Nel (mythology) explained

Nel also known as Nuil or Niul was a mythical figure from the Lebor Gabála Érenn and was an ancestor of the people of Ireland. He was the son of Fénius Farsaid,^[1] who was a legendary king of Scythia, who left Babylon after the destruction of Babel. Nel returned to Babylon as part of an effort to study the confusion of languages. He was a scholar of languages and was invited by Pharaoh Cingris to Egypt to take his daughter Scota’s hand in marriage.^[2] Also Nel was the father of Goídel Glas who was credited with creating the Goidelic languages.^[3]

References

Sources

• Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation (1892), by John O'Hart, - Volume: 1
• Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation (1892), by John O'Hart, - Volume: 2
• Lebor gabala Erenn Volume 1, Irish Text society 1870-1956
  • A brief overview and large genealogical chart of Mythological Cycle narratives in the LGE are hosted at Mary Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia

Notes and References

1. http://www.maryjones.us/jce/LGEGenealogy.pdf genealogical chart
2. https://archive.org/details/leborgablare01macauoft/page/38/mode/2up Lebor Gabála Érenn
3. , Vol. 2, p. 13 (¶107), Vol. 1 p. 149 "It is Gaedel Glas who fashioned the Gaelic language out of the seventy-two..."; Macalister