101. Four Ancient Books Of Wales: Introduction: Chapter III. Sources Of The Early His The Four ancient Books of Wales by WF Skene, at sacredtexts.com. Gildas narratestwo devastations by the picts and Scots, after each of which they were http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/fab/fab005.htm

Sacred Texts Celtic Index Previous ... Next p. 33 CHAPTER III. SOURCES OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF WALES. IN order to discriminate between what is true and what is fabulous in the early history of Wales as presented to us in the historic literature subsequent to the twelfth century, and to disentangle the fragments of real history contained in them, so as to enable us to form something like a true conception of its leading features, it is necessary to test it by comparing it with the statements in contemporary authorities of other countries, and by referring to such earlier native documents as have come down to us. Of the latter class there are only three, and it is requisite that we should form a right conception of their authority. The first are the works of Gildas, who wrote in Latin. They are usually considered as consisting of two pieces, the Historia and the Epistola , but they may be viewed as forming one treatise. Questions have been raised upon the lives of Gildas, as to whether there was one or two persons of the namean earlier and a later; but, viewing the question in its literary aspect, it is of little consequence, for the treatise is evidently the work of one man, and there is evidence in the work itself of his date. The writer states that he was p. 34

102. McLaughlin Family Ancient History By the time of the last entry a new factor had entered Ulster history InbhearAbhaigh was probably the ancient name for the mouth of the River Roe. http://www.epix.net/~ramcl/ancient.html

The McLaughlin Family History Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland 379 A.D. - 1241 A.D. The following excerpts are Chapters 3, 5, and 15 from the book, The Ulster Clans, written by Revs. T. H. Mullin and J. E. Mullin, published in 1966 by North-West Books, Limavady, County Derry, Northern Ireland, and reprinted in 1989. Chapter 3 THREE SONS OF OWEN It has been said that Irish history, as apart from legend and romance, begins with Niall of the Nine Hostages, so called because of the pledges he wrung from nine nations. Niall was a tall, fair-haired blue-eyed hero of Gaelic blood, who became High King of Ireland in A.D. 379. A renowned warrior, much of his life was spent in predatory excursions against neighbouring countries such as England, Wales and France. It is possible that it was on one of these raiding expeditions that Saint Patrick was carried off from Britain to become a slave who herded sheep on Slemish Mountain for his pagan master. Niall died on one of these military forays to France in A.D. 405. He had eight sons, and one of these called Laeghaire succeeded his father as High King. He held this position during Patrick's missionary activity, and tolerated the new faith, although apparently he did not wholeheartedly accept it himself. He died in battle, and by his own orders was buried standing upright with his face towards his hereditary foes. Two other sons of Niall, Eaghan (Owen) and Conall marched northwards, conquered North-West Ulster and founded there a new state with its capital at Aileach, a prehistoric stone-built fortress on a hill near Derry, at the root of the Inishowen peninsula. The territory of Conall, now Donegal. was formerly known as Tir-Conall (the land of Conall). The O'Donnells were descendants of Conall. The territory of Owen was Inishowen (the island of Owen), still known by that name. Owen's clan later expanded into Tyrone (Tir-Owen, the land of Owen).

103. Pictish Links origin of the name of Angus County, with a bit of Pictish history. AncientScotland Lots of info and images on the picts http://halfmoon.tripod.com/pictish_links.html

setAdGroup('67.18.104.18'); var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" Search: Lycos Tripod 40 Yr Old Virgin Share This Page Report Abuse Edit your Site ... Next Pictish Links The Photography of Catriona Fraser Pictish Nation - The internet's first (and still best) site dedicated to the Picts. Fraser Gallery's 2003 Pictish Nation Art Show Kingdom of Pictland in Exile - The Kingdom of Pictland-in-Exile was proclaimed a Sovereign nation in exile on 3 March 1812, in a Decretum Regius, by His Majesty King George III, Hereditary High King of the Northern Picts. Books About the Picts - A continously growing list of books about the Picts. Pictish Drawings - Drawings and Limited edition lithographs by award winning artist F. Lennox Campello. All work is based on Pictish imagery. Pictish Googling - 200 Pictish links by Google. Webstones - Stunning stone work in this site. The carvings on display are the work of Ronald Henderson, Bridge of Earn in Scotland. Beautiful stonework! Scotland and Spain: The Ancient Connections - Myth, lore and a bit of history about the ancient connections between Spain and Scotland as it refers to the Pictish origin myths.

