The Janus Stone: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 2

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Irish Writers Online. "Francis Harvey". Archived from the original on 21 October 2007 . Retrieved 24 November 2007. Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012)" (PDF). NI Environment Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2013 . Retrieved 29 November 2012. The Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney celebrated the enigmatic Boa Island bilateral figure's similarity to the Roman deity Janus in his poem "January God". [7] [10] The Enniskillen-born poet Francis Harvey published a collection of poems called The Boa Island Janus in 1996. [11] Hogain, Dáithí. "Patronage & Devotion in Ancient Irish Religion". History Ireland, volume 8, no. 4, winter 2000. JSTOR 27724824

The east side of the statue faces the sunrise and some have said that it appears to be speaking. It has arms crossed over his chest in an almost Egyptian pose. a b c d e f g h The Chrono Centre, Queen's University Belfast. "Boa Island – Carved figures – Lower Lough Erne". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011 . Retrieved 24 November 2007. The larger of the figures is the Boa Island bilateral figure. It is regarded as one of the most enigmatic and remarkable stone figures in Ireland. It is called a Janus-figure because it has two faces, reminding some of the Roman two-headed deity Janus, however, it is not a representation of Janus. It is thought to represent a Celtic deity and could represent a Celtic goddess as readily as a god, especially given the name of the island.Stone figures [ edit ] The bilateral Boa Island figure and, in the foreground, the similar Lustymore Island figure ( which was moved to Boa in 1939) The Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney celebrated the Boa Island figure’s similarity to the Roman deity Janus in his poem “January God” which gave it the name the Janus Stone. January God by Seamus Heaney A gruesome discovery at an old children’s home lays bare terrible secret’s from Norwich’s past in the second gripping mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway. The Chrono Centre, Queen's University Belfast. "The Tanderagee Idol". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008 . Retrieved 24 November 2007. a b Vance, Rob (2003). Secret Sights: Unknown Celtic Ireland. Gill & Macmillan. pp.53–54. ISBN 0-7171-3664-7.

This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Boa Island is named after Badhbh, sometimes spelled, Badb, the Celtic goddess of war. Badhbh sometimes took the form of a carrion crow, most notably on the shoulder of the warrior, Cúchulainn, after he died in battle. [2] At other times she is depicted as a wolf. She is one of a triad of Celtic war goddesses that included her sisters, Macha and Morrigan. They were born to a mother goddess, Ernmas, who is mentioned in Lebor Gabála Érenn and Cath Maige Tuired as one of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Badb is said to have caused confusion among the enemy in battles, providing victories to her side. Battlefields were named, the land of the Badb, by the Celts in Ireland. a b c "Boa". Culture Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008 . Retrieved 6 October 2010.

Elly Griffiths is the author of the Ruth Galloway and Brighton mystery series, as well as the standalone novels The Stranger Diaries, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and The Postscript Murders. She is the recipient of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award and the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She lives in Brighton, England.

FermanaghLakelands.com. "Find Fermanagh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011 . Retrieved 24 November 2007.

But as spring turns into summer it becomes clear that someone is desperate to put her off the scent by frightening her to death... a b c d e f O'Kelly, Michael J. (1989). Early Ireland: An Introduction to Irish Prehistory. Cambridge University Press. p.292. ISBN 0-521-33687-2.

The smaller figure is known as “the Lustyman” because it was found on the nearby island Lusty More was moved to the cemetery in 1939, but it may well be a female figure. It is this smaller figure that appears to have only one eye fully carved that has allowed historians to develop the theory that it represents the “divine hag” or Boa and like the sky-god Odin of the Norse was blind in the left eye. It’s always a pleasure when an author’s second book lives up to the promise of the first…Griffiths’ dryly humour writing and the appeal of the two main characters make these books such a treat.” Indentation carved into the top of the bilateral figure, often used as a location for small mementos such as coins

Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.