The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin [ˈmanɪnʲ], also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan ˈvanɪnʲ]) or Mann (/mæn/ man), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the...
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Manx people (redirect from People of the Isle of Man)
The Manx (/mæŋks/ manks; Manx: ny Manninee) are an ethnic group originating on the Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea in Northern Europe. They belong to the...
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The coat of arms of the Isle of Man, blazoned Gules three legs in armour flexed at the knee and conjoined at the thigh, all proper, garnished and spurred...
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The culture of the Isle of Man is influenced by its Celtic and, to a lesser extent, its Norse origins, though its close proximity to the United Kingdom...
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The music of the Isle of Man reflects Celtic, Norse and other influences, including those from its neighbours, Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales. The...
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Manx language (redirect from Gaelic language of the Isle of Man)
of the Manx people. Although few children native to the Isle of Man speak Manx as a first language, there has been a steady increase in the number of speakers...
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The history of the Jews in the Isle of Man goes back to at least the early 19th century. The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin [ˈmanɪnʲ], also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan...
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Isle of the Dead (German: Die Toteninsel) is the best-known painting of Swiss Symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901). Prints were very popular in...
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Sleih beggey (category Culture of the Isle of Man)
University Press. ISBN 9781108079082. Moore, Arthur (1891). Folk-Lore of the Isle of Man. Koch, John (15 March 2006). Celtic Culture - A historical Encyclopedia...
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Manx literature (redirect from Literature of the Isle of Man)
known from at least the early 16th century, when the majority of the population still belonged to the Catholic Church in the Isle of Man. Early works were...
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Manannán mac Lir (redirect from Manannan Son of Lir)
Manannan, son of the Sea'). The Isle of Man (Mannin) is generally thought to be named after him, though some[who?] have said he is named after the island. He...
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Cronus (redirect from Kronos (mythology))
and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos (/ˈkroʊnəs/ or /ˈkroʊnɒs/, from Greek: Κρόνος, Krónos) was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans...
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a list of topics in Chinese mythology. Chinese mythology is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature from the area now...
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The Kingdom of the Isles comprised the Hebrides, the islands of the Firth of Clyde and the Isle of Man from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. The islands...
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Avalon (redirect from The Isle of Avalon)
et al. In the early 12th century, William of Malmesbury claimed the name of Avalon came from a man called Avalloc, who once lived on this isle with his...
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Sleipnir (category Horses in Norse mythology)
Callow (1904). Traces of Norse Mythology in the Isle of Man. Harvard University Press. Larrington, Carolyne (Trans.) (1999). The Poetic Edda. Oxford World's...
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Charon (redirect from Charon (mythology))
In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/ KAIR-on, -ən; Ancient Greek: Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of the Greek underworld. He carries...
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(Hindu mythology) Surya's chariot, drawn by seven horses. (Hindu mythology) Vitthakalai, a gold-decorated chariot of Kali. (Ayyavazhi mythology) Thor's chariot...
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Maughold (redirect from Maughold, Isle of Man)
488 AD) is venerated as the patron saint of the Isle of Man. Tradition states that he was an Irish prince and captain of a band of freebooters who was converted...
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Emain Ablach (redirect from Eamhain of the Apples)
identified with either the Isle of Man or, less plausibly, the Isle of Arran. According to the medieval Irish poem Baile Suthain Sith Eamhna, the god Lug Lamfada...
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located in the Irish Sea Isle of Man Airport, its IATA airport code Jupiter (mythology), or Jupiter Optimus Maximus, king of the Roman gods This disambiguation...
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Shetland) the nuggle also known as the shoopiltee or njogel (Shetland) the cabbyl-ushtey (Isle of Man) the Ceffyl Dŵr (Wales) the capaill uisce or the glashtin...
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Gef (redirect from Gef the Talking Mongoose)
Gap near the hamlet of Dalby on the Isle of Man. The story was given extensive coverage by the tabloid press in Britain in the early 1930s. The Irvings'...
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of the Otherworld in Irish mythology who is associated with the sea, and the Isle of Man, and often interpreted as a sea god. Notable people with the...
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Wren Day (redirect from Hunt the Wren Day)
On the Isle of Man, the people afterwards held a funeral for the wren and danced around the wren pole. Wren Day has been undergoing revival since the late...
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Celtic sacred trees (category Celtic mythology)
and the wood has the power to ward off fairies, especially on the Isle of Man. In Gaelic Scotland children were given the astringent sap of the tree...
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Titans (redirect from Titans (mythology))
Greek mythology, the Titans (Ancient Greek: οἱ Τῑτᾶνες, hoi Tītânes, singular: ὁ Τῑτᾱ́ν, -ήν, ho Tītân) were the pre-Olympian gods. According to the Theogony...
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from the Elves of Tol Eressëa, the Lonely Isle in the western ocean, and afterwards wrote in the Golden Book of Tavrobel. Herein are told the Tales of Valinor...
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becomes the queen of both Auradon and the Isle of the Lost. She is best friends with Evie. Evie (played by Sofia Carson) is the daughter of the Evil Queen...
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