Talk:Belenus
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I'm not sure how to proceed here. Belenus is a Continental Celtic/Gaulish deity. He is not attested in Ireland or Wales, nor is Belenus the same as Bile, though it is possible Belenus is a related or cognate figure with Welsh Beli Mawr, they are not the same, nor do they have the same myths or attributes, so to speak
In Irish the figure Bile is not the same, even etymologically/linguistically, with the sacred tree, the Bile.
There is possibly a linguistic relationship between Belenus, and Beltaine, in that scholars think Bel- may mean "bright," and hence "sacred."
But We Don't Know. See MacKillip Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, s.v. Belenus, Bile, Beli Mawr, Beltaine; Proinsias MacCana s.v. Beltaine, Rachel Bromwich Triodd Ynys Prydain s.v. Beli Mawr. --DigitalMedievalist ---
I've rewritten some of the entry following your comments, but I've left in the reference to Britain - MacKillop mentions a shrine in Inveresk, Scotland. --Nicknack009 08:49, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
