- The
Celtic deities are
known from a
variety of
sources such as
written Celtic mythology,
ancient places of worship, statues, engravings,
religious objects...
- In
Celtic mythology,
Carman (Carmán) or
Carmun was a
warrior and
sorceress from
Athens who
tried to
invade Ireland in the days of the
Tuatha Dé Danann...
-
Lughnasadh festival was held at
Carmun (whose
exact location is
under dispute).
Similar to Tailtiu, the
festival at
Carmun is
celebrated by a dindsenchas...
- over
Cleopatra at Alexandria). At
least two
ancient Lughnasadh locations,
Carmun and Tailtiu, were
supposed to
enclose the
graves of
agricultural fertility...
- stones' MIr/Ir carn 'heap of stones', Sc càrn, W carn, Br karn -
Romansh carmün 'stoat' - Gaul *carmion - - Occ clot 'pit, grave' - Gaul *clādo Ir cladh...
- tschissùn) '(golden) eagle',
urlaun (Surs.) 'ptarmigan'; Celtic:
carmun (Surs.
carmun) "weasel",
dischariel (Surs. derschalet; Surm. darschalet, ischier;...
-
recurs in the
Metrical Dindshenchas of
Carmun as one of the
literary genres to be
recited at the Fair of
Carmun:
Except in facsimile, the
actual name-lists...
-
categorically that
Gormlaith was
responsible for the
death of
Cellach of
Carmun and his wife
Aillend – 'she laid them in the
church ground' (dos-fuc i talmain...
