water sources Flashcards

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Well of Mimir

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situated beside Yggdrasil, gave knowledge to those who drank from it. Odin sacrifices an eye to drink from it

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Connlas well

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owned by water god Nechtan. source of knowledge.
Eating fish that lived in it imparts wisdom and truth

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3
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Nechtan

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water god who owns connla’s well

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4
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Gunderstrup cauldron

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Shows ritual sacrifice through drowning

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5
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waterfalls and lakes

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foci of ritual activity
sacrifices of food to waterfalls, gold rings, pottery, wooden objects, textiles etc.

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gold in icelandic poetry

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fire or flames of the sea, rivers, lakes, wells
due to gold put in by pagan people

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7
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saints are

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rebranded pagan deities

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St arthmael

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Fought dragon that plagued area around monastery. Subdued by tying stole around its neck and casting it into the river
also associated with healing

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