Bile (Celtic mythology)

Bile applicable in the Celtic-/ Irish mythology of Lebor Gabála Érenn as the father Mileds , the ancestor of the Gaels and is apparently with the Welsh Beli (see Beli Mawr ) identical. The Cymric etymon of Beli is by law the Irish bile, but there is no convincing etymology for either form. There is also a connection with the names of the festival Beltane and the deities Belenus and Belisama .

A Celtic root * bil- or * bel- , which means "shine", "shine", "shine", is probably the basis of all these forms.

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 , p. 584 f.
• Sylvia and Paul Botheroyd: Lexicon of Celtic Mythology . Diederichs-Verlag Munich, 1992, ISBN 3-424-01077-4 .
• Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .

See also

• List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
• Myths and legends from Ireland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 584 f.