Mythology
This section by no means covers the extensive amount of mythology for the UK and Ireland but I felt at least a brief overview neccessary as it is so much a part of the Celtic history and culture. The Celts are known for their gift of folklore, a land of magic and mysteries, superstitions, fairies, leprachauns, kings, queens, knights, paganism, and religion bridging the ancient world through the Dark ages to modern day. For further reading on the subject I highly recommend the book How the Irish Saved civilization "The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe" by Thomas Cahill ISBN 0 - 385 - 41849 - 5 available through Amazon.com Trivia: The world's smallest park is in Portland, Oregon, USA, Mill Ends Park, totaling 452 inches, was created on St. Patrick's Day to accommodate leprechauns and snail races. Saint Patrick (386? - March 17, 493?) St. Patrick was the patron saint of Ireland. His given name was Maewyn Succat. (Succat meaning warlike). His baptismal name was Patricius meaning noble. At 16 years old, he was sold into slavery by a group of Irish marauders that raided his village in Wales? He was taken to the Slemish Mountain, near Ballymena in County Antrim, in the northeast of Ireland where he herded sheep. After six years he escaped and went to Gaul where he studied in the monastery under St. Germain, bishop of Auxerre. After twelve years of training he returned to Ireland to convert the native pagans to Christianity. In one of his surmons, he was said to have used a three leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. In another of his surmons on a hillside he was said to have drove the snakes out of Ireland, however, the absence of snakes on this Island has been attributed to the climate resulting from the Ice Age Whether or not these legends are true, one thing is certain, the impact St. Patrick had on Christianity.
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