Setantii
The Setantii (sometimes read as Segantii) were a possible pre-
Background
The Setantii name is known from a single source only, the 2nd century
Links to later Celtic legends
Rhys posited that, although the name was Brythonic in origin, the soundings of the later legends left no doubt that "we have in these names distant echoes of an inundation story, once widely current in both Britains (Great Britain and Brittany) and perhaps also in Ireland". Although he acknowledged he was unaware of any similar legend on the Lancashire coast (such as the inundation of Portus Setantiorum), Rhys linked all the later legends back to the Setantii of Lancashire.[5]
Sétanta, the birth name of the Irish legendary figure Cú Chulainn, may also be linked to the Setantii. [6]
References
- ^ "PORTVS SETANTIORVM: The Seaport of the Setantii". roman-britain.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ N. Higham, The Northern Counties to AD 1000. Regional History of England Series. Longman, 1986
- ^ Middleton, Wells and Huckerby. The Wetlands of North Lancashire (North West Wetlands Survey). University of Lancaster (1995)
- ^ Buxton, K. M. & Howard-Davies C. L. E. Roman Forts in the Fylde. Excavations at Dowbridge Kirkham, Lancaster. University of Lancaster (2000)
- ISBN 1-4102-1519-9.
- ^ Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí (1991). Myth, Legend & Romance: An encyclopaedia of the Irish folk tradition. Prentice Hall. pp. 131–136.
Further reading
- Rivet, A.L.F.; Colin Smith (26 November 1979). Place Names of Roman Britain. ISBN 0-7134-2077-4.