Bith (Star Wars)
Bith may refer to: * Bith (Celtic mythology) Cessair or Cesair (spelled Ceasair in modern Irish, meaning sorrow, affliction) is a character from the ''Lebor Gabála Érenn'', a medieval Christian pseudohistory of Ireland. According to the ''Lebor Gabála'', Cessair was the leader of the firs ..., a character from Goidelic Celtic mythology * Bith (''Star Wars''), an alien race in ''Star Wars'' {{Disambig ...
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Bith (Celtic Mythology)
Cessair or Cesair (spelled Ceasair in modern Irish, meaning sorrow, affliction) is a character from the ''Lebor Gabála Érenn'', a medieval Christian pseudohistory of Ireland. According to the ''Lebor Gabála'', Cessair was the leader of the first inhabitants of Ireland, arriving before the biblical flood."Cesair 1," A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. James McKillop. Oxford University Press, 1998. The tale may have been an attempt to Christianize an earlier pagan myth, but may also have been the product of post-conversion pseudohistory. Overview According to the Lebor Gabála, Cessair was the daughter of Noah's non-Biblical son Bith and his wife Birren. Cessair's father's name, Bith, is derived from the Proto-Celtic ''Bitu''-, which can be interpreted to mean "world", "life", or "age" in Old Irish (cf. Bituitus). In some versions of the tale, Noah tells them to go to the western edge of the world to escape the coming flood. In other versions, after being denied a place on Noah's ...
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