In Irish mythology, Nechtan was the father and/or husband of Boann. He may be Nuada under another name, or his cult may have been replaced by that of Nuada. Only he and his three cup-bearers were permitted to visit the well of Segais, into which nine sacred hazel trees dropped their wisdom-bearing nuts. When Boann visited the well, it overflew and chased her to the coast, forming the river Boyne. Although many of the manuscripts containing texts relating to Irish mythology have failed to survive, and much more material was probably never committed to writing, there is enough remaining to enable the identification of four distinct, if overlapping, cycles: the Mythological Cycle, The Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle and the... In Irish mythology, Boann or Boand (white cow) was the goddess of the river Boyne. ... In Irish mythology, Nuada or Nuadu Airgetlám (Silver Hand) was a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ... This article is about the tree; for other meanings of hazel, see Hazel (disambiguation). ... The Boyne is a river in Leinster, Ireland, which course is about 70 mi (112 km) long. ...

In the Irish mythological tale the Voyage of Bran, Nechtan mac Collbran was the companion of Bran mac Febal. The Beginning In Irish Mythology, Bran, son of Febal, embarks upon a quest to the Other World. ...

Nechtan was also the name of a 8th century king of the Picts in Scotland who converted to Christianity. He built a shrine for the relics of Saint Andrew where the modern St Andrews is situated. (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... The Picts inhabited Caledonia (Scotland), north of the River Forth. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... Saint Andrew (Greek: Andreas, manly), the Christian Apostle, brother of Saint Peter, was born at Bethsaida on the Lake of Galilee. ... See St Andrews, New South Wales for St Andrews, Sydney, Australia. ...

The name Nechtan probably derives from necht, meaning pure or washed. Alternatively, it may be a Q-Celtic adaptation of Latin Neptune. Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic). ... Latin - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... This article is about the Greek god. ...