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In the Beginning...● There are many myths, but

this one is the most popular.

● According to this myth, in the beginning, there was no time, no gods or humans.

● There was the Sea and where the sea met the land, a mare named Eiocha was born from sea-foam

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The First God

● Eiocha ate the seeds/berries from a nearby Oak Tree to stay alive.

● These seeds became a child.

● She birthed Cernunnos, and in the process, created the Giants. Image: Google

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More Gods

● Cernunnos was lonely so he ‘coupled’ with Eiocha to make: Maponos, Tauranis, and Teutates, and the goddess, Epona.

(Epona)

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Tethra: Goddess of the Sea

● Eiocha got tired of the land because she was from the sea.

● She returned to The Sea and became Tethra (or Tethys); Goddess of The Deep.

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First Man and Woman

● The Gods became lonely because they had no one to command rule over and they had no worshippers.

● They made Man and Woman from the wood of the Oak Tree.

● (The Green Man is an ancient mystery that appears all over the world)

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First Animals● Cernunnos used the Oak

Tree to create animals.● Cernunnos was God of

Animals and made the deer, and the hound, the boar and the raven, & the hare and the snake.

● Commanded the Tree to make a forest for them to live in.

● Epona made the horse in remembrance of Eiocha.

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The Gods and The Tree

● Teutates (God of War) used limbs from the tree to fashion a bow, arrows, and a club.

● Tauranis used the tree to make thunderbolts made from fire and noise.

● Maponos used the tree to make a Harp instead of a weapon.

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Giant Betrayal

● The giants grew jealous that the Gods had people to worship them and wanted some of their own.

● The plotted against them, planning to overflow the land and take it under the sea

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Giant Battle

● Tethra heard about the Giants plans from the deep and warned her children.

● The Gods took refuge in the Oak Tree and attacked them with Thunderbolts, the sky, and arrows.

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The Battle is Won

● The Gods overwhelmed the Giants but could not destroy them

● The Giants returned to the sea where they faced Tethra, but some escaped.

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The Aftermath

● The Gods repaired the land, the sky, and the sea.

● They rescued one man and one woman from the battle who would become the ancestors of the humans.

● The Gods returned to the Oak Tree

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New Gods

● The pieces of sky that Maponos ripped down mingled with the sea and created new gods

● Belanus, Danu, Lir, Manannan, Branwen, Bran, Dagda, Nuadha of the Silver Hand, Dienceght, Goihbhio, Morrigan, and Brighid

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Commonalities and Allusions

● Number 3● Oak Tree● Sea Foam● Betrayal● Epona (Zelda)● Bran (Game of Thrones)● Danu (Game of Thrones)● Tree God (Game of

Thrones, Pocahontas, etc.) from Google Images

Works Cited

Eva. Celtic Creation Story. Sept. 6,2004. History Archive. 2 Sept. 2014 Celtic Creation Myth. Education Scotland. 2 Sept. 2014Wigington, Patti. The Green Man, Spirit of the Forest. About Religion. 2 Sept. 2014