Tlachtga

Tlachtga [' tlaxtɣa ] is the name of a female mythical figure from Celtic mythology of Ireland. She is the daughter of Mog Ruith and a sorceress druid. According to her, a hill in County Meath is named, under the shall be their grave.

The legendary figure

Tlachtga after the Dindsenchas (local name declarations ), the daughter of the Druid Mog Ruith, she accompanied on his travels that led up to Jerusalem. There she is raped by the three sons of Simon Magus, the magic - teacher and her father gives birth to each of them a son. At birth, she dies, comparable to the Macha in the narrative Noínden Ulad ( " The weakness of the Ulter ").

The Hill

A hill in Meath, now the Hill of Ward in Athboy, about 30 km north- west of Tara ( Temair ), originally bore the name Tlachtga, because in it the grave of the Druid should be located. According to Geoffrey Keating religious ceremonies ( óenach ) have there been in pre-Christian times. At Samhain, the Druids kindled a fire on the hill, with all previously deleted stove fire of the island had to be rekindled. In honor Tlachtgas great heap of stones were erected on the hill. Tlachtga, together with Tailtiu ( Teltown, also in Meath ), a religious center of the pre-Christian Ireland.

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