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The medieval myth of Partholón says that his followers were the first to invade Ireland after the flood, but the Fomorians were already there: Geoffrey Keating reports a tradition that the Fomorians, led by Cichol Gricenchos, had arrived two hundred years earlier and lived on fish and fowl until Partholon came [13] (this detail only appears in ...
5 Celtic mythology. Toggle Celtic mythology subsection. 5.1 Brythonic mythology. 5.2 Gaelic mythology. 6 Chinese folklore. ... Jörmungandr, giant serpent in Norse ...
Celtic mythology is the body of myths belonging to the Celtic peoples. [1] ... a god with a snake, a god with a wheel, and a horseman with a kneeling giant. [15]
The name Balor may come from Common Celtic *Boleros, meaning "the flashing one". [2]In the early literature he is also referred to as Balor Béimnech (Balor the smiter), [2] Balor Balcbéimnech (Balor the strong smiter), [3] Balor Birugderc (Balor of the piercing-eye), [4] Balor mac Doit meic Néid (Balor, son of Dot son of Nét) [5] or Balor ua Néit (Balor, grandson of Nét).
Celtic giants also figure in Breton and Arthurian romances. In Kinloch Rannoch, a local myth has a local hill resembling a giant named as The Sleeping Giant. Folklore says the giant will awaken only if a specific musical instrument is played near the hill. Giants are also prominent in Welsh folklore.
Aengus - god of passionate and romantic love, youth and poetic inspiration; Áine - goddess of parental and familial love, summer, wealth and sovereignty; Banba, Ériu and Fódla - patron goddesses of Ireland
Maelor Gawr is an early Celtic king and giant of Welsh mythology, who lived in Castell Maelor, Pen Dinas also known as (Dinas Maelor) in Penparcau, a village near Aberystwyth before "the coming of Brutus to this island".
Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia Vol. 1 A-Celti. Oxford. ABC-Clio. ISBN 9781851094400 Retrieved on 14 March 2018; MacKillop, James (1986). Fionn Mac Cumhail: Celtic Myth in English Literature New York Syracuse University Press ISBN 0-8156-2344-5 Retrieved on 14 March 2018; MacKillop, James (1998). Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. London ...