Abhean
{{Short description|Irish mythology character}}
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In Irish mythology, Abhean ({{IPA|ga|ˈavʲənˠ}}), son of Bec-Felmas, was a poet of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and in particular of Lugh. He was killed by Óengus in front of Midir, according to a poem by Fland Mainistreach in Lebor Gabála Érenn.{{cite web|url=http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/lebor4.html|title=Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of Invasions|work=Celtic Literature Collective}}{{Cite web |url=http://members.aol.com/lochlan2/lebor.htm |title=The Lebor Gabala Erren |access-date=2006-08-02 |archive-date=2000-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815055843/http://members.aol.com/lochlan2/lebor.htm |url-status=dead }}
Etymology
The reconstructed Proto-Celtic lexica at the universities of Leiden{{cite web|url=http://www.indo-european.nl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040902040511/http://www.indo-european.nl/|title=Home|archive-date=2 September 2004|work=Indo-European Etymological Dictionary|publisher=Leiden University}} and Wales{{Cite web|url=http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/pcl-moe.pdf|title=Proto-Celtic – English lexicon|publisher=University of Wales}} suggest that this name may be derived from Proto-Celtic *Ad-bej-ānos, literally meaning 'at-striking-related-one' and possibly denoting the concept of 'harp-strumming'.
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|last=Ellis|first=Peter Berresford|authorlink=Peter Berresford Ellis|title=Dictionary of Celtic Mythology|edition=Oxford Paperback Reference|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1994|isbn=0-19-508961-8}}
- {{cite book|last=Wood|first=Juliette|authorlink=Juliette Wood|title=The Celts: Life, Myth, and Art|publisher=Thorsons Publishers|year=2002|isbn=0-00-764059-5}}
External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121205053209/http://www.mythome.org/celtic.html Celtic Gods and their Associates]}}
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