Re: Witch Stands up for Her Rights 
Infiniti

Thu Oct 22 12:00:12 1998
:      You sure did miss something somewhere, although in my *br*: tiredness I wrote "Salmon of Wisdom" instead of *br*: the more standard "Salmon of Knowledge." It is a *br*: salmon that Fionn burns his thumb on and so gains his *br*: ability to "see," it is the salmon in the Well of *br*: Segais or Connla's Well, source of inspiration and knowledge *br*: (if one ate the salmon or the nuts they obtained the gifts *br*: of the seer and poet) that eat the hazelnuts of knowledge *br*: that fall into the well, it is a salmon that Fintan spends *br*: one of his transitions as, it is the Well of Knowledge *br*: containing five salmon with its five streams representing *br*: the five senses that Cormac sees when he visits the Land of *br*: Promise, and it is the salmon that is the oldest animal in *br*: Celtic tradition, according to the Welsh tale "How *br*: Culhwch Won Olwen." Even the babe Taliesin is found in *br*: a salmon weir, if I recall correctly.*p*Sounds to me like this little bugger has been busy.  I have read and studied a lot of Celtic myths, lore and histories - I don't recall ever seeing a salmon mentioned.  Oh dang, back to the books...*p*Michael
Re: Witch Stands up for Her Rights 
TopazOwl
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Thu Oct 22 09:10:55 1998