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The mainland Celtic "Princess" tombs of Bad Dürkheim, [15] Reinheim, [16] Waldalgesheim [17] and Vix show that women could hold high social positions; but whether their position was a result of their marital status is unclear.
Other manuscripts of the Lebor Gabála Érenn contain a legend of a Scotia who was the wife of Goidel's descendant Míl Espáine of ancient Iberia. This Scotia's Grave is a famous landmark in Munster. [8] The Gaels, known in Gaelic as Goídel and in Latin as Scoti, are said to be named after Goidel and Scota. However, historians say they were ...
Caer Ibormeith - princess cursed to spend every second year in the form of a swan; Cermait - son of the Dagda, killed by Lugh; Cían - father of Lugh; able to shapeshift at will; Danand - daughter of Delbáeth; Delbáeth - king of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Ecne - god of wisdom and knowledge; Egobail - foster son of Manannan mac Lir and father of Aine
The broader site is a prehistoric Celtic complex from the Late Hallstatt and Early La Tène periods, consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds. The grave of the Lady of Vix , dating to circa 500 BC, had never been disturbed and thus contained remarkably rich grave offerings.
Adobogiona (fl. c. 80 BC - c. 50 BC) was a Celtic princess from Anatolia. She was the daughter of king Deiotarus of Galatia and Berenice, Princess of Pergamon, probably a daughter of king Attalus III of Pergamon. [1] Adobogiona married Brogitarus, King of Galatia, who reigned concurrently with his father-in-law. [2]
Cartimandua or Cartismandua (reigned c. AD 43 – c. 69) was a 1st-century queen of the Brigantes, a Celtic people living in what is now northern England. She is known through the writings of Roman historian Tacitus. She came to power during the time period that Rome was campaigning against Britain. She was widely influential during her reign.
The princess Celtine (Ancient Greek: Κελτινη, romanized: Keltinē) or Celto (Ancient Greek: Κελτω, romanized: Keltō) is the protagonist of a Celtic ancestral myth that was recorded by several Graeco-Roman authors.
Onomaris was a Celtic queen regnant. She is described in the anonymous collection of Greek stories known in Latin as Tractatus de mulieribus claris in dello. [1] She is the first Celtic woman mentioned by name in classical records.