Old Irish Tabus or Geasa

For tonight's old Irish word or term, we will look at a very complex (Druid / Reincarnation) subject.

As such I am adding a Blog link which I will be updating and has a link to a 1901 Publication on Folk-Lore. This will allow us if we wish to dig a bit deeper into this interesting concept and perhaps talk about if and how it affects our lives today if we can discover it.


Tabus (Taboo) or Geasa

Geas; (I) > geis (geasa) - magically bound injunction or duty, individual and contextual, having the force of dán, explicitly not a taboo since many geasa required the person bound to perform, not avoid, the required activity.

Cuchulain was a complicated romantic figure with possible male and female lovers, but basically, his duties and geas and destiny really ruined his love life.


For tonight I am giving URL or link to another reference to the concept of "Geasa"

If you wish to download or read online and we can discuss it in more detail.

Folklore Published 1901 by Folklore Society]

Old Irish Tabus or Geasa page 43

Book Stats:
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL20608077M/Folklore

Scanned version by Google
https://ia600304.us.archive.org/20/items/folklore01croogoog/folklore01croogoog.pdf

Text searchable
https://ia600304.us.archive.org/20/items/folklore01croogoog/folklore01croogoog_djvu.txt

Read online, searchable
https://archive.org/stream/folklore01croogoog#page/n10/mode/2up

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