Definition Of Manic Depression. Working definition of AWEN?
Q.On a related note, could someone give me a precise definition of the term "Awen"? I've seen it used to describe the "holy spirit", divine in essence but external to oneself, and to define the divine "particle" within oneself, beside the use given here... I am now unsure of the precise use of the term, so I could use a hand here, as I am now quite confused...
A.I have not, let me restate myself, doubted your ability, but still, I ask about a word found engraved on a statue of Jupiter/Lugos in France, Armorique to be more precise, about what could've been it's meaning, and not what modern-day Welsh speakers have for meaning about said word, as you did answer me. That is, of course, unless you can tell me that modern-day Welsh language uses the same meaning for IOM as did the Gauls about two thousand years ago. I am no linguist, but I doubt the word wouldn't have changed in meaning, at least a bit. I am not a Welsh-speaking person, and I doubt I will have the chance to learn some day. But, studying Celtic Gaul has the advantage that you're dealing with a "calcified" culture, in that it has stopped existing, while "insular" Celtic culture continued evolving, and thus some things inevitably did change, thus creating confusion with some surviving concepts. Again, I am NOT questionning your abilities in any ways, but unless you can prove me (which I hope, since it would clarify things a whole lot) that modern-day Welsh and antique Gaulois have the same meaning for IOM, I cannot use your definition. Well asked - the only meanings we can ascribe to the word is that used by Welsh speakers at different periods of time - and to do that we have to have evidence of what the meaning was. The only way that we know that 'Awen' could be translated as 'muse' is because Welsh speakers use it as such and have done so. I fail to see how others can claim that a word had an original meaning along the lines of being "much more than what we consider to be inspiration in the practices of Druids and Filidh. They are a knowledge of illumination, foretelling and mantic insight. That the word is in use in the common vernacular should not diminish its original meaning and function." In fact I would love to see a single document from the 6th (or 8th - if you believe some scholars - one of the essay questions I had for my degree was to weigh up the pro and cons for a 8th century date for poetry of this period) which says something along the lines of 'we now use the word Awen to mean a muse BUT at one time they used to use it to mean ...."
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