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The name is anglicised as Beltane, Beltain, Beltaine, Beltine and Beltany. [2] Another Old Irish name for the festival was Cétshamain or Cétamain, probably meaning 'first of summer'. [8] [9] Ó Duinnín's Irish dictionary (1904) gives this as Céadamhain or Céadamh in modern Irish.
The term Lorica is used of a number of Old Irish prayers, including one attributed to Dallán Forgaill and another to Saint Fursey. They all arose in the context of early Irish monasticism, in the 6th to 8th centuries. At what period the Latin title of Lorica was first applied to them is unclear, but the term is used in the 17th century by John ...
Béḃinn (/ ˈ b eɪ v iː n, ˈ b eɪ v ɪ n /) or Bé Binn, in modern orthography Béibhinn, [1] is an early Irish personal and mythological name. In some sources Béḃinn is a goddess associated with birth and the sister of the river-goddess, Boann.
140 best Irish blessings for St. Patrick's Day It's normal to hear various "season's greetings" around the holidays, and different types of "best wishes" and congratulatory statements when someone ...
Some of the blessings and sayings on this list celebrate the beauty of Ireland, while others wish fortune upon you and yours. These St. Patrick's Day quotes are the perfect sentimental message to ...
Geasa are common in Irish and Scottish folklore and mythology, as well as in modern English-language fantasy fiction. [1] The word originates in Old Irish, also known as Old Gaelic, and retains the same form in Modern Irish (nominative singular geis /ɟɛʃ/, nom. plural geasa /ˈɟasˠə/; genitive sg. geise /ˈɟɛʃə/, gen. pl. geas /ɟasˠ/).
The saint has the same name as the goddess Brigid, derived from the Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, "high, exalted", and ultimately originating with Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. In Old Irish, her name was spelled Brigit [6] and pronounced [ˈbʲrʲiɣʲidʲ]. In Modern Irish she is also called Bríd. [6]
Irish blessings and proverbs. May you have all the happiness and luck that life can hold and the end of your rainbows, may you find a pot of gold. A good friend is like a four-leaf clover. Hard to ...