Dealgnait

Dealgnait is believed to be the name of a local chthonic or death goddess who was worshiped in Deal, Kent, England . Another assumption is that of a local fertility deity.

The sanctuary

The sanctuary from the 1st or 2nd century a. Z. is a so-called basement , a small, oval room with space for a maximum of four to five people, which is about 2.50 m deep. The access is a narrow shaft with climbing aids. A niche was found in the sanctuary containing a statue made of white limestone (dealgnait?). The figure has a “ Latène style 2 ” face: deep-set eye sockets, eyebrows in one line, a straight wedge-shaped nose and a lipless mouth.

The sanctuary is seen as a combination of a cult area with a sacrificial shaft.

The wife of Partholon , who is said to have led the second wave of immigration to Cessair after the Lebor Gabála Érenn ("Book of the Lands of Ireland") , is also called Dealgnait.

See also

• List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
• Celtic religion
• Celtic mythology

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 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 685.
2. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 563.
3. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 775.
4. ↑ Christopher Somerville: Ireland , National Geographic De, 2003, ISBN 9783936559125 , p. 220. (accessed November 21, 2012)
5. ^ Thomas Wright: The history of Ireland , 1849 , p. 8. (accessed November 21, 2012)