband #Nechtan in the Síd by walking around three times against the course of the sun (tuaithbel). 3 waves broke over Boand from the spring of #Nechtan and took from her a thigh, a hand and an eye. #Bóand fled to the mouth of the Boyne into the sea, whereupon she was drowned in it.
`Segáis is not only the name of the secret well of wisdom but also the name given to Bóand herself. She was called by that name in the #Otherworld, and that the other name for the Boyne is Sruth Segsa, “river of Segáis.” 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: Guyonvarc'h/Le Roux `Die #Druiden` + P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: Stories of both the Boyne and the Shannon rivers include descriptions of the magical #hazel groves that fed the fish …
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#Newgrange was the palace (Brú) of #Bóand, goddess of the river beneath the mound. It was Bóand (sometimes called #Eithne) who first lived here with #Elcmar (sometimes #Nechtan). When she decided to take the #Dagda as her lover, she asked him to hold the sun steady in the sky for 9 months, so that her pregnancy could pass in what seemed to be a single day. This subterfuge worked, and #AonghusÓg was safely born.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Las historias de Daghda son abundantes! Una de ellas cuenta cómo Dagda tuvo una aventura con Boand, la esposa de Elcmar. Para ocultar…
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#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: Deceived by the goddess #Bóand with the god #Dagda, the #Irish god #Nuada was further deceived when the son of that affair, #Aonghus Óg, tricked the leader of the Tuatha dé Danann out of the great palace Brú na Bóinne, the great tumulus on the River Boyne.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #FaustianFriday: #Diancecht had inserted a prosthesis of silver for #Nuada's severed arm, but a black beetle lived in it, causing the king …
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