Segais, Well of
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Segais, Well of. Fabulous well or spring, thought to be the common source of both the
Boyne and the
Shannon rivers, and a source also for supernatural
knowledge. Like
Connla's Well, which it resembles and may be identical with, the Well of Segais is surrounded by nine
hazel trees, whose nuts fall in the water, feeding
salmon. When
Boand defies the magical powers of Segais, its waters rise up in anger, mutilating her, turning her into the River Boyne. At Connla's Well a comparable story is told of
Sinann and the Shannon. Although the Boyne and the Shannon do not have a common source, the name may come from a district adjoining the Boyne that is an affluent of the Shannon. Folk motif: D1811.1.2.
Bibliography
See Vernam Hull , ‘Early Irish Segais’, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, 29, H. 3/4 (1964/5), 321–4.
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