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banais ríghe

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | 467 words | Copyright

banais ríghe [Ir., wedding-feast of kingship]. A ritual practised by early Irish kings in which they were united with the sovereignty of the territory over which they ruled. The abundant evidence of the annals testifies that the practice was widespread, although details are not always precise. The ceremony appears to have comprised two main elements, the libation offered by the bride to her husband and the coition. At Tara the ritual was called feis temrach.

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