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According to Julius Caesar, the Gauls also claimed descent from a god whom he likened to Dis Pater, the Roman god of the underworld. [4] The Christian writers who recorded the Lebor Gabála Érenn made Donn into Éber Donn one of the mythical Milesian ancestors of the Gaels. [6] The Milesians invade Ireland and take it from the Tuatha Dé Danann.
An example is the Scots Gaelic song 'Am Bròn Binn' (The Sweet Sorrow), which has been called "an Arthurian ballad in Scottish Gaelic". [19] In Arthurian legend Mordred , nephew of King Arthur , was raised in Orkney and it is speculated that Camelon in Stirlingshire may have been the original 'Camelot'. [ 20 ]
The Death of Christ Denney was born in Paisley, Scotland, 5 February 1856, to Cameronian (Reformed Presbyterian) parents.His father was a joiner and Cameronian deacon. In 1876 the family followed the majority of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland into union with the Free Church of Scotland.
The Scottish Gaelic name Slúagh stems from the Old Irish slúag (≈ slóg), meaning 'host, army; crowd, assembly'.Variant forms include slógh and sluag. [3] It derives from the Proto-Celtic root * slougo-(cf. Gaul. catu-slougi 'troops of combat', Middle Welsh llu 'troop', Old Bret.-lu 'army'), whose original meaning may have been 'those serving the chief', by comparing with Balto-Slavic ...
General deities were known by the Celts throughout large regions, and are the gods and goddesses called upon for protection, healing, luck, and honour. The local deities from Celtic nature worship were the spirits of a particular feature of the landscape, such as mountains, trees, or rivers, and thus were generally only known by the locals in ...
Donn is portrayed as a god of the dead and ancestor of the Gaels. Tech Duinn is commonly identified with Bull Rock , an islet off the west coast of Ireland which resembles a portal tomb . [ 9 ] In Ireland there was a belief that the souls of the dead departed westwards over the sea with the setting sun, [ 10 ] westward also being the direction ...
"Lord Randall", or "Lord Randal", (Roud 10, Child 12) is an Anglo-Scottish border ballad [1] consisting of dialogue between a young Lord and his mother. [2] Similar ballads can be found across Europe in many languages, including Danish , German , Magyar , Irish , Swedish , and Wendish .
The kelpie is a shape-shifting water spirit that appears as a horse, but is able to adopt human form. [1] were said to occupy several lochs, including one at Leurbost.[citation needed] The Kelpie is believed to lure people by their whistle, then ride them into the water and drown them.