Goídel Glas

Gaedel glass, also Goidel glass (Latin Gathelus ) is a character from the Lebor Gabála Érenn " ( History of the Conquest of Ireland " ) of Celtic mythology.

Mythology

Gaedel glass is considered to be the son of Nel and Scota and descendant of Noah. He is regarded as the ancestor of the Gaels and (co - ) creator of the Goidelic languages.

After the early Irish chronicle Lebor Gabála Érenn Scota was the daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh Cingris whose name occurs only in Irish mythology. She married Nel, son of Feinius Farsaidh, who was of Babylonian or Scythian origin and traveled to the collapse of the Tower of Babel by Scythia. Nel was linguist and was invited by Pharaoh to Egypt and married to Scota. From her marriage fell Goidel glass, the eponymous ancestor of the Gaels forth. This created the Gaelic language by combined it with Feinius Farsaidh and Nel the best features of the existing after the Babylonian confusion of languages ​​72 languages ​​.

In a folk tale from his youth is reported that Moses Goidel have healed as a baby from a snake bite, and promised him that he would emigrate to a country where there are no snakes.

Goidels

In a prequel to the Lebor Gabála Érenn Agnomain is known as the father of Feinius Farsaidh, he must be regarded as the ancestor of the Goidels. In this narrative, the Goidels travel from the northern shore of the Caspian Sea on the Maeotis swamps ( Sea of ​​Azov ) and the Kerch Strait in the Euxine Sea ( "Black Sea " ) and the Mediterranean. They are considered the ancestors of the sons of Míl Espane, the Milesians, the last and " Gaelic " wave of immigration to Ireland, the Tuatha Dé Danann replace the people as rulers.

The linguist O'Rahilly called in his attempt to bring the Lebor Gabála Érenn with modern research in line, the Goidels. Than last wave of immigration to Ireland They should have come from southern Gaul and from the tribe of Quariates ( "Boiler People") are descended - an origin of Goidel glass is not specifically addressed. This immigration is relatively O'Rahilly time shortly before Caesar's campaigns in Britain, namely 325-50 BC The ancestors of Goidels apply to him the Milesians. This theory is rejected by recent research, as there is no archaeological evidence for this.

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