Creidne
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In Irish mythology
, Creidne was a female warrior.
Not to be confused with Creidhne
, the builder god.
The Creidne is also a sail training yacht owned by the Irish Naval Service
which is being used as a temporary replacement for the Asgard II
.
Irish mythology
The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branch and the Historical Cycle. There are...
, Creidne was a female warrior.
Not to be confused with Creidhne
Creidhne
In Irish mythology, Credne or Creidhne was a son of Brigid and Tuireann and the artificer of the Tuatha Dé Danann, working in bronze, brass and gold...
, the builder god.
The Creidne is also a sail training yacht owned by the Irish Naval Service
Irish Naval Service
The Naval Service is the navy of Ireland and is one of the three standing branches of the Irish Defence Forces. Its main base is in Haulbowline, County Cork....
which is being used as a temporary replacement for the Asgard II
Asgard II
Asgard II was the Irish national sail training vessel, until she sank in the Bay of Biscay in 2008. A brigantine, she was commissioned on 7 March 1981 and purpose-built as a sail training vessel by Jack Tyrrell in Arklow, County Wicklow...
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