2. The Gaels, Gauls, Britons, Irish, and
Galatians were all Celtic.
7th or 8th century B.C. First
evident.
Romans name: Galli and the
Greeks name: Keltoi–
both meaning barbarians.
3rd to 5th century B.C.
Occupied much of Europe
north of the Alps.
2nd to 3rd century B.C.
Arrived in British Island and
Ireland, probably displacing
and absorbing exiting tribes.
3. The Book of Invasions
Leabhar Gahbala
Pseudo-history.
One group of gods
conquers the older group
Reflects
This mythology roughly parallel
Invasions of one people
migrations of various people
groups to Ireland. another
group after
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Partholonians
Nemedians
Formorians
Fir Bolg
Tuatha de
Danann
• Milesians
4. Tuatha De Danann
Means Tribes of the Gods
equivalent to Greek Olympians
Formorians
equivalent to greek Titans
7. daghdha
Eochaidh Ollathair –
The All Father
God of earth, magic, time,
protector of crops
Symbols:
Club
Cauldron
Harp
Unique to Irish Pantheon
8. During a war, a rival tribe stole
Dagda’s harp and took it to an
abandoned castle. Dagda followed
Harp continues to be a the tribe and called to the harp. The
harp came to Dagda and he struck
Celtic symbol
the chords. The harp let out the
Music of Tears and everyone in the
castle began to cry. Dagda struck the
chords again and the harp played
the Music of Mirth and all the
warriors began to laugh. Then,
Dagda struck the chords a final time
and the harp let out the Music of
Sleep. Everyone but Dagda fell into a
deep sleep, allowing him to escape
with his magical harp unharmed.
HARP
12. NUADA
God of War, weapons, oceans,
poetry, writing, magic
First Leader, king
Silver hand
Abilities :Leadership
Invincible Sword
Welsh – Nudd
British – Nodens
Roman – Neptune
Norse – Tyr (also lost a hand)
Read his story here
13. Dian cecht
God of healing
Abilities:
Crafts
Healing
Welsh – Bran the Blessed
Greek – Apollo
15. The Morrigan
Goddess of battle,
strife, fertility, fate
Abilities:
Assist or hinder warriors
Sovereignty
Symbol: Raven
One of the Babd trio
Welsh
Similar to: Valkyries
16. Eponia
Goddess of Horses,
Fertility, Crops
Symbols: Cornucopia,
Crops
Eponia also worshipped by
Germans and Romans
Welsh – Rhiannon
(ushered dead into afterlife)
Greek - Demeter
17. balor
God of death
One-eyed giant
(The Greeks had those too!)
Fomorian – Evil Giants (similar
to the Titans or Frost Giants)
Welsh - Ysbaddaden, Chief of
Giants
Read his story here
18. donn
Lord of the dead
Father of the Irish race
Millesian – came after
the Tuatha de Danann
22. faeries
Sidhe– a portal into the
Otherworld, a parallel
universe where fairy folk
dwell.
The myth is that the
Tuatha de Danann
retreated to the
otherworld and appear in
this one as fairies
26. • Stone of Destiny is used
as part of the coronation
ceremony for kings of
Ireland and Britain. The
Irish stone sits on a hill at
Tara. The mainland stone
was brought by Gaels
from Ireland to Scotland
and resided in Scone. It’s
travelled over the British
isles between Britain,
Scotland, Wales. In 1996
it was returned to
Scotland and sits with the
crown jewels in
Edinburgh Castle
27. Cu Chulainn
Celtic Hero
AKA Setana
Strong, brave ( like Achilles)
Demi-god son of Lugh
Also known as the Hound of
Chulainn
33. Tales with welsh celtic roots
Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight
King Arthur
Notas del editor
The Celts were a European cultural group first evident in the 7th or 8th century B.C. The Romans called them Galli and the Greeks called them Keltoi-- both meaning barbarians. Their maximum expansion was in the 3rd to 5th century B.C., when they occupied much of Europe north of the Alps (see maps). The Celts arrived in Britain by the 4th or 5th century B.C. and Ireland by the 2nd or 3rd century B.C., and possibly earlier, displacing an earlier people who were already on the islands. The Gaels, Gauls, Britons, Irish, and Gallations were all Celtic people. The Celts were a European cultural group first evident in the 7th or 8th century B.C. The Romans called them Galliand the Greeks called them Keltoi-- both meaning barbarians. Their maximum expansion was in the 3rd to 5th century B.C., when they occupied much of Europe north of the Alps (seemaps). The Celts arrived in Britain by the 4th or 5th century B.C. and Ireland by the 2nd or 3rd century B.C., and possibly earlier, displacing an earlier people who were already on the islands. The Gaels, Gauls, Britons, Irish, and Gallations were all Celtic people.
