#Celtic#MythologyMonday: The name #Medb has the same root as the word mead. This emphasizes the fertility aspect of the goddess/queen the king (heavenly) is wedded to. Marriage to Queen Medb symbolised a legitimate transfer of sovereignty from one king to the next. #strongwomen
#Celtic#MythologyMonday: #Medb Chrúachna was courted by Finn mac Rosa Ruaid, King of Leinster, by Cairbre Nia-Fer mac Rosa Ruaid, King of Temair, by Conchobor mac Fachtna, King of Ulster and by Eochu Bec, but turned them all away because she just wanted a man without sparseness and fear and jealousy. For if her husband had been inferior to her in the first two qualities, this would have been an insult to him. And she didn't need a jealous man because one man always replaced the other in her company. In Ailill mac Rosa Ruaid she found what she was looking for. #strongwomen
#Celtic#InternationalWomensDay: #Medb Chrúachna (the intoxication) is the embodiment of the great mother goddess in #Connacht. As a religious principle she was espoused to a series of kings. As Ó Máille has shown, these `intoxicating´ woman was frequently portrayed as choosing her own royal spouses, and he reasoned that this was because Medb symbolized sovereignty over her population group. #strongwomen
The word that defines myself lately is: FEARLESS, I go bravely facing the challenges, maybe I am a little afraid, but that will no longer stop me. I embrace my bravery, my vulnerability and my determination.
Had to have #Bjork! Was going to have #ViolentlyHappy but the video's a bit disturbing. Instead, I'll have #ArmyofMe. Actually, that's really disturbing too. Not for those who don't like the dentist...
Happy 72nd birthday to my first crush, the amazing, wondrous #LyndaCarter who was born on this day in 1951. Pretty sure she started my admiration of #StrongWomen 😍
“I am woman, I am fearless
I am sexy, I’m divine
I’m unbeatable, I’m creative
Honey, you can get in line
I am feminine, I am masculine
I am anything I want”
More of this, please. Empowering lyrics for young girls that aren’t about body parts. As a father of a young daughter, I find this especially important.
"My designs were so deceptively simple that it was easy for people to assume I just had easy problems, whereas others, who made super-complicated designs (that were technically unsound and never worked) and were able to talk about them in ways that nobody understood, were considered geniuses." -- Radia Perlman, the woman who developed the algorithm behind the Spanning Tree Protocol, an innovation that made today's Internet possible.