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==Alba, Albion== | ==Alba, Albion== | ||
[[File:Albionrises2.jpg|thumb|Albion Awakens (Sequoia Art)]] | [[File:Albionrises2.jpg|thumb|Albion Awakens (Sequoia Art)]] | ||
In the ancient days, the oldest name for England was [[Albion]]. The names for Scotland in the Celtic languages were also related to [[Albion]]: Alba in Scottish Gaelic, [[Alba]] in Irish, and Alban in Welsh, Cornish and Breton. These names were later anglicized to Albany, which was once an alternative name for Scotland. Many myths and legends have long existed that giants were either the original inhabitants of the United Kingdom, or were the founders of the land named [[Albion]]. The mystical significance of Albion has been memorialized through poems, stories and mythos. Together they suggest the nature of Albion is related to collective human consciousness and the World Soul, to which we are all intimately connected. | In the ancient days, the oldest name for England was [[Albion]]. The names for [[Scotland]] in the Celtic languages were also related to [[Albion]]: Alba in Scottish Gaelic, [[Alba]] in Irish, and Alban in Welsh, Cornish and Breton. These names were later anglicized to Albany, which was once an alternative name for Scotland. Many myths and legends have long existed that giants were either the original inhabitants of the [[United Kingdom]], or were the founders of the land named [[Albion]]. The mystical significance of Albion has been memorialized through poems, stories and mythos. Together they suggest the nature of Albion is related to collective human consciousness and the World Soul, to which we are all intimately connected. | ||
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