Inghean Bhuidhe

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Inghean Bhuidhe (also Iníon Buí , Irish "the yellow-haired / blonde girl") is the name of a figure from Celtic mythology and legends of Ireland . Together with Lasair ("Flame") and Latiaran ("?"), She is the sister of St. John of Mushera. Like him, the three are venerated as saints and, just as Midsummer Eve is consecrated to him on June 24th, the beginning of spring on May 6th and "Latiaran Sunday" on or before July 25th are his sisters' feast days. The Latiaran Festival is celebrated annually on this date at the Spring Shrine of Cullen Well in Dunhallow, County Cork .

Buí is also an epithet of the Cailleach of Bheara, both figures could have a common Celtic origin.

Neo-paganism

In neo-Celtic esotericism , Inghean Bhuidhe is considered a euhemerized deity and is worshiped as the goddess of the beginning of summer and the harvest.

See also

List of Celtic gods and legendary figures

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. 520.