XPost: alt.religion.druid, alt.spirituality.druid
From: xremovexwade180@comcast.net
Nede raises three blisters on the king and they eventually
kill him. Because the satire was unjust a rock explodes and
a shard pierces his eye. It seems to me that sovereignty was
represented by the rock and she declared the un-truth in his
actions. I'd have to re-read the whole story to put the actions
into context.
The satire does indeed appear in Cormac's Glossary.
There are many lines of thought that arise from the legal text.
The power of the numbers three and nine are finally given form
in the three nines of the moon. That had never occurred to me
before.
It also brings up numerology issues. Pliny's description of Druids
collecting mistletoe on the sixth day of the moon. Which would be
two thirds of the first third of the moon cycles.
2 3 1 3 = 3.123
When read backwards it falls well within the range of ancient
calculations on PI (Babylonians = 3.125 Egyptians = 3.1605)
The numbers all add up to nine.
When you throw in the 9 day moon phases you get 18
2 3 1 3 9
18 was the number of years it took the moon and sun to
come back into synchronicity. 18 was also the number of
years between red moons - full lunar eclipses.
I recall seeing a photo of a rock carving in Ireland in a barrow
tomb (can't recall exactly which on at the moment, where a
sort of monthly calendar is represented by a wave like line with
28 (I think) peaks. Right around the middle, above the center
peak, is a triskellion. It suggests to me the three arms of the
triskell might represent the three phases of the moon and
the symbol might denote the full or new moon.
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The poet Nede, albeit through nefarious intention,
ridicules and satirizes King Caier until three blisters
are raised on his face, those of "Stain, Blemish,
and Defect" (Robinson 113).
FERDIAH;28
OR, THE FIGHT AT THE FORD.
An Episode from the Ancient Irish Epic Romance,
"The Tain Bó Cuailgné; or, the Cattle Prey of Cuailgné."
Then Mave,[35] the queen, her powerful druids sent,
Armed not alone with satire's scorpion stings,
But with the magic power even on the face,
By their malevolent taunts and biting sneers,
To raise three blistering blots[36] that typified
Disgrace, dishonour, and a coward's shame,
Which with their mortal venom him would kill,
36 "The belief that a ferb or ulcer could be produced," says
Mr. Stokes, in his preface to 'Cormac's Glossary,' "forms the
groundwork of the tale of Nêde mac Adnae and his uncle,
Caier." The names of the three blisters (Stain, Blemish, and
Defect) are almost identical with those Ferdiah is threatened
with in the present poem.
--
Wade
http://www.eDruid.com
"Searles O'Dubhain" wrote in message
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> Wade,
>
> Many thanks for the informative posting. It fills in a few gaps and
> inspires some new lines of thought for me. I'd not heard the bit about the
> cross as I had always thought it was a rod instead. I'll have to pick up
> copies of the works you've cited (that I don't already have).
>
> There was such a thing as lawful satire. Harsh penalties were enacted on
> those who did not justify their actions.The satire you've described sounds
> exactly like a Glam Dicinn which is described in Cormac's Glossary I
> believe. As such, it had the power of life and death to those that truth
> identified. One wonders how this life and death was meted out.
>
> Searles
>
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