Who Are The Nunnehi – A Cherokee Legend
The discussion considers the blending of Scottish and Irish immigrant beliefs with Indigenous Cherokee traditions and how these shared cultural elements may have influenced Appalachian folklore.
The Bronze Age in Europe
875), although the country was uninhabited, they found there Irish books, mass-bells, and other objects which had been left behind by earlier visitors, called Papar; these papæ (fathers) were the clerici of Dicuil.
If, then, as we may suppose from the testimony here referred to, these objects belonged to Irish monks (papar), who had come from the Faroe Islands, why should they have been termed in the native sagas 'West men' (Vestmen), 'who had come over the sea from the westward' (kommer til vestan um haf)?" (Humboldt's "Cosmos," vol.
If they came "from the West" they could not have come from Ireland; and the Scandinavians may easily have mistaken Atlantean books and bells for Irish books and mass-bells.
Irish Bronze Dagger.
The Question of Complexion
For instance, in the United States to-day, white, black, and red men, the descendants of French, Spanish, Italians, Mexicans, Irish, Germans, Scandinavians, Africans, all speak the English language, and by the test of language they are all Englishmen; and yet none of them are connected by birth or descent with the country where that language was developed.
The Indentity of the Civilizations of the Old World and the New
ANCIENT IRISH VASE OF THE BRONZE AGE.
The Irish legend of hunters pursuing an animal which suddenly disappears, whereupon a human being appears in its place is found among all the American tribes.
The ancient Irish killed all the hares they found on May-day among their cattle, believing them to be witches.
They have their dances, like the Irish fairies; and, like them, they kill the domestic animals of those who offend them.
The Story of Atlantis
The ancestors of the Irish elk, too, roamed in herds about the hill sides in much the same way as our Highland cattle do now—too wild to allow of easy approach, but still under the control of man.
The Lost Civilization of Atlantis
The Aztecs, for example, spoke of Aztlan, a lost land across the sea, while the Irish told stories of Tír fo Thuinn (the Land Beneath the Waves) (5).
The Colonies of Atlantis
The oldest Irish legends recount the arrival of three Spanish fishermen driven to Ireland before the Deluge.
The Irish annals suggest that the various invading races—Partholan's people, the Nemedians, Fir-Bolgs, Tuatha-de-Dananns, and Milesians—were all descended from Magog, son of Japheth, son of Noah.
High Antiquity: Irish civilization predates many other European civilizations, with the Formorians arriving before the Deluge.
Irish legends and traditions of a land in the Far West, preserved among the descendants of the Tuatha-de-Dananns, suggest an ancient memory of Atlantis.
The Pyramid, the cross and the Garden of Eden
ANCIENT IRISH CROSS--PRE-CHRISTIAN--KILNABOY.
To Gaelic Tír fo Thuinn was an advanced civilization
The Tuatha Dé Danann then became known as the fairy folk, or the fairy fort people, in Irish folklore.
Also known as "the Land Under the Waves," is a concept from Gaelic mythology, often associated with the mystical and mythical lands in Irish folklore.
Mythological Origins: Tír fo Thuinn is one of the many otherworldly realms in Irish mythology, which includes places like Tír na nÓg (the Land of the Ever-Young) and Mag Mell (the Plain of Delight).
Tuatha Dé Danann: The Tuatha Dé Danann, a supernatural race in Irish mythology, are often linked to Tír fo Thuinn.
After being defeated by the Celts, the Tuatha Dé Danann were said to have retreated to live underground in fairy mounds, becoming the fairy folk of Irish lore.
A populated universe
I asked, "Did you ask him?" She said, "Yes, I did put my hand up and ask him to explain why he sees it that way, and he gave an answer, but I’m not sure he really believed what he was saying."[17:25] I thought, "Oh good, if you can pick that up—that the teacher doesn’t really believe this, he’s not convinced by it, doesn’t like the answer he has to repeat—then you have got the wherewithal to navigate these kinds of questions that adults wrestle with."[17:52] In that way, I think we prepare our kids to do their own thinking, to be willing to listen to all kinds of points of view, and then do the math for themselves.[18:00] I’ve heard from a number of people who will say, "I grew up in a traditional Catholic family, and my mom was very devout, and she’d take us to Mass every week, and she would always make sure that we knew our catechism, but then she’d also tell us the stories of our family, the stories of our people, the stories of our land.[18:13] They are stories of a non-human presence, stories of abductions, stories of hybridizations, stories of higher human cognitive abilities that we might call psychic abilities or clear sight or clear audience, stories about an invisible team of helpers.[18:31] It delights me to hear those stories, and it’s often from Scottish and Irish families who’ve been Catholic families, where they have maintained the Celtic heritage alongside the Catholic heritage.[18:48] In "Echoes of Eden," I talk about families who’ve maintained their Catholic heritage alongside their indigenous heritage, so there’s this whole mix of story for the children to think about and ask questions about from the get-go.
Abel: Ruler of water and earth
Lir (Irish) - God of the sea in Irish mythology.
Giants worldwide
In Irish mythology, the giant Fionn mac Cumhaill is said to have built the Giant's Causeway as stepping-stones to Scotland.
The holy trinities
For instance, the Irish Morrigan is sometimes depicted as a trinity of goddesses: Badb, Macha, and Nemain, representing war and fate.