Celtic mythology Celtic mythology is the body of myths belonging to the Celtic peoples.Cunliffe, Barry, (1997) ''The Ancient Celts''. Oxford, Oxford University Press , pp. 183 (religion), 202, 204–8. Like other Iron Age Europeans, Celtic peoples followed a ...

, Carman or Carmun was a warrior and sorceress from Athens who tried to invade Ireland in the days of the Tuatha Dé Danann, along with her three sons, Dub ("black"), Dother ("evil") and Dian ("violence"). She used her magical powers to destroy all the fruit of Ireland. Four of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Crichinbel, Lug,

Bé Chuille Bé Chuille, also known as Becuille and Bé Chuma, is the daughter of Flidais and one of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology. In a tale from the Metrical Dindshenchas, she is a good sorceress who joins three other of the Tuatha Dé to defeat ...

and Aoi, challenged Carman and her sons. The sons were forced to leave Ireland, and Carman was imprisoned. She died of longing and was buried in Wexford among oak trees. Her grave was dug by Bres. The place she was buried was called Carman after her, and the Tuatha Dé Danann are said to have instituted an Óenach Carmán, or Festival of Carmán. Celtic historian

Peter Berresford Ellis Peter Berresford Ellis (born 10 March 1943) is a British historian, literary biographer, and novelist who has published over 98 books to date either under his own name or his pseudonyms Peter Tremayne and Peter MacAlan. He has also published 100 ...

describes her as "a goddess who came to Ireland from Athens with her three ferocious sons—Calma (Valiant), Dubh (Black) and Olc (Evil). They laid Ireland to waste but were eventually overcome by the Tuatha Dé Danann. Carmán died of grief and it is recorded that death ‘came upon her in an ungentle shape’. She was subsequently remembered in Leinster by a Festival of Carmán held at Lughnasad, 1 August." Her story is told in a poem of the Metrical Dindshenchas, which states that she died in

600 BCE The year 600 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 154 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 600 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar ...

Given name

* Carman Barnes (1912-1980), American novelist *

Carman George Blough Carman George Blough (November 11, 1895 – March 9, 1981) was an American accountant, professor of accounting, and civil servant. He is described as "one of the most influential 'high priests' of the profession in the Twentieth Century." He was in ...

(1895-1981), American accountant * Carman Lapointe (born 1951), Canadian diplomat * Carman Lee (born 1966), Hong Kong actress * Carman Maxwell (1902-1987), American animator * Carman McClelland (born 1951), Canadian politician * Carman Miller (born 1940), Canadian military historian *

Carman A. Newcomb Carman Adam Newcomb (July 1, 1830 – April 6, 1902) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer, judge and marshal from Iowa and Missouri. Life and career Born in Mercer, Pennsylvania, Newcomb completed preparatory studies and moved to Kent ...

(1830-1902), American politician *

Carman Newsome Carman Newsome (June 21, 1912 - July 17, 1974) was an African-American actor, musician and band conductor in the United States. His work includes leading roles in five Oscar Micheaux films. Born in Kansas, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio when he was a ...

(1912-1974), American actor

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*''The Metrical Dindshenchas'', edited and translated by Edward J. Gwynn, a
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