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BOANN - Boann is the Celtic goddess of rivers.
she was the wife of
Nechtan, a god of the water. Likewise, Boann was herself a
water-goddess, and one of her myths concerns the water.
legend has it that once the Irish river Boyne did not exist. Instead, there was
only a well, surrounded and overhung by nine hazel-trees bearing the sacred
crimson hazel-nuts of wisdom. No mortal humans, and no gods, not even the
highest gods, were allowed to eat the hazel-nuts. Only the salmon living in
the holy well were given this privilege, and as the nuts fell into the water, the
salmon would eat them and immediately know all things.
Only Boann, a curious goddess, dared to approach the sacred well, and as she did so,
the waters roiled and rose up, overflowing the pool and rushing at Boann in mighty
waves. Boann ran swiftly and escaped, but the waters continued to rush out upon the
land, creating the river Boyne, named after the lady Boann.
The wise salmon were washed out of their well by this catastrophe and to this day, they
swim up and downstream searching in vain for their hazel-nuts.
she was the wife of
Nechtan, a god of the water. Likewise, Boann was herself a
water-goddess, and one of her myths concerns the water.
legend has it that once the Irish river Boyne did not exist. Instead, there was
only a well, surrounded and overhung by nine hazel-trees bearing the sacred
crimson hazel-nuts of wisdom. No mortal humans, and no gods, not even the
highest gods, were allowed to eat the hazel-nuts. Only the salmon living in
the holy well were given this privilege, and as the nuts fell into the water, the
salmon would eat them and immediately know all things.
Only Boann, a curious goddess, dared to approach the sacred well, and as she did so,
the waters roiled and rose up, overflowing the pool and rushing at Boann in mighty
waves. Boann ran swiftly and escaped, but the waters continued to rush out upon the
land, creating the river Boyne, named after the lady Boann.
The wise salmon were washed out of their well by this catastrophe and to this day, they
swim up and downstream searching in vain for their hazel-nuts.
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. A few years ago, some weeks before registering to Apolyton, I had decided to be imaginative and create the pun "LightEning" - I can't actually remember if it had any special meaning in its conception, but anyway, I explained it to myself by this phrase:
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