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    Ulster Cycle (redirect from Nechtan Scéne)
    Carbada Lugh Lugaid mac Con Roí Lugaid Riab nDerg Macha Mesgegra Mórrígan Nechtan Scéne Scáthach Uathach Weapons Caladbolg Gae Bulg Places Emain Macha Cruachan...
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  • and disciple of Saint Patrick Nechtan Scéne, character in the Irish Ulster Cycle Nechtan (mythology), an Irish god Nechtan mac Collbran, Irish-mythological...
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    Nechtan is a figure in Irish mythology who is associated with a spring marking the source of the River Boyne, known as Nechtan's Well or the Well of Wisdom...
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    withstands him. He sets off on a foray and kills the three sons of Nechtan Scéne, who had boasted they had killed more Ulstermen than there were Ulstermen...
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    Chliss, Cú Chulainn's spear that first belonged to Nechtan Scéne, and used to kill the sons of Nechtan Scéne. Formerly the name for the charioteer's goad,...
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    Northumbria, as seen in the reign of Nechtan mac Der Ilei. The reported expulsion of Ionan monks and clergy by Nechtan in 717 may have been related to the...
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    Northumbrian name, the Battle of Nechtansmere, from the Old English for 'Nechtan's lake', following 12th-century English historian Symeon of Durham. The...
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    the god of rivers, springs, and waters; he may parallel the Irish god Nechtan, master of rivers and wells.[citation needed] This is in contrast to Poseidon...
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    (2013–present), bass (1995) Robin "Wizziac" Isaksen – bass (2005–present) Wanja "Nechtan" Gröger – drums (2019–present) Øyvind A. "Warach" Winther – bass (1995–2000)...
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    (NxHHT), both of which were names of kings. In fact, the Pictish king Nechtan (d. 732) was said by Bede to have accepted the Christian faith in response...
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    Northumbria, though his grandfather may have been the earlier Pictish king Nechtan nepos Uerb. Bridei's rise to power in Fortriu probably took place under...
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    Mor Mac Righ Neachtain, or big Henry son of King Neachtain. Neachtain (Nechtan mac Der-Ilei) is said to have reigned between 700 and 724. It is not known...
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    Cycle of Irish mythology, the demigod Cúchulainn beheads the three sons of Nechtan and mounting their heads on his chariot. This is believed to have been...
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    that in 1638 was called by a Europeanized version of its Lenape name, Nechtans or Nechtanc. Corlaer sold the plantation to Wilhelmus Hendrickse Beekman...
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    adopted in much of Ireland. The Picts accepted the reforms of Rome under Nechtan mac Der-Ilei around 710. The followers of Celtic traditions retreated to...
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    Segais on Síd Nechtain, the mythological form of Carbury Hill belonging to Nechtan, which tore apart and drowned his wife the goddess Boann, in a flood of...
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    Kirkden. The name Dunnichen derives from Dùn Neachdain, meaning "fort of Nechtan", though the modern Gaelic form is Dùn Eachain. During the 18th and early...
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