User contributions for Lairbhan
A user with 126 edits. Account created on 12 January 2011.
29 May 2024
- 20:4920:49, 29 May 2024 diff hist −80 Tír na nÓg →Description, themes, and symbolism: Removed claim Manannán was the first ancestor and God of the dead. Claim is not supported by source cited nor found anywhere in Irish myth or folklore current Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
23 May 2024
- 13:2013:20, 23 May 2024 diff hist −1 m Lugh No edit summary current
- 13:1413:14, 23 May 2024 diff hist −18 m Clíodhna corrected spelling of sióga from sidheog (outdated) and corrected given meaning from fairy women to fairies current
15 May 2024
- 13:5513:55, 15 May 2024 diff hist −3 m The Dagda No edit summary
- 13:5113:51, 15 May 2024 diff hist +4 m The Dagda No edit summary
- 13:5113:51, 15 May 2024 diff hist 0 m The Dagda No edit summary
- 01:3401:34, 15 May 2024 diff hist −42 m Aibell removed claim that Aoibheall was the daughter of the Cailleach. Unsupported in Irish mythology or folklore current
- 01:3301:33, 15 May 2024 diff hist −40 m Clíodhna →Rivalry with Aibell: removed claim that Cliodhna is the Cailleach's daughter as that does not appear anywhere in Irish mythology or folklore for either Cliodhan or the Cailleach
16 April 2024
- 12:3412:34, 16 April 2024 diff hist +6 m Fir Bolg section incorrectly claimed that the Morrigan killed Eochaid. She did not. The Cath Maige Tuired Cunga says that Eochaid and the three sons Nemid fought and fell together.
13 March 2024
- 18:0818:08, 13 March 2024 diff hist −44 m The Elfin Knight removed claim that she 'gains a supernatural husband' which is never stated in any version of the ballad
- 18:0718:07, 13 March 2024 diff hist −319 The Elfin Knight removed claim that the oldest version involved the elf appearing to abduct the girl who proposes the impossible tasks to avoid rape. I cannot confirm the existence of such a version, the claim offered no source, and the 1610 version of the ballad clearly contradicts this claim, with the girl invoking the elf by wishing for him as her lover, and the elf immediately telling her she is too young for him. See https://www.springthyme.co.uk/ballads/balladtexts/02_ElfinKnight.html#Top
- 00:4700:47, 13 March 2024 diff hist −7 m Leanan sídhe removed 'barrows' as a meaning of sidhe. Sidhe means explicitly fairy hills or mounds. See: https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/s%c3%ad definition 1 foe sí (modern spelling of sidhe)
31 October 2023
- 23:1123:11, 31 October 2023 diff hist 0 Samhain Minor edit Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
11 September 2023
- 11:1811:18, 11 September 2023 diff hist −179 Medb Removed uncited, unsupported suggestion that Medb was the basis of Shakespeare's Mab. There is no provable connection between the two. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
7 September 2023
- 15:4615:46, 7 September 2023 diff hist +1 Pixie →Etymology and origin Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 15:4515:45, 7 September 2023 diff hist −2 Pixie →Etymology and origin Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 15:4415:44, 7 September 2023 diff hist −113 Pixie →Etymology and origin: Removed spurious reference to pixies as pictish people sourced from non-academic text and replaced with academic source discussing this idea as fallacious Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
22 August 2023
- 12:3712:37, 22 August 2023 diff hist +4 m Áine removed reference to love as one of Aine's purviews as this isn't supported in the text
- 12:3412:34, 22 August 2023 diff hist +6 m Brigid corrected old Irish to middle Irish for language of Brigit. Old Irish would be Brig or Bric
12 August 2023
- 12:1512:15, 12 August 2023 diff hist −11 Urban legend Minor edit Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
11 July 2023
- 18:5918:59, 11 July 2023 diff hist −30 Nantosuelta Clarified points referenced in source which didn't support original text Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
2 July 2023
- 15:1515:15, 2 July 2023 diff hist −13 Aos Sí →Alternate names in Irish folklore: Sidhe does not mean immortal. As an adjective it means fairy in English. See any Irish dictionary. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 15:1115:11, 2 July 2023 diff hist −7 Aos Sí →Etymology Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 15:1115:11, 2 July 2023 diff hist −291 Aos Sí →Etymology: Sidhe does not mean burial mound in old, middle, or modern Irish. It means fairy mound or hill. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
1 July 2023
- 18:0218:02, 1 July 2023 diff hist −19 Cernunnos Removed portion of sentence claiming there are a high number of inscriptions to Cernunnos in Ireland. There are not. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
26 June 2023
- 14:2214:22, 26 June 2023 diff hist +3 m The Dagda No edit summary
- 14:2214:22, 26 June 2023 diff hist +11 m The Dagda No edit summary
- 14:1914:19, 26 June 2023 diff hist +148 m The Dagda corrected line stating the Tochmarc Etaine was story of Dagda and Boand helping Aengus find his love; that is in the Aislinge Oengusso not the TE. The TE describes his conception.
