Nel also known as Nuil or Niul was a mythical figure from the Lebor Gabála Érenn and was an ancestor of the people of Ireland. He was the son of Fénius Farsaid,[1] who was a legendary king of Scythia, who left Babylon after the destruction of Babel. Nel returned to Babylon as part of an effort to study the confusion of languages. He was a scholar of languages and was invited by Pharaoh Cingris to Egypt to take his daughter Scota’s hand in marriage.[2] Also Nel was the father of Goídel Glas who was credited with creating the Goidelic languages.[3]

References

  1. ↑ genealogical chart Mary Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia
  2. ↑ Lebor Gabála Érenn Irish Text Society (1870-1950) p. 39
  3. ↑ Macalister 1939, Vol. 2, p. 13 (¶107), Vol. 1 p. 149 "It is Gaedel Glas who fashioned the Gaelic language out of the seventy-two..."; Macalister

Sources

  • Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation (1892), by John O'Hart, - Volume: 1 archive.org/details/irishpedigreesor_01ohar
  • Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation (1892), by John O'Hart, - Volume: 2 archive.org/details/irishpedigreesor02ohar
  • Lebor gabala Erenn Volume 1, Irish Text society 1870-1956
  • Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart, 1870–1950 (1939), Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland (snippet), vol. 2, Dublin: Irish Texts Society by the Educational Co. of Ireland{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • A brief overview and large genealogical chart of Mythological Cycle narratives in the LGE are hosted at Mary Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia


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