Lundy, Isle of Avalon

 Nectan Nasciens Nicodemus

St. Nectan

St. Nectan is said to have settled in a forest near Hartland in the 6th century. 

He was the eldest and most illustrious of the many children of St. Brychan and was followed to Devon by many of his brothers and sisters ). 

He was the brother in law of 'St. Brannock.'  

The respected Devon historian R. Pearse Chope writing in 'The Story of Hartland' (1908) details the tradition that St. Nectan was beheaded by Arthur, the leader of the Britons at the nearby hill fort of Clovelly Dykes. 

As with many beheaded saints, Nectan is said to have carried his head half a mile to a spring.

There are five chapels dedicated to St. Nectan in Cornwall and Devon;- Ashton, Hartland, Welcombe, Ladywell (Wyle) and Chulmleigh. The precise location of the chapel at Chulmleigh is uncertain. The name of St. Nectan is also connected with holy wells at Ladywell and Welcombe.

Nascien

In the French Vulgate cycle of Arthurian Romance both the 'Merlin' and 'Queste del Saint Graal' feature a character called 'Nascien li Hermites'.

 He appears in 'Y Seint Greal' as 'Nasiens ueudwy.' 

In all of these tales 'Nascien' is descended, through his mother the 'Dame de la Blanche Nue', from the sister of 'Joseph of Arimathea.'

There is a second (or other) 'Nascien' in the 'Queste del Saint Graal' and the 'Estoire del Saint Graal.'

 In both of these romances an ancestor of Galahad's called 'Seraphe' is baptised as 'Nascien.'

 In the 'Y Seint Graal' the name appears as Naciens

'Nascien' appears in the Welsh Triads  as 'Nasiens m. brenhin Denmarck.' 

Nicodemus

According to the Gospel of St. John the unguents for the burial of Jesus were bought by Nicodemus, another secret follower of Jesus. - 'And there came also Nicodemus, which at first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices. ' - John 19:39 -40.

' Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and the centurion Longinus were among the secret followers of Jesus ... Joseph was highly respected as a member of the Sanhedrin (high council of the supreme Jewish authorities); Nicodemus, who was initiated by Jesus under cover of night (John 3:1-22), was also a Jewish councillor.' from 'The Jesus Conspiracy.'

The apocryphal 'Evangelium Nicodemi - The Gospel of Nicodemus' tells how Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, spoke up for Jesus during his trial before Pontius Pilate.

Chretien de Troyes tells how 'He (Joseph) and all his friends, and also Nicodemus, who was a marvellously wise man, and a sister of his."

Nyssein

The term used in the original Greek manuscripts for the thrust of the lance by the Roman soldier into the body of Jesus at the crucifixion was 'NYSSEIN.' This word means a light scratch, puncture or stab to the skin, not a thrust with full force nor a deep penetration.

Nissyen

In the story of Branwen, Bran has two half brothers. 

One called Nissyen was renowned for his peaceful nature. 

The other half -brother called Evnissyen was known as a trouble maker. 

Evnissyen mutilates the horses of Matholwch, the Irish King. 

Natanleod

According to the 'Anglo -Saxon Chronicles; in the year 508 'Cerdic and Cynric killed a British King called Natanleod( also spelt Natan, Nazanleod) and five hundred men with him.'

 Cerdic was the leader of the West Saxons. 

Some authorities have identified 'Natanleod' with Ambrosius.

Nechtan the son of Collbran

Nechtan the son of Collbran in the voyage of (irish) Bran. 

Bran has ? followers with him; the only one named is Nechtan. 

Could Collbran be two words. Coll Bran?

More Nectans:-

= Nascien le Hermites in 'Merlin' & 'Queste del Saint Graal'of Fr.Vulgate Cycle.

(Nasiens ueudwy in 'Y Seint Graal'

Nascien was a desc.of Joseph's sister.

In 'Estoire del Saint Graal' & 'Queste'

Nasciens = bapt.name of Seraphe.

'Y Seint Graal' = Naciens

aka NASAWN, NASSENS, NASIUS, NASIWS,

GWASWNWS, NASAWN, NASIWN, NASSIENS.

related pages

Hartland

The Holy Grail

Joseph of Arimathea