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County Meath - Tara - Lia Fáil
Identifier
013983
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
The Lia Fáil (Irish for "big stone of Fál",) is also known as the Stone of Destiny.
It is a stone at the Inauguration Mound on the Hill of Tara in County Meath in Ireland which served as the coronation stone for the High Kings of Ireland. In legend, all of the kings of Ireland were crowned on the stone up to Muirchertach mac Ercae c. AD 500.
It is the physical counterpart of the Lia Fáil seen in visionary experiences in antiquity by the ‘semi-divine race’ known as the Tuatha Dé Danann. They brought with them four legendary treasures – all having symbolic meaning
- Lia Fáil "the Stone of Fál";
- Claíomh Solais - Sword of Light
- The Spear of Lugh and
- The Dagda’s Cauldron.
A description of the experience
The source of the experience
CelticConcepts, symbols and science items
Science Items
Sacred geographySacred geography - altars
Sacred geography - artificial hills
Sacred geography - barrows
Sacred geography - beacons
Sacred geography - cross
Sacred geography - cursus
Sacred geography - enclosures and camps
Sacred geography - hollow roads
Sacred geography - ley lines
Sacred geography - mark stones
Sacred geography - natural hills
Sacred geography - obelisk
Sacred geography - pole