by Eric (TubalCain)
Contents:
1. Israelite Connections.
2. Druids
3. Links to Ireland.
4. Are the Irish Descendants of the Ancient Greeks?
by Caleb Howells, Extracts.
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1. Israelite Connections.
Similarities of dining customs of Hebrews, Celts, Achaians (Bronze age Greece) were similar:1 Sam. 9:22-24; Deut. 33:21
Irish gold beads,dating from 15th c. bce,were found at Gaza by Sir Flinders Petrie. The Tribe of Dan must have been familiar with this city,e.g.,Judges 16:1 tells us that Samson of the Tribe of Dan went to Gaza.
The Auraicept-na-n-Eces [Grammar of the Sages] mentions that Cai Cainbrethach brought the Mosaic Law [Recht Maosi] to Ireland and was a Hebrew by extraction. This was the Brehon Law or Senchus Mor. The layout of the Senchus Mor is similar to the Book of Leviticus,with long detailed lists of laws.The Auraicept mentions the name "Ruben" and the name "Iachim"[Jachin of Simeon?]. One document says that Gaedelic[Gaelic] is a mixture of Hebrew,Greek and Latin. Ticcoloth is its Hebrew name. It is also said that Ticcoloth is its Cimmerian name.
Abaris was a priest of Apollo who was said to have come from the land of Hyperborea. He was said to have left his homeland and spent some time in Greece. This occurred in the sixth century BCE. In at least one text, Hyperborea is said to have been an island in the sea beyond the land of the Celts. That could possibly be Ireland.
Near the city of Troy there was a river Simoeis, cf. Simeon.
Greek Hearth God "Hestia" is the Irish fire god "Asti"."H" in Hestia may have been silent and pronounced as "' 'estia". This would be connected to the Latium [Italy] cult of Vesta where an eternal flame was kept burning as part of the worship. Moses instituted a perpetual flame in the Tabernacle that was to be kept and not put out. "V" can sometimes change with "H". Therefore, Vesta would be Hesta or Hestia. Example: The Heneti, a people who were allies of Troy in the Iliad, are thought to be the Veneti or Venetians of Italy.
Archaeologists excavating the city of Dan in the Galilee have deescribed it as a Mycenian city.
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2. Druids.
The Druids may be connected to the Dryads of Greece.Beth luis Nion or Ogham tree alphabet of Celts may be connected to the Futhark alphabet of Vikings. The Ing letter of Futhark corresponds to the Ngaimer or Gomer letter of Ogham. When the Norse claims to be an Ingwine or friend of Ing, it may be a reference to Gomer, i.e. Cimmerians.
Druidism survived into the 19th century on the remote Scottish Island of St. Kilda in the north Atlantic.
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3. Links to Ireland.
Keating said the Fir-Bolg had gone under a certain leader to Thrace where they had been subject to hard labor.
Connection between the Achaeans and Aeolians of bronze age Greece? Martin P. Nilsson p.177 "Homer and Mycenae" says that the Aeolians were a "northern branch" of the Achaeans. Aeolus or Eolus is cited as a relative of Ir or Er who was the ancestor of the Irians of bronze age Ulster. From the Irians the Irish derive their national name. There was an Er of Judah and an Ir of Benjamin.Wikipedia says that some scholars have questioned whether the Achaeans were actually Greek. The Achaeans took part in a sea raid on Egypt at the time when Pharoah Merneptah [who was Pharoah just before the Trojan War] mentioned that he had subdued Israel [this is the Mernptah stele or the Israel Stele]. Merneptah mentions Yanoam [Ephraim?] and Gezer [city of Ephraim] in this conflict.
The Pictish tribe "Creones" have a name similar to Creon of Thebes. Thebes is similar to Thebez, a city in Manasseh (Judges 9:50) [in some Bibles Thebez is literally spelled as "Thebes"]. The Pictish tribe "Caledones" have a name similar to Caledon of ancient bronze age Greece. Maybe Galaad? Caledonia was old name for Scotland. Ogyges was associated with Thebes in Greece. There was an oak of Ogyges in Israel according to Josephus Antiquities (it was located near Hebron and associated with Abraham). [Thebes -founded by Phoenicians, Ogyges associated with Okeanos (Atlantic Ocean].
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4. Are the Irish Descendants of the Ancient Greeks?
by Caleb Howells
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/14/irish-ancient-greece/
Extracts:
The main source for the foundation legends of Ireland is a document called The Book of Invasions, written in the eleventh century. It describes six different groups of people invading Ireland at various points in history.
The third group was led by a person called Nemed. He settled in Ireland for a while, but then his group was almost completely slaughtered during the siege of a particular tower. The survivors were scattered. Some went to Britain, some went to "the north of the world," and some went to Greece.
The third group is said to have been enslaved by the Greeks for 230 years. During that time, they were forced to carry bags of soil and clay. Because of this, they came to be known as the Fir Bolg, meaning "men of the bags."
Eventually, they were freed and left Greece in a great fleet. This is said to have occurred at the same time as the Israelite Exodus from Egypt. The fleet of Fir Bolg then arrived in Ireland and settled there.
It is also significant that the peculiar way in which spears were thrown in ancient Greece and Italy (using a strap called an "amentum") was likewise utilized in Ireland as well as among the Celts on the continent. Various other cultural elements of the Celts, including those of Ireland, can be connected with those found in Greece.