104. Untitled School Liaison Officer Dr Jason König of the University’s School of Greek LatinAnd ancient history, described the subjects continued appeal http://calvin.st-andrews.ac.uk/external_relations/news_article.cfm?reference=814

105. Ancient Greece - History, Mythology, Art, Culture And Architecture. Links and information on ancient Greece history, mythology, art and architecture,olympics, wars, people, geography, etc http://www.ancientgreece.com/

Geography History Mythology Olympics ... Other Resources Visit our AncientGreece.com Bookstore presented in association with Amazon.com. Top of Page WN Network Contacts ... Universal Artists, Inc.

106. Our Pictish Heritage The most ancient nation of Scotland .. Pictish Heritage Links. Culture. Rowan s WoadPage, the history, cultivation, and use of woad; The Tarbat Discovery http://www.rook.org/heritage/celt/pict.html

Our Pictish Heritage The most ancient nation of Scotland Pictish Heritage Links Culture Rowan's Woad Page , the history, cultivation, and use of woad The Tarbat Discovery Programme , Pictish Archaeology from the University of York Woad Ode , a 1921 English Boy Scout lyric on the herb of the Picts History Dark Isle , Grave Slabs and Pictish Symbols of Scotland MacAlpin's Treason: The End of the Picts , a retelling of the story of the massacre of the Picts The Pictish Kings , legend and history The Pictish Nation , a home page for Pictish history The Picts , a Pictish home page The Picts , a short article Prehistoric Grampian , with an emphasis on Pictish and pre-Pict stone monuments Some Pictish High Kings , a chronological list from Paul Firth Language Literature The Pictish Chronicle , a parallel translation with commentary. Very well done. Mythology and Religion Firth's Celtic Scotland and the Age of the Saints , Celtic Christianity in the land of the Picts The Picts, Foundation Myth

107. A History Of The Swastika A history of the Swastika in various cultures. It is such an ancient symbolthat its true origins are lost in prehistory, but I feel that the above http://www.locksley.com/6696/swastick.htm

by W.J. Bethancourt III Updated 01/26/98 This page reads best with Internet Explorer. Refresh this page often! THE SWASTICKA: PART ONE This is a precis of information found on the use and meaning of the swasticka in various cultures and ideologies. The Swasticka has been called by many names: Swasticka: Sanscrit "su" meaning "good" and "asti" meaning "to be" Cross Cramponned: English heraldic term relating to angle-irons (crampons) Cross Gammadion: Greek, pertaining to the Greek letter "G" or "Gamma" (it looks like an inverted Roman alphabet "L".) Cross of St. Bridget: Ireland Crux Dissimulata: Latin "Cross Dissimulated," used as a Christian symbol by the early Christians to avoid persecution. (see below) Hakenkreuz: German "hooked cross" Jaina Cross: a swasticka-like symbol of the Jains of India. Pramantha: Brahmin (supposedly as some sort of fire-making tool, though never having seen one used as such I can't figure out how.) In order to discuss this symbol, we must first do a little backtracking, with -some- speculation. It has been postulated that the first method of measuring time was by the moon's phases. These are obvious, easy ways of measuring the year, and we find it, for example, in Woodland AmerIndian culture, along with naming the years by what happened of note that year. The female menstrual cycle seems to follow it, and that would tend to make the moon-calendar (and Goddess concepts) almost universal in hunter-gatherer cultures, and so it is, in the remaining such cultures on our planet.

108. Latvian DAINAS - Ancient Baltic Folksongs - Ancient Britain Welcome to Dainas.com ancient Latvian Folksongs - Calendric Feasts - Baltic ancient Baltic Boat, The webmaster of www.dainas.com is Andis Kaulins. http://www.tauta.net/

Welcome to Dainas.com - Ancient Latvian Folksongs - Calendric Feasts - Baltic Traditions Latvian Dainas D A I N A S Latvian Plaid from Lejasciems, Latvia The Latvian Dainas Ancient Folksongs D A I N A S Latvian Dainas Home Page Calendric Feasts Saule - Sun (Sol) Meness - Moon ... Dainas 1-29999 L A T V I A N F O L K S O N G S INTRODUCTION TO THE DAINAS DAINAS - ANCIENT FOLKSONGS OF LATVIA Did you know that the ancient Latvians, like the Scots, had bagpipes? or that weaving patterns in Scottish tartans have great similarities to ancient Latvian plaids? See the graphic above. The pictured Latvian plaid is nearly identical to an ancient Tocharian plaid - ancient European mummies of which have been found in China. Did these ancient peoples share a common origin? [For the linguistic tartans compare Latvian terpins, dim. for terps meaning "tartan", all probably derived from a term similar to Latvian dariba, darina (drana), darita, daritins meaning "worked (product)"), whence Latvian drebes "cloth" and English drapes . The Scottish kilt compares to Latvian kleita ("dress").]

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