Banba
Banba [ 'banva ] is a queen of Ireland in the Celtic mythology of Ireland .
mythology
In Lebor Gabála Érenn , during the invasion by the sons of Míl Espánes , Banba is considered the granddaughter of Bresal , daughter of Delbaeth and Ernmas and sister of Fohlas and Erius . Together with her two sisters, she got Amergin , who comes to the island with the Milesians , that they should be seen as a symbol of the rule over the country of Ireland . The name Banba is therefore sometimes used as a poetic name for Ireland. But also of their death in the battle of Tailtu (today Teltown ) against the Milesians is reported in a version of the legend.
In two different versions, the three sisters with the three brothers Mac Cecht ([ mak kʼeːxt ] "son of the ploughshare", with Fohla), Mac Gréine ([ mak 'gʼrʼe „nʼe ] "son of the sun", with Eriu) and Mac Cuill ( [ mak kuLʼ ] "son of hazel", with Banba) married, with which the Tuatha de Danann take over the legitimate rule over the island. In the other reading, the sisters' husbands are the brothers Sethor, Cethor and Tethor, the sons of Cermat , who is said to be a son of Dagda . In both versions, the three kings ruled Ireland until the arrival of the Milesians.
Fiacha mac Delbaíth , the brother of the three sisters, is said to have been the predecessor of their husbands Mac Cecht, Mac Gréine and Mac Cuill as High King of Ireland.
However, in some versions of the Lebor Gabála Érenn, Banba is also an alternative name of Cessair , the first female settler of Ireland.
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 .
- Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .
- Ingeborg Clarus : Celtic Myths. Man and his otherworld. Walter Verlag 1991, ppb edition Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2000, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-491-69109-5 .