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The third is another list of early kings with neither stories nor dates, all of whom have two names that begin with "Brude". It is possible that "Brude" is an ancient title for "king" from another source, which was misinterpreted as a name by the compiler (cf. Skene p.cv); The fourth is a list of later kings.
The Picts are often thought to have practised matrilineal kingship succession on the basis of Irish legends and a statement in Bede's history. [48] [49] The kings of the Picts when Bede was writing were Bridei and Nechtan, sons of Der Ilei, who indeed claimed the throne through their mother Der Ilei, daughter of an earlier Pictish king. [50]
A group of people mentioned in Widsith line 79, and the name refers to the Picts of Scotland. [264] Poles, Poland: Middle High German: Pôlân or Middle High German: Bôlân, Old Norse: Pulinar: A Slavic people living in modern Poland. The name derives from Slavic pole ("field, prairie") + the derivative suffix -jane and means "prairie dwellers ...
In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabit Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses. Germanic deities are attested from numerous sources, including works of literature, various chronicles, runic inscriptions , personal names, place names, and other sources.
Name Epithet(s), other name(s) Description Abholos Devourer in the Mist: A grey festering blob of infinite malevolence, described as the lesser brother of Tsathoggua or spawn of Cthulhu, born from his bile and tears. [1] Alala [2] Herald of S'glhuo: An entity of living sound native to the Gulf of S'glhuo, and manifesting as a huge monstrous being.
The quatrain has been widely discussed by historians as providing a representation of Pictish geography. [4] Giving territories mythical eponymous founders was a common literary practice throughout the classical and medieval periods, [7] and several of the names of Cruithne's sons clearly relate to known regions within the territory of the Picts. [3]
Tomaschek compared this name with the name Cotela of a Getian prince and with the name Cotys, name of several Odrysian and Sapaean (Thracian) princes. Also, he compared with the name Kotys, the Thracian goddess worshipped by the Edonians, a tribe that lived around Pangaion Mountain. He sees here again, the letter "o" as an obscured indistinct ...
The Celtic deities are known from a variety of sources such as written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, religious objects, as well as place and personal names. Celtic deities can belong to two categories: general and local.