Re: Celtic Origins

"Inger E.Johansson" <inger e.johansson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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--SNIP--

>>
>> That's what is known as mythology. Fir Bolg has never been interpreted
>> as
>> "Fat Men" before as far as I'm aware. It is usually interpreted as "Men
> of
>> bags", or "Men of Spears", or sometimes "Men of Bolg", where "Bolg" is
>> thought to have been a name of a god. The whole of the Tuatha De Danann
>> were pretty much gods. Danu was the name of the main goddess. The
>> invasions were designed to make us biblical.
>
> Here you have one problem. The Tuatha De Danann, might very well have been
> a
> real historic group. The time when they are mentioned in the Irish tales
> correspond well with the present knowledge of direct contacts between
> Tanum's parish in todays Bohuslän Sweden and Ireland/Scotland during
> Bronze
> Age according to what L.Bengtsson Rock Carving Museum Vitlycke, Tanum,
> told
> Prof Lee Pennington during an interview the other year. I was present
> during
> the interview and managed to get a short discussion with LB after the
> interview. What he said correspond very well with the Irish tales.

Don't be daft Inger. We all know you have a superiority complex about
Swedes, but they were not, and are not, gods. The Tuatha De Danann were
gods.

>
> Inger E
>>
>> >>
>> > These are medieval myths of course. The Irish didn't come from Turkey.
>> >
>> > Doug
>>
>>
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>


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