- 14:0614:06, 26 June 2023 diff hist −19 m Danu (Irish goddess) removed claim she was a reconstructed mother goddess, as there is no evidence of this and the idea was largely invented and forwarded by victorian authors. There isn't enough material on Danu to support the claim and she is said in primary sources to be the mother of only three children.
10 May 2023
- 13:2413:24, 10 May 2023 diff hist +182 m Nemain clarified MacKillop's material about Nemain and Badb
- 13:1513:15, 10 May 2023 diff hist −12 The Morrígan No edit summary
- 13:1413:14, 10 May 2023 diff hist +56 m The Morrígan clarified MacKillop's material on Nemain, which doesn't say she is one of the three Morrigan but that she 'may sometimes also' be included; he goes on to say her inclusion is unclear and not agreed upon as such. She is never directly called the Morrigan in any source material.
- 13:0113:01, 10 May 2023 diff hist −11 m Fódla minor edits. Changed 'giantess' to goddess as I am unaware of any text which describes Fotla as a giant. Changed 'who is also sometimes named as a daughter of Ernmas' by removing sometimes as I am unaware of any text claiming different parentage for the Morrigan and she is repeatedly called a daughter of Ernmas in the LGE, Cét-Cath Maige Tuired, and Sanas Cormaic. current
15 February 2023
- 16:5316:53, 15 February 2023 diff hist −510 Áine →In Irish mythology: Removed uncited paragraphs linking Áine to the moon, "lady of the lake", and love. None of that is found in Irish mythology about Áine. Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
26 January 2023
- 11:3811:38, 26 January 2023 diff hist −20 Aerfen Rephrased because any connection to the Morrigan is speculation not certainty current Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
13 January 2023
- 17:3017:30, 13 January 2023 diff hist −31 Midir →Family: removed reference to Macha as Midhir's daughter. None of the three cited sources mention that and I haven't found it elsewhere either
20 December 2022
- 17:1717:17, 20 December 2022 diff hist +4 Holly King and Oak King →Interpretations: Typo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 17:1717:17, 20 December 2022 diff hist −3 Holly King and Oak King →Interpretations: Clarified point re: Graves as source of this concept Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 17:1517:15, 20 December 2022 diff hist −21 Holly King and Oak King Removed erroneous claim the Oak & Holly kings appear in older folklore & mythology Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
8 May 2022
- 16:0016:00, 8 May 2022 diff hist −75 m Fairy →Bibliography: removed source that isn't cited in text
- 15:5115:51, 8 May 2022 diff hist −44 m Aos Sí →Alternate names in Irish folklore: removed claim they were called geinte glinni and that it meant people of the sky. Geinte glinni would mean people of the glens but is not a name associated with the aos sidhe
11 April 2022
- 13:3313:33, 11 April 2022 diff hist −51 The Dagda Removed claim Dáire was a name of the Dagda. It is not in source material and is not in O'hOgain, the source cited in the text. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
7 April 2022
- 10:1210:12, 7 April 2022 diff hist −104 Baobhan sith →Folklore: Removed unsourced, unsupported line that baobhan sith are vampires who disappear at dawn. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 10:1010:10, 7 April 2022 diff hist −8 Baobhan sith No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 10:1010:10, 7 April 2022 diff hist −16 Baobhan sith Baobhan sith is not a vampire. Briggs, the cited source, never uses the word vampire anywhere in the entry on baobhan sith Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
13 February 2022
- 16:1916:19, 13 February 2022 diff hist −8 Gancanagh Removed unsourced unsupported claim the gean cánach also seduced men Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
8 December 2021
- 22:2022:20, 8 December 2021 diff hist −60 Finvarra Removed uncited line about the queen of the fae thinking he was a good commander. This sounds like something from modern fiction. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 22:1722:17, 8 December 2021 diff hist −81 Queen Mab Removed unsourced comment connecting Mab to Medb. There is no supportable connection there. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 22:1522:15, 8 December 2021 diff hist −24 Fairy Queen →Folklore: Removed incorrect inclusion of Madb as a spelling of Mab. Medb has no connection to the English Mab. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
28 May 2021
- 23:3723:37, 28 May 2021 diff hist −23 Cermait →Epithets: Removed unsupported link to Ogma Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
