[PnP] The Goiden Project

Sylverrs_ dragon abnaric at hotmail.com
Fri Aug 5 20:35:04 CEST 2005 

Also, added Fomorian newly assigned name to Platonic legends of Atlantis to 
forge the final form of the Fomorian culture.


>From: "Sylverrs_ dragon" <abnaric at hotmail.com>
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>Subject: RE: [PnP] The Goiden Project
>Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:27:54 -0400
>
>Reversed the names.
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>>From: "Choinski, Burton" <Burton.Choinski at matrixone.com>
>>Reply-To: The Powers and Perils Mailing List <pnp at abroere.xs4all.nl>
>>To: The Powers and Perils Mailing List <pnp at abroere.xs4all.nl>
>>Subject: RE: [PnP] The Goiden Project
>>Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 09:43:58 -0400
>>
>> >From another site...
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>>The Firbolg people are primordial inhabitants, or early gods, of Ireland.
>>The third wave of invaders, they conquered Ireland and defeated the
>>Fomorians <http://www.pantheon.org/articles/f/fomorians.html> . Initially
>>the name was thought to mean "men of the bags," after the bags they used 
>>to
>>escape oppression in Greece, but they are now mythologized from the Builg
>>and Belgae and other P-Celtic settlers. Within the Book of Invasions, they
>>take their name from Bolg/Bolga, an ancestor deity.
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>>Fomorians
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>>In Irish-Celtic mythology, the Fomorians are a race of demonic giants,
>>ancient occupants of Ireland (or sometimes mentioned as a mythical,
>>prehistoric people who raided and pillaged Ireland from the sea). The 
>>first
>>to invade Ireland were the Partholons, but after many battles the 
>>Fomorians
>>afflicted them all with plague. After them came the Nemeds, who in their
>>very first battle were defeated and enslaved. The third wave of invaders,
>>the Firbolgs <http://www.pantheon.org/articles/f/firbolg.html> , were more
>>successful and they subdued the Fomorians and managed to live peacefully
>>with them.
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>>After a period of peace, the Tuatha
>><http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/tuatha_de_danann.html>  Dé Danann, the
>>Irish race of gods, arrived. They conquered the Firbolgs, but dealt more
>>subtly with the Fomorians, although they destroyed their hegemony over
>>Ireland for good in the second battle of Mag Tuireadh. The Fomorians were
>>given the province of Connacht, and were even allowed to marry some of the
>>Tuatha Dé. The king of the Fomorians is the one-eyed Balor
>><http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/balor.html> . Other prominent members
>>are: Bres <http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/bres.html> , Eriu, and 
>>Tethra.
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>>The Fomorians are sometimes mythologically associated with the powers of
>>nature which challenge man: fog, storm, winter, disease, crop-blight. The
>>name comes from fomó, "giant", "pirate".
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>>Just historical notes for the list, but nice to see the origins of the 
>>lands
>>in text. :}
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>>From: Choinski, Burton [mailto:Burton.Choinski at matrixone.com]
>>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 9:08 AM
>>To: The Powers and Perils Mailing List
>>Subject: RE: [PnP] The Goiden Project
>>
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>>Found on a site while trying to get more proto-celtic words to add to my
>>name generator:
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>>Irish has its roots in the original language of the Celtic peoples who
>>emerged in south central Europe sometime around the 5th C. BCE. Theirs is
>>known to archeologists as the La Tene culture. The extension of this
>>proto-Celtic culture and language into virtually every region of Europe
>>accounts for the many branches of Celtic languages. Celts in western
>>continental Europe spoke Gaulish; Celts in Spain spoke Celtiberian; Celts 
>>in
>>the Balkans spoke Galatian; Celts in the region of modern Switzerland 
>>spoke
>>Lepontic.
>>
>>All of these languages are now long extinct, as are most of the other
>>branches of proto-Celtic. Celts who migrated onto the western edge of the
