#Celtic #WyrdWednesday: #Corra, a`female fiend`, had the role of the Great Swallower. `The devil‘s mother` was the chieftainness of the demon birds and the pagan energy of the air. At Lough Derg, folktales say, Patrick killed the #Corra, and so turned its waters half red with her blood.
Source: Michael Dames `#Ireland – A Sacred Journey`

#Celtic #WyrdWednesday: On #Cruachan Aigle, on her white quartz harvest hill, St. Patrick had thrown his silver bell at #Corra. This featherless bird blackened it, and turned it to iron. After that, St. Patrick chased her from Croagh Patrick to Lough Derg, also named after
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At #LoughDerg, #Celtic folktales say, Patrick killed the #Corra, the `female fiend`, and so turned its waters half red with her blood. `Corr` means `stork`, and has childbirth associations. This featherless bird had the role of the Great Swallower. `The devil‘s mother` was the chieftainness of the demon birds and the pagan energy of the air.
Source: Michael Dames `#Ireland: A Sacred Journey`