Perseverance - Endure and Overcome
True worth is proven through endurance of hardship and persistence in purpose.
Celtic heroes endure incredible trials - Cúchulainn's warp-spasm, Rhiannon's unjust punishment, Fionn's years of hiding. Perseverance through difficulty proves character. The Celtic climate and lifestyle demanded endurance; their mythology celebrated it.
The reed bends in the storm but does not break; so bends the wise through trials.
Perseverance was essential in the Celtic warrior and druidic traditions.
Celtic Mythology
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- What Celtic stories say about courage
Beside the spectacular courage sits the dull kind. Several of the longest trials in these stories are waiting ones, borne by people who cannot fight their way out.