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Donn is called "king of the dead" in the tale. [2] It has been suggested that Dá Derga and Dá Derga's Hostel is another name for Donn and his abode. [6] It may be a name for the death god in the context of violent death or sacrifice, hence the name "red god". [2]
Sidapa (Hiligaynon mythology): god who lives in the sacred Mount Madia-as; determines the day of a person's death by marking every newborn's lifespan on a very tall tree on Madya-as [24] Hangin (Hiligaynon mythology): the spirits of the death wind; takes the life of the elderly [ 24 ]
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 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 ...
Thomas Aikenhead (bapt. 28 March 1676 – 8 January 1697) [1] [2] was a Scottish student from Edinburgh, who was prosecuted and executed at the age of 20, on a charge of blasphemy under the Blasphemy Act 1661 and Blasphemy Act 1695. He was the last person in Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy.
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.
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 ...
Lady Finella (c. 950–995) was a noblewoman [1] and Scottish assassin who killed King Kenneth II (some sources say King Kenneth III [2]) out of revenge. Her story is based on chronicles from the 14th century. She was the daughter of Cuncar, Mormaer of Angus, who was thought to be a descendant of Pictish royalty. Lady Finella is a well-known ...