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Seithenhin

Seithenhin — being in celtic tradition.

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Seithenhin sawde attan (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter VI: The Folklore of the Wells)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: Seithenhin sawde attan (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter VI: The Folklore of the Wells)

    "Seithenhin sawde attan."

  • comparison: That is what I wrote when penning these notes; but it has occurred to me since then, that there is an Irish name, an important Irish name, which looks as if related to Seithenhin, and that is Setanta (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter VI: The Folklore of the Wells)

    "That is what I wrote when penning these notes; but it has occurred to me since then, that there is an Irish name, an important Irish name, which looks as if related to Seithenhin, and that is Setanta Beg, ' the little Setantian,' the first name of the Irish hero Cuchulainn."