`When the goddess #Boann went to the Tobar Segais, also known as the Well of Wisdom, her lapdog #Dabilla was trotting faithfully at her heels. As the waters rose to form the river Boyne, little Dabilla was tossed from wave to wave, like a sliotar between hurlers.`
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`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.`
Source: Ali Isaac

`When the goddess #Boann went to the Tobar Segais, also known as the Well of Wisdom, her lapdog #Dabilla was trotting faithfully at her heels. As the waters rose to form the river Boyne, little Dabilla was tossed from wave to wave, like a sliotar between hurlers.`
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#Celtic #WyrdWednesday: `When the goddess #Boann went to the Tobar Segais, also known as the Well of Wisdom, her lapdog #Dabilla was trotting faithfully at her heels. As the waters rose to form the river Boyne, little Dabilla was tossed from wave to wave, like a sliotar between hurlers.`
Source: Ali Isaac

This is the creation myth of the River #Shannon: `The grand-daughter of #Lir, god of the sea, #Sinann, decided to visit Connla’s Well and 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.`
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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#Celtic #WyrdWednesday: This is the creation myth of the River #Shannon: `The grand-daughter of #Lir, god of the sea, #Sinann, decided to visit Connla’s Well and ate the fruits of the Tree of Knowledge, although she knew it was forbidden. As a result, the waters of the well
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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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`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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#Celtic #WyrdWednesday: `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
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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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Stories of both the Boyne and the Shannon rivers include descriptions of the magical #hazel groves that fed the fish that swam at the river’s source. Uneaten nuts turned into bubbles of inspiration, readily seen in the Shannon’s source in Co. #Cavan, which bubbles from underground springs feeding the pool.
Source: 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 #Connacht…
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