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Ancient Celtic women. Celtic married couple (Wölfnitz-Lendorf, Kärnten) The position of ancient Celtic women in their society cannot be determined with certainty due to the quality of the sources. On the one hand, great female Celts are known from mythology and history; on the other hand, their real status in the male-dominated Celtic tribal ...
Rosmerta - Gallic goddess of fertility and abundance. Sabrina - Brittonic goddess of the River Severn. Seixomniai Leuciticai - a Celtic goddess, equated with Diana [16] Senuna - a Brittonic goddess. Sequana - Gallic goddess of the River Seine. Sirona - Gallic goddess of healing. Suleviae - a triune mother goddess.
150 Popular and Common Irish Girl Names 1. Aine. This name means “radiance,” and is the name of a fairy queen in Irish mythology. 2. Croía. This name isn’t just cute; it has a cute meaning ...
List of women warriors in folklore. The Swedish heroine Blenda advises the women of Värend to fight off the Danish army in a painting by August Malström (1860). The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen in a woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (c. 1885). The peasant Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) led the French army to important victories in the Hundred ...
A fían (plural fíana or fianna) was a small band of roving hunter-warriors. [2] It was made up of landless young men of free birth, often young aristocrats, [3] "who had left fosterage but had not yet inherited the property needed to settle down as full landowning members of the túath ". [4] A member of a fían was called a fénnid; the ...
Girl Names That Mean 'Warrior' 101. Acacia - This Greek name means "thorny" or "sharpened," hinting at some real toughness. ... Bree - An Irish name that quite literally means “strength.” 120 ...
Rhiannon (/ ˈriːænən /) is a major figure in Welsh mythology, appearing in the First Branch of the Mabinogi, and again in the Third Branch. Ronald Hutton called her "one of the great female personalities in World literature ", adding that "there is in fact, nobody quite like her in previous human literature". [1]
Bridget is an Irish female name derived from the Gaelic noun brígh, meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". [1] An alternative meaning of the name is "exalted one". [2] Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid of Kildare, who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gael".