`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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RT @NeuKelte
#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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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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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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RT @NeuKelte
#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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One of the companions of #Bran the Seafarer was seized by longing for home in #Ireland. Despite a warning, #Nechtan, the son of Collbran, jumped from the boat. Upon contact with the earth, he immediately crumbled to ashes. The hundreds of years of absence in the #Otherworld had caught up with him, when he had crossed the 'insurmountable barrier between the eternal-mystical and the human time'.
Source: Guyonvarc'h/Le Roux `Die #Druiden`
#Celtic
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RT @ReismanGuy
One of the eeriest episodes of the Irish legend of the Voyage of Bran concerns an island whose inhabitants do nothing but inexplicably stare a…
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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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RT @MitologiaCelta
Las historias de Daghda son abundantes! Una de ellas cuenta cómo Dagda tuvo una aventura con Boand, la esposa de Elcmar. Para ocultar…
https://twitter.com/MitologiaCelta/status/1287673787408887808