The Celts have several myths of Divine Twins. One concerns the Irish goddess Macha, an equine goddess, who during late stages of pregnancy is forced to race against the Ulster king’s fastest steeds. The horse goddess wins and afterwards dies giving premature birth to twins. They immediately disappear. The capital of Ulster, the site of the race, was thereafter called Emain Macha or Twins of Macha. Another story of Macha connects her with the construction of Emain Macha. Archaeological evidence suggests that a huge temple from around 1150 B.C. may have been a site of worship of these Divine Twins. 1
Mallory and Adams connect Macha’s tale with the story of Sleipner. Surrounding the birth of Sleipner a great city is being constructed at the demanded price of Freya and the sun and the moon. Here, instead of a twin birth, we have a steed born with eight legs, representing an original twin pair of equines. 2²This connection is also made by O’Brien. 3 If the worship of the Divine Twins metamorphasized mythologically into the tales surrounding Sleipner we see cause for the disappearance of their adoration among the IE Germanic religions. To continue, if this representation is accepted, their sire Loki is connected easily in his role as a celestial God the Sky Walker. This celestial connection of the sire is further demonstrated in the Scandinavian name of the star Sirius being Loki’s Torch or Loki’s Brand.³
Emain Macha, also called Navan Fort, (54.34°N 6.69°W) is 2,518 miles from Giza, or 10.1%, and was comprised of a central octagonal wooden building once supported by four concentric rings of posts, surrounded by a large circular enclosure made by a bank and ditch.4
1) Davenport, Fionn. 2008. Ireland. p. 637. Lonely Planet.
2) Mallory, J.P. & Adams, D. Q. 1997. Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. pgs.161- 163, 178. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
3) S. O'Brien, Dioscuric Elements in Celtic and Germanic Mythology, JIES 10 (1982), 117-136.
4) Resonance in the Celtic Culture: http://www.humanresonance.org/celtic_waves.html
Mallory and Adams connect Macha’s tale with the story of Sleipner. Surrounding the birth of Sleipner a great city is being constructed at the demanded price of Freya and the sun and the moon. Here, instead of a twin birth, we have a steed born with eight legs, representing an original twin pair of equines. 2²This connection is also made by O’Brien. 3 If the worship of the Divine Twins metamorphasized mythologically into the tales surrounding Sleipner we see cause for the disappearance of their adoration among the IE Germanic religions. To continue, if this representation is accepted, their sire Loki is connected easily in his role as a celestial God the Sky Walker. This celestial connection of the sire is further demonstrated in the Scandinavian name of the star Sirius being Loki’s Torch or Loki’s Brand.³
Emain Macha, also called Navan Fort, (54.34°N 6.69°W) is 2,518 miles from Giza, or 10.1%, and was comprised of a central octagonal wooden building once supported by four concentric rings of posts, surrounded by a large circular enclosure made by a bank and ditch.4
1) Davenport, Fionn. 2008. Ireland. p. 637. Lonely Planet.
2) Mallory, J.P. & Adams, D. Q. 1997. Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. pgs.161- 163, 178. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
3) S. O'Brien, Dioscuric Elements in Celtic and Germanic Mythology, JIES 10 (1982), 117-136.
4) Resonance in the Celtic Culture: http://www.humanresonance.org/celtic_waves.html