John Carey is an American, who trained in Celtic studies , specialising in subjects of Early Irish literature early Irish and Early Welsh literature Welsh literature , religion, and mythology. A graduate of Harvard University , he was an associate professor at the Department of Celtic Languages and Literature. He has received fellowships at Warburg Institute University of London , the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen s University, Belfast and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies . He later moved to the Department of Early and Medieval Irish at the University College Cork UCC , where he now teaches. He is fellow at the Temenos Academy and editor of Temenos Academy Review . Selected works 1982. The Location of the Otherworld in Irish Tradition. igse 19 1982 36 43. 1984. Nodons in Britain and Ireland. ZCP 40 1984 1 22. 1987. Time, Space, and the Otherworld. Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 7 1 27. 1989 90. Myth and Mythography in Cath Maige Tuired . Studia Celtica 24 5 53 69. 1991. A British Myth of Origins? History of Religions 31 24 38. 1994. The Irish National Origin Legend Synthetic Pseudohistory . Quiggin Pamphlets on the Sources of Mediaeval Gaelic History 1. Cambridge, University of Cambridge. 1994 ed. with John T. Koch . The Celtic Heroic Age. Literary Sources for Ancient Celtic Europe and Early Ireland and Wales . Malden, Massachusetts Celtic Studies Publications. Includes translations by John Carey. 1994. An Edition of the Pseudo Historical Prologue to the Senchas M r. riu 45 1 32. 1996. The Narrative Setting of Baile Chuinn Ch tchathaig . tudes Celtiques 32 189 201. 1997. The Three Things Required of a Poet. riu 48 41 58. 1998 1st ed. , 2000 2nd ed. . King of Mysteries. Early Irish Religious Writings . Dublin Fourt Courts Press. 1999. A Single Ray of the Sun. Religious Speculation in Early Ireland . Andover and Aberystwyth. 2002. The Lough Foyle Colloquy Texts. riu 52 2002 53 87. 2002. Werewolves in Medieval Ireland. Cambrian Medieva ... more details
rejects the findings of historical research, and uses ideologically based Pseudohistory . In doing so ... revisionism negationism Category Pseudohistory de Zeitgeschichtliche Forschungsstelle Ingolstadt ... more details
In Irish mythology , Cessair also spelt Cesair and Ceasair anglicized Kesair was, according to the Book of Invasions , leader of the first inhabitants of Ireland before the Bible Biblical Deluge mythology Flood . ref name DCM Cesair 1, A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. James McKillop. Oxford University Press , 1998 ref . The story is an attempt at the Christianisation of a legend that pre dates the conversion, ref name DCM but may alternatively be the product of post conversion pseudohistory . Overview She was daughter of Noah s son Bith and his wife Birren . ref name DCM According to legend, when her father was denied a place in the Noah s Ark ark by Noah, Cessair advised him to build an Idolatry idol . This idol advised them that they could escape the Deluge in a ship. Cessair, along with three men, Bith, Fintan mac B chra Fintan and Ladra, and fifty women, set off and sailed for more than seven years. They landed in Ireland at D n na mBarc Donemark , on Bantry Bay in County Cork , forty days before the Flood, in Age of the World 2242 ref http www.ucc.ie celt published T100005A index.html Annal 2242 The Annals do not attempt to ascribe BC dates to these events. ref according to the Annals of the Four Masters , or 2361 BC according to Seathr n C itinn s chronology. No footnotes date October 2010 The three men shared out the women as wives between them. Cessair and sixteen others went with Fintan, seventeen, including Barann, went with Bith and sixteen, including Balba, with Ladra, but Ladra died and his wives were shared between Fintan and Bith. Then Bith died. Fintan found himself with all the women, and fled. Six days before the Flood, Cessair died of a broken heart at Cuil Ceasrach in Connacht . She is said to be buried at the summit of Cnoc Meadha , six miles south west of Tuam , County Galway Lynch, 2006 . The rest of Cessair s people were wiped out in the Flood, with the exception of Fintan, who turned into a salmon . After a series of animal transformations ... more details
About the Arthurian character Hoel or Howel lang cy Hywel is a legendary king of Brittany and one of the oldest characters associated with Arthurian legend . He is the son of King Budic or Boudicius of Brittany, and serves as one of King Arthur s vassals and loyal allies. In medieval Welsh literature Welsh literature , where he appears as Hywel fab Emyr Llydaw, his father is named Emyr Llydaw Emyr of Brittany , and certain legends pertain he was the father of Saint Tudwal . Hoel and the Arthurian legend As Hywel fab Emyr Llydaw, Hoel is associated with Arthur s retinue in medieval Welsh texts like The Dream of Rhonabwy , Geraint and Enid , and Peredur son of Efrawg , and is an important figure in Geoffrey of Monmouth s work of pseudohistory , Historia Regum Britanniae , where his name appears in the Latinised form Hoel. Geoffrey confuses Hoel s relationship to Arthur over the course of his narrative at first, it appears he is the son of Budic of Brittany and Aurelius Ambrosius and Uther Pendragon s sister, and therefore Arthur s first cousin. Later, however, Geoffrey claims Arthur s sister Morgause Anna married Budic, making Hoel Arthur s nephew. This confusion is picked up by Geoffrey s followers like Wace and