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SEGAIS - Pleasure, delight. Name of first part of the Boyne River and the wooded height on Carbery Hill where legend places the Hazel trees of knowledge. Return to text
NECHTAIN - Literally, a person (for that) time, the proper person. Some consider the name synonymous with Nuada, but I see no evidence of such. Return to text HAZEL - Tree of Wisdom and associated with Boand. It's crimson nuts immediately impart the wisdom of the world to whomever eats them. Return to text NINE - Completion. Three times three. See "three." Return to text CIRCLE - OI Timpial, from which the word Temple is derived. Return to text WELL - foinse - - source Return to text SALMON OF KNOWLEDGE - They not only had the knowledge, they were the knowledge. Anyone eating their flesh would instantly receive the wisdom of the world. Consider the tale of Fion Mac Coull. Return to text PROHIBITION OF THE WELL - The well was denied to any but one vengeful God and his minions. Boand broke the taboo. Return to text
BOAND - Alternately Boann. Literally, "she who has white cows." White cows, especially those with red ears were considered cattle of the "other world." Return to text
SOFT RIPENING - Young, but mature. THREE - Triplisms is a common theme between all Celtic people. One aspect is dominant, the other two generally subordinate. However, all three are of one being. I know of no glosses in the old texts that shed any light on the symbolic meaning. However, thought, action and result are an obvious analogy. Return to text TUATHAL - Counter sun-wise, to the left, the way of the people, or literally "the wrong way." Return to text GEIS - A restriction put on an individual. Breaking of such would always bring dire consequences. Return to text DISFIGURED FORM - Though on the surface the form seems hideous, it isn't necessarily so. The Fomorians were described as "monsters" with one arm, one leg and one eye. They were considered to have been "otherworldly." Perhaps more importantly is the stance taken by one going into a trance or divining. The individual would stand on one leg, one arm outstretched and one eye closed. Such a stance emulates the Crane or Heron, symbol of transformation. The closing of one eye simbolizes blindness to the ordinary under the influence of inspiration. Return to text |
