Re: [tied] legendary genealogies

It's interesting they didn't seem to catch on the
pejorative nature of Welsh Guodel "wild man, savage,
i.e. people from the woods" but, then again the
genealogies seem to revel in blood feuds

--- indravayu <sonno3@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Here's an example from Ireland, Some of them look
> > recognizble --I'm guessing Lamhfionn is "White
> Arm"
> > (vel sim.) but names like Heber, Beouman, Agnan,
> > Heremon, etc. seem odd, After Mile Espaine and
> the
> > supposed invasion, the names starting looking more
> > recognizable. Are some of the 1st names supposed
> to be
> > parodies of foreign names or are they really from
> > Gaelic?
>
> Some of the names are Irish, some are derived from
> the Bible, and
> others are Gaelicized forms of names derived from
> Latin pseudo-
> historical sources which were popular in medieval
> Ireland, such as
> Isidore and Orosius (Mil Espaine being a notable
> example - it is
> derived from Latin miles hispaniae "soldier of
> Spain"; for more on
> this, read the following articles:
> http://www.ucc.ie/chronicon/ocorr.htm /
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn

> )
>
> > Gaodhal; epynomous ancestor of the Gaels
>
> Which is ultimately a borrowing Old Welsh Guoidel
> "Irishman".
>
> - Chris Gwinn
>
>

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