Great undertakings of Milesians and Danann began at Beltane
Lir was the lord of the sea. He had a wife and four children. When Lir’s wife died, he married his wife’s sister, Aoife. Aoife was jealous of Lir’s children and wanted to be rid of them. One day Aoife took the children to a lake. While they were swimming she performed a spell on them and turned them into swans. Under the spell the children were to remain swans until they heard the sound of a Christian bell. The swans swam from lake, to river to stream for years waiting for the sound of that bell, but it wasn’t until St. Patrick came to Ireland that the children could be free of the curse- 900 years later.Read more: http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-irish-myths-and-legends.php#ixzz2PAbFynZJ
Any one remember another god we’ve studied who lost a hand? (Tyr – Norse)
Gatekeeper at Tara story only gets in with a talent (multi-talented) Summer's end. Lugh dies and passes to the underworld. The Celts put out their home hearth fire and re-lit with the village's communal fire. Boundaries to the other world are temporarily suspended--spirits can mix with the living. Masks must be worn so the spirits won't recognize. Festival of Samhain celebrated Oct. 31. Sound familiar?
Rhiannon also ushered the dead into the afterlife which sometimes was also attributed to Eponia but it wasn’t her primary function.
Who is another one-eyed giant? (Cyclopes) Balor was to be killed by his grandson. To avoid his fate, he locked his daughter, Ethlinn, in a tower made of crystal to keep her from becoming pregnant. However, Cian, one of the TuathaDéDanann, managed to enter the tower with the help of the druidessBirog. Ethlinn gave birth to triplets by him, but Balor threw them into the ocean. Birog saved one, Lugh, and gave him to Manannan mac Lir, who became his foster father. He was called LughLamhfada and became a member of the TuathaDéDanann.Anyone remember which Greek hero was prophesied to kill his own grandfather and was thrown with his mother into the sea? (Persues) –Lug killed him with a slingshot and stone (another familiar tale)
Anybody remember another talking head prophet from Norse mythology? Bran was a giant who sister Branwen was married to Irish king Mathowich. Their brother Efnissyen objected to the marriage killed all Mathwich’s horses. Bran, to make ammends gave Mathowich a magic cauldron of rebirth. which would allow him to resurrect the dead. Efmissyn continue to cause lots of trouble killing Mathowich’s men Once they had a son, Bathowich banished Branwen to the kitchen but pretended to love her to Bran’s face. Efnissyn found out and killed the child. A battle ensued but the troops kept resurrecting so Efnyssen destroyed the cauldron which led to his death. Bran was also injured and talked his troops into taking hishead and returning it to Britain. The head continued to give prophecies and was eventually buried under the Tower of London where it was to protect Britain and did until Arthur became too prideful and dug it up declaring his prowess in battle was enough protection.
Islands in the western sea. Sidhe mounds, or an invisible alternate universe existing right along side the physical world.
If she’s captured she has to reveal who is doomed.
Rejected the Morrigan, failing to recognize her. 1.When she appeared to him and declared her love for him. 2.After he had wounded her, she appeared to him as an old hag and he offered his blessings to her, which caused her to be healed. 3.On his way to his final battle, he saw the Washer at the Ford, who declared that she was washing the clothes and arms of Cu Chulainn, who would soon be dead. 4.When he was forced by three hags (the Morrigan in her triple aspect) to break a taboo of eating dogflesh.Eventually she appears as a crow on his shoulder in battle and he is killed.
One popular story tells of a salmon that knew all of the world’s knowledge. Finn decided to eat the Salmon to gain the knowledge. As he was cooking the fish, juice squirted out and burned Finn’s thumb. Finn stuck his thumb in his mouth to stop the pain and instantly learned the knowledge the salmon carried. From then on, anytime Finn sucked his thumb he gained whatever knowledge he was seeking.Read more: http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-irish-myths-and-legends.php#ixzz2PAbRjoaX