the origin of the name Britain

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Ishmael I
Ishmael Nov 7, 2005 23:09:29
Replying to bridgit

The Brutus Stone can be found in Totnes Fore Street, set into the pavement on the right hand side, as you walk up the street towards the East Gate Arch. The stone is next to no. 51 Fore Street, and is easily missed on a busy day.

The Stone is linked in legend to a Trojan Prince who landed in Totnes whilst searching for an island promised to him by the goddess Diana. In 1170 BC, after the Trojan War, Brutus and a band of followers set out to find this promised land. They landed in Totnes with Brutus using the 'Brutus Stone' to disembark from their ship - as he stepped ashore onto the stone, he said;

"Here I stand, and here I rest. The town shall be called Totnes".

Brutus and his followers were, according to the legend, the first people to reach the shores of Britain; making Totnes, and the Brutus Stone, the place of origin of the British People.
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we are Brutians

B bridgit
bridgit Nov 7, 2005 23:23:10
Replying to Ishmael

interesting, but i'm thinking further back in time like when the bronze users found that this country was a tin mine

as JC says 'Bridgit is everywhere, in our names, in our landscapes, in our language. She is Bree- she is Bridget- she is Britain'

is she Prytani also, though?

the link is definitely worth a read- very wide ranging (as you'd expect from a climbing forum;-)

B bridgit
bridgit Nov 9, 2005 02:12:06
Replying to Ishmael

so no insights apart from peter then?