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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://poa.st/objects/d197a9db-3e7b-41aa-8bcb-b64e77cc3203">moomin (moomin@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 07:54:02 JST</a><a href="https://poa.st/users/moomin" title="moomin@poa.st"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/41294-48-20221127152253.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="moomin" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">moomin</a><div><a href="https://poa.st/objects/48231e99-3093-49d6-a7d8-7b04fdf3a747" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><a href="https://poa.st/users/BrazilianContrarian">@BrazilianContrarian</a> Pagans built those starforts long before the "christian discovery" of the new world. Brazil is named after a Pagan Celtic Atlantean/Hyperborean legend.<br><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasil_(mythical_island)">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasil_(mythical_island)</a></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2921959#notice-5813178">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-04-11T07:54:02+09:00" title="Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 07:54:02 JST">about 8 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://poa.st/objects/d197a9db-3e7b-41aa-8bcb-b64e77cc3203" rel="external" title="Sent from poa.st via ActivityPub">poa.st</a></span></span><a href="https://poa.st/objects/d197a9db-3e7b-41aa-8bcb-b64e77cc3203">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: upload.wikimedia.org</div><h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasil_(mythical_island)">Brasil (mythical island)</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Brasil, also known as Hy-Brasil and several other variants, is a phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. Irish myths described it as cloaked in mist except for one day every seven years, when it becomes visible but still cannot be reached.Etymology
The etymology of the names Brasil and Hy-Brasil is unknown, but in Irish tradition it is thought to come from the Irish Uí Breasail (meaning "descendants (i.e., clan) of Bresail"), one of the ancient clans of northeastern Ireland. cf. Old Irish: Í: island; bres: beauty, worth, great, mighty.Despite the similarity, the name of the country Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil) has no connection to the mythical islands (although J. R. R. Tolkien's essay "On Fairy Stories...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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@BrazilianContrarian Pagans built those starforts long before the "christian discovery" of the new world. Brazil is named after a Pagan Celtic Atlantean/Hyperborean legend.

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  Brasil, also known as Hy-Brasil and several other variants, is a phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. Irish myths described it as cloaked in mist except for one day every seven years, when it becomes visible but still cannot be reached. Etymology The etymology of the names Brasil and Hy-Brasil is unknown, but in Irish tradition it is thought to come from the Irish Uí Breasail (meaning "descendants (i.e., clan) of Bresail"), one of the ancient clans of northeastern Ireland. cf. Old Irish: Í: island; bres: beauty, worth, great, mighty.Despite the similarity, the name of the country Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil) has no connection to the mythical islands (although J. R. R. Tolkien's essay "On Fairy Stories...

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