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does anyone have any info on the name Teirtu? I believe it is celtic. I would especially like to know the correct pronounciation?
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A quick google....
will take you to a number of references to Teirtu's harp, a magical selfplaying harp mentioned in the Welsh tale 'Culhwch ac Olwen' (a romance of sorts)... I would ignore the mystical junk and mention of goddesses - why is it people feel a need to see gods everywhere in Celtic myth?
As a Welsh name it would be pronounced tyre-tee.
will take you to a number of references to Teirtu's harp, a magical selfplaying harp mentioned in the Welsh tale 'Culhwch ac Olwen' (a romance of sorts)... I would ignore the mystical junk and mention of goddesses - why is it people feel a need to see gods everywhere in Celtic myth?
As a Welsh name it would be pronounced tyre-tee.
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Thanks! And about the gods in Celtic myths: I don't know. I've heard of Culhwch ac Olwen (by the way, also gorgeous names!), and I've read a lot of Celtic myths (still hadn't heard of Teirtu though), and I think the actual story is wonderful. A story can be wonderful without all mystical things around it.
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