Mythical Trail: Bóand Traditional Cache
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Bóand is the Irish river goddess for whom the river Boyne was named. Her sacred animal was the cow. Bóand drowned when she tried to drink from the Well of Segais in order to gain its supernatural wisdom. The sacred well was surrounded by hazel trees and filled with salmon. Its waters were a source of supernatural wisdom, but drinking from it was forbidden. When Bóand tried to drink from the well, its waters rose up and pursued her. Bóand ran toward the sea, but the water overcame her, leaving the goddess dead in its wake. The waters formed a river leading from the well to the sea, which was named the Boyne, in honor of Bóand. Another Irish river goddess, Sinann, suffered a similar fate. She was drowned when she tried to drink from Connla’s Well, also a source of supernatural wisdom. Bóand’s husband, the water god Nechtan , was the caretaker of that sacred well, although Connla’s Well and the Well of Segais may in fact be one and the same
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