Sunday, March 28, 2010

Celtic/Gaelic words

Three words of interest came up while perusing the Wikipedia entry on the Gaels (pursuant to naming my next bang Gaelic Lightning (a knockoff of Celtic Thunder)):

Nemeton - A sacred grove (or more generally other sacred site). Also the pagan organization which was refused funding during John Silber's tenure at Boston University.

Echtra - Celtic "voyage to the otherworld" stories focusing on the heroe's journey rather than the otherworldly destination itself.

Immram - Celtic "voyage to the otherworld" stories focusing on the details of the otherworldly destination.

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