The Celtic pig (Galician: Porco celta) is a breed of pig native to the autonomous community of Galicia in north-western Spain. Though they were relatively...
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Celts (redirect from Celtic people)
usages) or Celtic peoples (/ˈkɛltɪk/ KEL-tik) were a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia, identified by their use of Celtic languages...
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Samhain (redirect from Celtic new year)
and the Isle of Man. Its Brittonic Celtic equivalent is called Calan Gaeaf in Wales. Samhain is believed to have Celtic pagan origins, and some Neolithic...
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The Celtic deities are known from a variety of sources such as written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, religious objects...
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Wild boar (redirect from Old World pig)
(Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa...
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Tír na nÓg (category Locations in Celtic mythology)
fiercer than the modern domesticated pig. Early in Celtic culture, the pig was used as a funeral animal and pigs were an important aspect of trade between...
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Moccus (category Mythological pigs)
war-pig, along similar lines to the personal name Catu-mandus, war-horse). However the word is evidenced by Celtic cognates, such as Old Irish mucc (pig)...
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There are hundreds of breeds of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus). Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References...
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breeds of pig may be used to make lacón: Celtic, Large White, Landrace or Duroc, and there are two type of lacón, depending on how the pig is reared:...
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Central European boar (redirect from Central European pig)
boar and pig were held in particularly high esteem by the Celts, who considered them to be their most important sacred animal. Some Celtic deities linked...
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Welsh (surname), including a list of people with the name Welsh pig, a breed of domestic pig All pages with titles beginning with Welsh All pages with titles...
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PIGS is a derogatory acronym that has been used to designate the economies of the Southern European countries of Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain. During...
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syncretism, Mercury was equated with the Celtic god Lugus, and in this aspect was commonly accompanied by the Celtic goddess Rosmerta. Although Lugus may...
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British Iron Age (redirect from Celtic Britain)
to be part of a broadly-Celtic culture, but in recent years, that has been disputed. [citation needed] At a minimum, "Celtic" is a linguistic term without...
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Story of Mac Dá Thó's Pig & Hound', trans. by Kuno Meyer and John T. Koch, in The Celtic Heroic Age: Literary Sources for Ancient Celtic Europe & Early Ireland...
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Mars (mythology) (section Celtic Mars)
doves. His consort Ancamna is also found with the Celtic god Smertrios. Mars Loucetius. The Celtic god Loucetios, Latinized as -ius, appears in nine inscriptions...
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Matres and Matronae (redirect from Celtic mothers)
three, that feature inscriptions (about half of which feature Continental Celtic names and half of which feature Germanic names) and were venerated in regions...
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The "Celtic Tiger" (Irish: An Tíogar Ceilteach) is a term referring to the economy of Ireland from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s, a period of rapid real...
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myth. Elements of the tales are reminiscent of classical descriptions of Celtic societies in Gaul, Galatia and Britain. Warriors fight with swords, spears...
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Pwyll's son and lord of Dyfed has received a gift of otherworldly pigs from Arawn. These pigs are eventually stolen by a Venedotian magician and trickster...
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Lusitanian language (category Italo-Celtic)
been support for either a connection with the ancient Italic languages or Celtic languages. It is known from only six sizeable inscriptions, dated from c...
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Brian (mythology) (category Celtic mythology stubs)
Lugh, one of the greatest of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Cian shapeshifts into a pig to disguise himself, but the brothers shapeshift into dogs and hound him...
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Celtic Christians had long faced accusations of 'judaizing'. He described a superstition about touching or saying "cauld airn" (cold iron) when pigs are...
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Robin Williamson (redirect from Pigs Whisker Music)
released by his label, Pig's Whisker Music. By 1976 he had returned to music, forming the Merry Band with Sylvia Woods (Celtic harp), Jerry McMillan (fiddle)...
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Lugh (category Articles containing Proto-Celtic-language text)
Proto-Indo-European *-k- never produced Proto-Celtic *-g-;, for this reason, most modern specialists in Celtic languages no longer accept this etymology....
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Prehistoric Britain (redirect from Celtic immigration to the British Isles)
Some scholars consider that the Celtic languages arrived in Britain at this time, but other elements of the Celtic cultural package derive from the Hallstatt...
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Boston Garden (redirect from Celtics–Bruins championship runs of 1974)
for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as rock concerts...
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born in 540 CE.[citation needed] Although his legend centres on a known Celtic theme, Myrddin's legend is rooted in history, for he is said to have gone...
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Signe Carstens (category Celtic F.C. Women players)
(born 7 March 2002) is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Celtic. Carstens previously played for Fortuna Hjørring. Signe Carstens has a twin...
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Joe O'Donnell (musician) (redirect from Joe O'Donnell (Celtic Rock Violinist))
(The Equals, Ginger Baker, Blodwyn Pig) and Steve Bolton. O'Donnell currently plays out his powerful five piece Celtic/rock band 'Joe O'Donnell's Shkayla'...
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