Layamon most later texts are content to call him Arthur s cousin. In Geoffrey, Hoel is Arthur s staunch ally, a Breton people Breton kinsman who comes to his aid in Sub Roman Britain Britain to help quell the revolts that arise after the young king s coronation. He proves himself to be a capable general and a respected ruler. His niece is raped and killed by the Giant of Mont Saint Michel , and Arthur sets off himself to slay the giant with the aid of his knights Sir Kay Kay and Bedivere . When Arthur returns to Britain to fight his traitorous nephew Mordred , he leaves Hoel in charge of Gaul . When Hoel joins the Round Table Camelot Round Table he leaves his loyal nephew, Joseph, in charge of his kingdom. Hoel and Tristan and Iseult Hoel was later Citation n ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Richard Cedric Leonard is an author and lecturer on the pseudohistory pseudohistorical belief in ancient astronauts and the mythical city of Atlantis . Biography Leonard was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1934. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Oklahoma , with a major in Anthropology and a minor in Classical Culture. At Oklahoma City University he majored in Koine Greek language. Then returning to the University of Oklahoma he took Homeric Greek and Attic Greek language, as well as Classical Greek composition. During these studies, by special arrangement, he also completed a Greek Studies program with Sanskrit as its object. He completed his doctorate in Comparative Religion at the Accreditation unaccredited Neotarian College of Philosophy ref http www.nypress.com print.cfm?content id 7090 Loose ends by William Bryk in the New York Press Oct 1, 2002 ref in Kansas City, Missouri. He is self taught in Canaanite languages Canaanite inscriptions and Egyptian hieroglyphics . Claims Leonard claims to have found a copy of a controversial document which may never existed and what Leonard saw could only have been a hieroglyphic copy of a hieratic copy of a possible hieratic original known as the Tulli Papyrus and to have translated it using a grammar by E. A. Wallis Budge and other sources. ref http www.atlantisquest.com Firecircle.html Fire Circles by R. Cedric Leonard ref For a number of years Leonard was Anthropology Consultant for UFO research institutions, including the International UFO Bureau IUFOB and the Mutual UFO Network MUFON then known as the Midwest UFO Network , and has lectured on the subject of Ancient Astronauts in schools and universities, as well as in various symposium s conducted by the above UFO organizations. ref Skeptic Report http www.skepticreport.com ufo ufo m.htm ref Leonard s career in Anthropology has been marred by his insistent interest in the fields of ancient UFOs and Atlantis. ref Posse Incitatus ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Egyptians in the United Kingdom image caption poptime Egyptian born residents br 24,700 2001 Census br 27,000 2009 ONS estimate popplace London , Birmingham , Liverpool , Manchester , Glasgow langs English language English , Arabic language Arabic , Egyptian Arabic Masry rels Islam , Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Coptic Christianity , some Judaism Egyptians in the United Kingdom are people of Egypt ian ancestry who are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom . Migration history In Irish mythology , Scottish mythology , and pseudohistory , an Egyptian princess named Scota is mentioned as having arrived in today s Scotland and or in Ireland in a very early period of these countries history. The historical veracity of the story is greatly doubted, however. And under the Roman Empire , Britania and Egypt were two provinces of a single empire which had considerable trade and interaction between its constituent parts. However, if any Egyptians settled in Roman Britain , there was little evidence left of their presence. Egyptians historically have been averse to emigrating from their country, even when suffering with significant poverty. As such, prior to the late 1960s, only small numbers of Egyptians moved to the United Kingdom, and even then mostly for the purposes of study. As the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 Egyptian Revolution that began in 1952 developed an increasingly Arab socialism socialist character under Gamal Abdel Nasser , with the nationalisation of many private businesses, some upper and middle class Egyptians sought to leave the country. However, large scale emigration did not occur until after Egypt s defeat in the Six Day War of 1967, which left the Sinai Peninsula entirely under Israel i occupation, and placed an immense economic burden on the country. Given the severity of the country s economic woes following the war, particularly after the outbreak of the War of Attrition , the Egyptian Government saw advantages ... more details
