Stone of fal

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The stone of Fal ( Irish Lia Fáil ) is, among other symbols, according to legend the coronation stone of the Irish high kings . Its power was that the stone supposedly screamed out when a true king sat on it. He was supposedly right in the middle of Ireland , in truth in Tara , in the domain of the southern Ui Néill (O'Neill) until the 12th century.

The Stone of Fal (Coronation Stone on Tara)

mythology

According to the legend in Lebor ("The Book of the Landing of Ireland"), the Lia Fáil was brought to Ireland by the Túatha Dé Danann . The stone is said to have been as hard as diamond and came from the city of Falias in the north, one of the four mythical cities of Túatha Dé Danann.

According to another version, the stone was brought to Ireland from Spain by Simon Brec , a member of the Partholon group . It already served the same purpose in Spain.

There are several stories about his whereabouts. In Ireland, it is said that the coronation stone on Tara, along with the statue of St. Patrick's, is the true stone of Fal. According to Scottish sources, the stone came to Scotland on winding paths and is identical to the "Stone of Scone", which was brought to London by Edward I in 1296 , where it is in Westminster Abbey as a symbol of the unity of England and Scotland under the coronation throne British monarch until he was returned to Scotland in 1996.

See also

literature

  • Peter Harbison: Guide to the National Monuments in the Republic of Ireland. Gill & Macmillan, Dublin 1970.
  • Sylvia Botheroyd : Ireland. Mythology in the landscape. A travel and reading book. Häusser, Darmstadt / Moers 1997, ISBN 3-89552-034-9 , p. 353.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut Birkhan : Nachantike Keltenrezeption. Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7069-0541-1 , p. 400.

Coordinates: 53 ° 34'43.1 "  N , 6 ° 36'43.7"  W.