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Rivers where salmon spawned became sacred—the fish’s presence consecrating the water, making the river itself source of wisdom and healing.
The Boyne:
Ireland’s River Boyne was legendary salmon river—associated with the goddess Boann, with the Well of Segais, with poetic inspiration and divine knowledge. To fish the Boyne, to drink its water, to bathe in its currents—all connected the person to the wisdom flowing through that landscape.
The Pilgrimage:
Some seekers made pilgrimage to famous salmon rivers—not merely to fish but to be present where wisdom swam, to witness the salmon’s struggle upstream, to learn from observing the fish’s determination.
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