>>known world spoke the Brythonic and Goidelic (also sometimes written
>>Gaidhdelic) forms of the Insular Celtic language family.
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>>Bwahahahahah!
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>>From: Choinski, Burton [mailto:Burton.Choinski at matrixone.com]
>>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 7:16 AM
>>To: The Powers and Perils Mailing List
>>Subject: RE: [PnP] The Goiden Project
>>
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>>
>>How about "Fideoch Mountains".  And the "Hills of Ghan"?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Sylverrs_ dragon [mailto:abnaric at hotmail.com
>><mailto:abnaric at hotmail.com> ]
>>Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 3:46 PM
>>To: pnp at abroere.xs4all.nl
>>Subject: RE: [PnP] The Goiden Project
>>
>>Turlach doesn't sing to me and Vassi might be confusing given the 
>>existence
>>of the Vassa elsewhere. Otherwise am cool with it.
>>
>> >From: "Choinski, Burton" <Burton.Choinski at matrixone.com>
>> >Reply-To: The Powers and Perils Mailing List <pnp at abroere.xs4all.nl>
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>> >Subject: RE: [PnP] The Goiden Project
>> >Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:44:00 -0400
>> >
>> >For regions I'm thinking "The Turlach Mountains" for the name of the 
>>range
>> >(still have to find and name the highest peak, perhaps "Siann Monag" -- 
>>the
>>
>> >high peak is somewhat flatish and perhaps a sacred meeting point for the
>> >tribes).  For the hills on the northwest shoreline "Hills of Vassi" and
>> >"The
>> >Donnag Highlands" for the hills just south of that (next to the Armagh).
>> >The highlands look to have a steeper eastern side ("Oghan Bluffs") and
>> >higher western part ("Diach's Rise").
>> >
>> >The Ulail forests could be "Faiolail Woodlands" and the other larger 
>>forest
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>> >the  "Faitheadh Forest"  (implied: "Fai-" is a goidenese prefix meaning
>> >"Forest").
>> >
>> >The easternmost hills could be the "Laidh Hills", with a minor peak in
>> >there
>> >(that I can see on the texture) "Camac's Ridge"  (possible site).  The
>> >hills
>> >in the swamp could be "The Earmagh Highlands", with the southmost hills
>> >being "The Caoich Hills".  A visible ridgeline seems to be there, "Adh 
>>Mac
>> >Cuir's Wall" (another site?).
>> >
>> >For the swamp we could have "The Olaireann Fens" in the portion between 
>>the
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>> >rivermouths, and "The Olaireann Murks" for the hazy, misty depths of the
>> >swamps that brush up against the rugged mountains.
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>> >Comments?
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>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Sylverrs_ dragon [mailto:abnaric at hotmail.com
>><mailto:abnaric at hotmail.com> ]
>> >Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:26 PM
>> >To: pnp at abroere.xs4all.nl
>> >Subject: RE: [PnP] The Goiden Project
>> >
>> >Sound good
>> >
>> > >From: "Choinski, Burton" <Burton.Choinski at matrixone.com>
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>> > >Subject: RE: [PnP] The Goiden Project
>> > >Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:28:16 -0400
>> > >
>> > >I'm tossing out names to the list to chew on. I know I got Rich's
>> >blessing,
>> > >but I'd like everyone's (and his opinion).  I wend out and found 
>>Gaelic
>> > >words for things that could be found on the island, and god names 
>>(plus
>> > >this
>> > >limited number of Goiden names in the culture book).  Ran the list
>> >through
>> > >a
>> > >name generator and cherry-picked from the list presented.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >The rivers (in order from north to south, west side first, then the 
>>east
>> > >side):
>> > >
>> > >             The Daonnach River    (flows to the Armagh)
>> > >
>> > >             The Ceimaonnag River
>> > >
>> > >             The Feilbhinn River
>> > >
>> > >             The Luiollach River
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >For the forts:
>> > >
>> > >             Ft. Bravabek (Noatun Isle)
>> > >
>> > >             Ft. Tiun (Hoda Isle)
>> > >
>> > >             Ft. Gin'cha (Sichi Isle)
>> > >
>> > >             Ft. Eikassa (Baobhanu-11)
>> > >
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