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5 unusual facts about Celtic mythology


Arnay-le-Duc

Arnay-le-Duc was the location of the worship of the Celtic god Abilus, who was associated with the goddess Damona.

Dinard

The name Dinard comes from the words Din ("hill"/"fort") and Arz/Art ("bear"/"Arthur"); the bear in Celtic mythology is a symbol of sovereignship.

Nebula Man

In addition, his role as the horned Huntsman of the Sheeda has elements of characters from Celtic mythology such as the horned god Cernunnos and later legends such as the King of the Wild Hunt and Herne the Hunter.

Teresa Edgerton

Her interest in medieval society, alchemy, magic, and Celtic mythology led her to begin writing the Green Lion Trilogy, a project which was to consume the next ten years of her life.

The Brownies

The Brownies is a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox, based on names and elements from Celtic mythology and traditional highland Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother.


Haukur Halldórsson

Halldorsson explored for a long time the theme of folklore of his home country Iceland, the Brothers Grimm, Celtic mythology and Nordic mythology in his art practice.

Lochmaben

The name Loch Mhabain is possibly a corruption of Loch Mhaol Bheinn ("Lake on the bare mountain"), or may mean "Loch of Mabon", an ancient Brythonic god, as the Roman name of the area was Locus Maponi, according to the Ravenna Cosmography.

Naming of moons

Since the outer moons fall naturally into three groups, one group is named after Norse giants, one after Gallic giants, and one after Inuit giants.


see also

Vinotonus

As is common in Celtic Mythology, it is possible that Vinotonus was a local deity of Yorkshire.