Amergin

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Amergin , also Amairgen [ 'avarʴɣʴinʴ ] ("birth of the lament") with the nickname Glúngel [ ' gluːnɣʴel ] ("with the bright knee", or "with the shining kinship") is a leader in the Celtic mythology of Ireland, a druid or bard of the Milesians .

mythology

In the first attempt at landing by the Milesians, the Túatha Dé Danann send a "druid wind" by means of fíth-fáth , which drives the ships of the sons of Míl Espáne further and further away from the land. Amergin speaks his first incantation, which brings the storm to a standstill:

“I swear you, Irish country!
The fertile sea is frequented,
the fruit-strewn mountainside is fertile,
the forest rich in water
the river of the waterfall is rich in water, [...] "

After the successful landing, Amergin speaks when entering the country (right foot first):

"[...] I am a mighty bull.
I'm a hawk on the cliff.
I'm a drop of dew in the sunshine
I am a boar of strength. [...] "

This poem has its counterpart in the Welsh Llyfr Taliesin ("Book of Taliesin").

After calming the wind and subjugating the land, the third incantation follows, addressed to the sea:

“Sea rich in fish!
Fertile land!
The fish break out!
Fish under waves! [...] "

After this successful conquest of Ireland, the island was divided between Mil's sons on the advice of Amergin, Éber became ruler in the south, Éremón received the north.

According to Birkhan , Amairgin mac Ecit Salaig , named as Finncháem's husband and Conall Cernach's father, is not the one mentioned here, but the son of a “dirty blacksmith” who achieves poetry honors on his own.

See also

literature

  • Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 .
  • Rudolf Thurneysen : The Irish hero and king saga up to the seventeenth century. Hall 1921.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolf Thurneysen: The Irish hero and king saga up to the seventeenth century. Halle 1921, p. 93.
  2. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , p. 506.
  3. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , p. 946 f.