Nemed

Nemed [ 'N ʴ ev ʴ Ed ] (" the Holy One ") is the name of a legendary figure from the Lebor Gabála Érenn ( "The Book of acquisitions of land in Ireland " ) in Celtic mythology of Ireland.

Etymology and Mythology

Nemetom or nemeton ( Old-Celtic ) in a figurative sense " place of worship ". The word is the Greek νέμος / Nemo " Grove" and the Latin nemus " ( sacred ) grove " used (see also Nemetona ).

Nemed is the son of Agnomain from the land of the Scythians, who wants to sail with his four sons, including Iarbonel, and four chiefs to Ireland to possess it. After the Lebor Gabala Eirenn Nemed starts with 44 ships in the Caspian Sea and need a half years to reach Ireland. Despite the large volume only his ship reaches the destination. This is the third of six Irish invasions after Cessair and Partholon.

In Ireland, he won some battles against the Fomorians, but falls in the last battle at the " Tower of Conan " ( according to the tradition today Tory Iceland in the North West of Ireland ). His surviving followers, who cultivate the island are forced by the Fomoren to deliver two thirds of the harvest and also many of their children as slaves. Then leave most of the island. Some sources report that a great flood had caused the death of Nemeder, others, a plague had been her downfall.

From a group of survivors, the Firbolg (fourth invasion of Ireland ) and the Tuatha Dé Danann (fifth and penultimate invasion ) should have emerged, which return after learning of magic to Ireland to reclaim it back from the Fomorians. The legendary hero Fintan mac Bochra that came with Cessair, and Tuan mac Cairill, the companion Partholons should have lived independently all these conquests.