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The raven also has a prominent role in the mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, including the Tsimishians, Haidas, Heiltsuks, Tlingits, Kwakwaka'wakw, Coast Salish, Koyukons, and Inuit. The raven in these indigenous peoples' mythology is the Creator of the world, but it is also considered a trickster God.
Instead, Simek connects Huginn and Muninn with wider raven symbolism in the Germanic world, including the raven banner (described in English chronicles and Scandinavian sagas), a banner which was woven in a method that allowed it, when fluttering in the wind, to appear as if the raven depicted upon it was beating its wings. [17]
There is some disagreement over the meaning of the Morrígan's name. Mor may derive from an Indo-European root connoting terror, monstrousness, cognate with the Old English maere (which survives in the modern English word "nightmare") and the Scandinavian mara and the Old East Slavic "mara" ("nightmare"); [15] while rígan translates as "queen".
The connection can still be seen in several Celtic languages, in Welsh brân means crow, and bran means raven in both Cornish and Irish. Several scholars have noted similarities between Brân the Blessed and the Arthurian character the Fisher King, the keeper of the Holy Grail.
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.
Valknut variations. On the left unicursal trefoil forms; on the right tricursal linked triangle forms.. The valknut is a symbol consisting of three interlocked triangles.It appears on a variety of objects from the archaeological record of the ancient Germanic peoples.
Raven — English, associated with the bird. 79. Nyx — The personification of night in Greek mythology. 80. ... Arlen — Celtic, meaning "pledge" or "oath. ...
The Lyon cup. The Lyon cup (French: gobelet de Lyon) is a silver Gallo-Roman cup found in Lyon (Lugdunum in Roman times), France.. It is decorated in relief with a series of images: a reclining male figure with a deer and dog; a seated male figure with purses and a raven; an eagle confronting a serpent; two trees diametrically opposed.