Caithr im Chellach in Chaisil ref group note Donnchadh Corr in writes that this title was first given it by Eugene O Curry in his transcript of the text. It has no title in the earliest copy, that in the Book of Lismore. A variety of titles occurs in the late manuscript tradition in which the tale is normally divided into two parts entitled respectively Cathughadh Ceallachain re Lochlannuibh and Toruigheacht na tTaoiseach air Cheallachain OCor Corr in, Caithr im p.1 fn 1 ref lang en The Victorious Career of Cellach n of Cashel is an Irish Pseudohistory pseudo historical tract from the first part of the 12th century. It is most likely written some time between 1127 and 1134, ref group note According to Breatnach2005 Caoimh n Breatnach p.222 it appears to have been written between 1127 and 1134 , while Campbell2005 Letitia Campbell p.288 states that it was commissioned between 1128 and 1131. ref commissioned by Cormac Mac Carthaigh , king of Munster and claimant to the title High King of Ireland . The tale is ostensibly a biography of Cormac s 10th century ancestor Cellach n Caisil , but in reality a propaganda tract. ref Campbell2005 Campbell , p. 288 ref It is written as an E ganacht riposte to the D l Cais Ua Briain chronicle, Cogad G edel re Gallaib , but reflects the current political situation where former rivals D l Cais and E ganachta are allied against Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair , with an emphasis on collaboration between Cellach n Caisil and Cenn tig mac Lorc in against their common foe, the Vikings . ref FlanaganRIAxxvi Flanagan , p. 919 ref A copy of Caithr im Chellach in Chaisil is contained in the Book of Lismore , as well as in several other manuscripts. ref name OCor1 3 OCor Corr in , pp.1&ndash 3 ref The most recent edition of Caithr im was made by the Norway Norwegian scholar Alexander Bugge in 1905. This edition is based on the text contained in Book of Lismore and R.I.A. 23 H 18 707 , with critical variants from British Library Egerton 106 oc ... more details
John Philip Cohane , born in New Haven, Connecticut , was an archaeologist for the University of Pennsylvania . He later moved to Ireland to become an author on books on pseudohistoric and Ancient astronaut themes. ref Randall Fitzgerald, Cosmic test tube extraterrestrial contact, theories and evidence, Moon Lake Media, 1998, p. 55 ref ref Natalie Robins, Steven M. L. Aronson, Savage Grace The True Story of Fatal Relations in a Rich and Famous American Family, 2007, p. 488 ref Books Cohane published The Indestructible Irish in 1968 in which he proposed that the Irish people Irish peoples were of Mediterranean origin . ref ire Ireland a journal of Irish studies, Volume 5 Volume 5, Irish American Cultural Institute., 1966, p. 145 ref In the book he claimed that the original blood stock in England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales is Semitic . ref The Critic, Volume 27, Issue 6, Thomas More Association, 1969 ref Cohane also published The Key A Startling enquiry into the riddle of mans past the book claimed that before Egyptians Egyptian , Greeks Greek , Phoenicia n and Carthaginian eras two major worldwide semitic migrations took place, Cohane believed that every civilization on earth had once been semitic he based his evidence on archeology and etymology . The book has been reviewed as a piece of pseudohistory ref American Anthropologist, Volume 80, Issue 3, pages 731 733, September 1978 ref ref http www.jstor.org pss 677086 ref The American linguist Cyrus Herzl Gordon was a friend of Cohane and wrote a preface to Cohane s book The Key , Gordon was supportive of many of Cohane s theories. ref Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford, Antiquity a quarterly review of archaeology, Volumes 51 53, Antiquity Publications, 1977 ref ref The Reprint bulletin, Volumes 23 24, American Library Association, Oceana Publications, 1978, p. 14 ref Cohane claimed that geographical names in United States America have a semitic origin. ref Cyrus Herzl Gordon, Before Columbus links between the Old Wo ... more details
Infobox artist bgcolour 6495ED name Stanis aw Szukalski image imagesize caption birth date birth date 1893 12 13 birth place Warta, Poland death date death date and age 1987 05 19 1893 12 13 death place Burbank, California , U.S. nationality Poland Polish field training movement works patrons influenced by influenced J zef Gos awski Polish sculptor J zef Gos awski awards Stanis aw Szukalski 1893 1987 was a Poland Polish born painting painter and sculptor . He also developed the pseudoscience pseudoscientific Pseudohistory historical theory of Zermatism redirected , positing that all human culture was derived from post deluge Easter Island and that mankind was locked in an eternal struggle with the Sons of Yeti Yetinsyny , the offspring of Yeti and humans. He illustrated this theory in his works. Overview File Toporzel Axeagle.svg thumb 238px Axeagle Polish Toporze A symbol designed by Stanislav Szukalski in 1935, as an emblem of Poland reborn Szukalski immigrated to the United States in his teens, where he joined the Visual arts of Chicago arts scene in Chicago . Ben Hecht , who knew Szukalski in the 1920s, described him in his 1954 in literature 1954 autobiography A Child of the Century as starving, muscular, aristocratic and disdainful of lesser beings than himself traits Szukalski retained for the rest of his life. In 1929 was a founder of an artistic movement called Szczep Rogate Serce Tribe of the Horned Heart Szczep Rogate Serce centered on Polish artists who sought inspiration in the pagan or pre Christian history of Poland. Szukalski returned to Poland in 1934, when the government proclaimed him their Greatest Living Artist and built the Szukalski National Museum to house his works. In 1939, the Nazism Nazi Siege of Warsaw resulted in the destruction of the museum and his life s work. Szukalski moved to Southern California , where he languished in obscurity, supporting himself by drawing maps for an aerospace company. In 1971, Glenn Bray , a publisher who h ... more details
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