Slide for St Brigid's Academy and Seminary School

1. Temple of St.
Brigid‘s
Moon & St.
Brigid‘s
Academy
Ancestors
―People will not look
forward to posterity who
never look backward to
their ancestors.‖
1 Edmund Burke

2. 2 Ancestors
3 Celtic Ancestors
 King Vercingetorix ( ver-sin-get-oricks)
 Queen Boudicca
 LadyKriemhilde(Grimhilde, Hilda,
Brunhilda)
 ―You
are the fairies told by your
ancestors.‖
Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient
Astronaut

3. 3 Ancestors
Vercingetorix
 "Himself a man of
boundless energy,
he terrorized
waverers with the
rigours of an iron
discipline."
 Caesar, Gallic War
(VII.1ff)
http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=
vercingetorix

4. 4 Ancestors
King of Warriors
 The Romans had been
fighting the Gauls — the
continental Celts in
present-day France — for
several years. Most of
Gaul was under Roman
control.
 Vercingetorix (72–46 BCE;
appropriately, his name
means ‗king of the
warriors‘) was very
unhappy with the
situation and the Romans
would soon have to deal
with this rebel.
http://www.reportret.info/gallery/vercingeto
rix1.html

5. 5 Ancestors
King Vercingetorix
 Vercingetorix came to power in 52 BC, when
he raised an army and was proclaimed king
at Gergovia.
 He soon established an alliance with other
tribes and took control of their armies, leading
them in Gaul's most significant revolt against
Roman power.
 Vercingetorix surrendered to the Romans after
being defeated at the Battle of Alesia in 52
BC, after which he was imprisoned for five
years.
 In 46 he was paraded through Rome as part
of Caesar's triumph before being executed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vercingetorix

6. 6 Ancestors
Why do we honor him?
He is the
epitome of the
fighting-warrior-
spirit of the
Celts.

7. 7 Ancestors
Queen Boudicca
 Boadicea (Bowd-i-see-a)
in Welsh as Buddug
 She was the queen of
the British Iceni tribe
who led an uprising
against the occupying
forces of the Roman
Empire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica

8. 8 Ancestors
The Queen‘s Uprising
Boudicca's husband Prasutagus, ruler of the Iceni
tribe, who had ruled as an independent ally of
Rome, left his kingdom jointly to his daughters and
the Roman Emperor (Nero) in his will.
However, when he died, his will was ignored —the
kingdom was annexed as if conquered, Boudicca
was flogged, her daughters were raped, and Roman
financiers called in their loans.
So she lead a revolt against the Roman Empire.
Roman forces from Britain eventually were victorious
over Boudicca.
Boudicca then either killed herself, so she would not
be captured, or fell ill and died.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica

9. 9 Ancestors
Why do we honor her?
She personifies
the power of the
warrior, the
mother, and the
queen.

10. 10 Ancestors
Lady Kriemhilde
 The Lady
Kriemhilde (circa
453 A.D.) (A.K.A.
Grimhilde, Hilde, Br
ünhilde)
 Wife of Attila the
Hun
 She is best know for
her revenge.
http://rosed1st.multiply.com/reviews/item/11
66

11. 11 Ancestors
Kriemhilde‘s Revenge
She marries Attila in one historical account
and kills him in revenge for the death of her
former husband on their wedding night.
Her name means ‗armored warrior woman‘
and the English word Grim derives from her
name too.
In her earliest legends she was originally a
daemonic mythical figure representing
darkness and death.
http://rosed1st.multiply.com/reviews/item/11
66

12. 12 Ancestors
Why do we honor her?
Instead of coming at it in a
direct way, she was subtle.
Even fooling Attila into
thinking she was willing to
be his wife. She never let
him know her intent.
She represents the
power of subtlety
and intent.

13. 13 Ancestors
The Ancestors
―We're all ghosts. We all carry, inside us, people who
came before us.‖
 When could we
call upon these
ancestors?
 How would you
honor them?
 Think about how to
connect with them
and give an
example.
Liam Callanan, The Cloud Atlas