A landscape effigy called the High Man (Farard means 'the high man') represents Orion! Place name 'Bealach na Bó Finne' literally means 'way of the white cow' - the principal old Irish name for the Milky Way. Summer solstice: sun sits in Orion's hand at highest ecliptic point. Ancient stellar knowledge encoded in the landscape! 🌌🏹
High Man landscape effigy discovered matching Orion constellation with place names referencing Milky Way
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- Landscape effigy called the High Man (Farard means 'the high man') discovered representing Orion
- Place name Balac Boina literally means 'way of the white cow' and is the old Irish term for the Milky Way
- Other place names relate to Orion's body parts: Cullen (hazel/cumberland Belt), Donore (hollow of the shield), Slain (back leg position)
- Orion Nebula called Mellawn (honey/knowledge) corresponding to nearby Mellifont Abbey
- Summer solstice: sun sits in Orion's hand at highest point of ecliptic
- Ancient myth of Garrett's Fort speaks of enchanted sleeping army waiting until the end of time when a six-fingered warrior will draw a sword from stone
Sources
mythicalireland.com
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megalithomania.co.uk
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