Fwd: ANST - NY Times: Women: Shadow Story of the Millennium

[Screamin Gael]

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>Gracious!  Which Maeve do you mean?  Queen Maeve of the "Tain" is a
>literary figure who may or may not have historical origins and who,
>historical or otherwise, certainly pre-dates William I.
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>Just wondering,
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There is a record of a Maeve ConnalNion ruling "the western portion of that 
barbarous Isle" that I ran across while researching the historical 
background of the Tain. That was dated about 23 BCE, which would fit her 
right about in the time frame of the Tain, so she had some basis in history. 
It was recorded by a Roman scholar visiting Gaul (don't ask me which one, 
it's been eight years since I did the report. He was some obscure scholar 
who wrote mostly about the Germans and Danes, if that helps anyone)recording 
tales of the northlands (probably to frighten little children with back in 
Rome. We always got the bad rap)
Most historians agree she existed; Cuchulain on the other hand, that boy is 
a pain in most historians ASCII to prove his existance. Me, I just take it 
on faith (we don't do enough of that nowadays). It's a great legend, and 
legends are meant to be learned from, not debunked or disected. This leads 
me into my next post/rant (I do so few)

Yours in the Dream,
Breandan Mac Aodha Bhui

"In the immortal words of Socrates, who said 'I drank what?!?'"


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