Nechtan
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Nechtan, Nectan or Neithon may refer to:
Kings:
Other people:
Mythology:
Kings:
- Nechtan Morbet (fl. 5th or 6th century), king of the Picts
- Nechtan nepos Uerb (fl. 7th century), king of the Picts
- Nechtan mac Der-Ilei (d. 732), king of the Picts
- Neithon of Alt ClutNeithon of Alt ClutNeithon was a 7th-century ruler of Alt Clut, the Brittonic kingdom later known as Strathclyde . According to the Harleian genealogies, he was the son of Guipno map Dumnagual Hen. Alfred Smyth suggests he is the same man as King Nechtan the Great of the Picts, and perhaps the Nechtan son of Canu...
(fl. 7th century), King of Strathclyde
Other people:
- Nechtan of AberdeenNechtan of AberdeenNechtan of Aberdeen is the first Bishop of Aberdeen after the seat of the bishopric had been moved to Aberdeen from Mortlach. The only contemporary sources for Bishop Nechtan are charters; he appears as "Nectan escob Abberdeon" in a Gaelic charter recorded in the notitiae on the Book of Deer, a...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
12th century), bishop of Aberdeen - Saint NectanSaint NectanSaint Nectan, sometimes styled Saint Nectan of Hartland, was a 5th-century holy man who lived in Stoke, Hartland, in the English county of Devon, where the prominent Church of Saint Nectan, Hartland is dedicated to him.-Life:...
(fl. 5th/6th century), associated with Devon and Cornwall
Mythology:
- Nechtan ScéneNechtan ScéneIn the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology Nechtan Scéne was the mother of three warriors named Fannell, Foill and Tuchell, who boasted they had killed more Ulstermen than there were Ulstermen still living. They were killed by Cúchulainn in The Boyhood Deeds of Cúchulainn with the spear Del Chliss of...
, character in the Irish Ulster Cycle - Nechtan (mythology)Nechtan (mythology)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 He may be Nuada under another name, or his cult may have been replaced by that of Nuada.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...
, an Irish god - Nechtan mac Collbran, Irish-mythological character in Voyage of Bran