#Cian had the task of tending the magic cow of the blacksmith Gaivnin Gow. She moved so fast and so far that it was no wonder that Cian eventually became inattentive and took a nap. When he awoke, the #GlasGhaibhleann had disappeared. Cian had to travel to the realm of #Balor of the Evil Eye. The monstrous #Fomorian king set him impossible tasks to get the cow back. There, however, #Cian seduced Balor's beautiful daughter #Eithne and begat #Lugh. Finally, Cian returned the #GlasGhaibhleann to the blacksmith.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #People`.
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Cian had to travel to the realm of #Balor of the Evil Eye. The monstrous #Fomorian king set him impossible tasks to get the cow back. There, however, #Cian seduced Balor's beautiful daughter #Eithne and begat #Lugh. Finally, Cian returned the #GlasGhaibhleann to
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: Balor`s daughter #Eithne, was kept imprisoned in a high tower so that she could not give birth to the hero Lugh, who was fated to kill her father.
Source: Patricia Monaghan `The Red-Haired Girl From The Bog`
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For the Gallic group, I suggest Ethniu (or Eithne), the mother of the hero Lugh. After it was foretold that Ethniu’s child would kill her father Balor, he locked her away in…
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#Newgrange was the palace (Brú) of #Bóand, goddess of the river beneath the mound. It was Bóand (sometimes called #Eithne) who first lived here with #Elcmar (sometimes #Nechtan). When she decided to take the #Dagda as her lover, she asked him to hold the sun steady in the sky for 9 months, so that her pregnancy could pass in what seemed to be a single day. This subterfuge worked, and #AonghusÓg was safely born.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Las historias de Daghda son abundantes! Una de ellas cuenta cómo Dagda tuvo una aventura con Boand, la esposa de Elcmar. Para ocultar…
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: #Balor kept his daughter #Eithne imprisoned in a high tower so that she could not give birth to the hero who was fated to kill him. Eithne’s name is derived from the #Irish word ét, ‘envy’ and means ‘She who causes Envy’.
Source: http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/getpart.php?id=lyon2.2009.beck_n&part=159208

#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: Balor`s daughter #Eithne, was kept imprisoned in a high tower so that she could not give birth to the hero Lugh, who was fated to kill her father.
Source: Patricia Monaghan `The Red-Haired Girl From The Bog`

#Cian had the task of tending the magic cow of the blacksmith Gaivnin Gow. She moved so fast and so far that it was no wonder that Cian eventually became inattentive and took a nap. When he awoke, the #GlasGhaibhleann had disappeared. Cian had to travel to the realm of #Balor of the Evil Eye. The monstrous #Fomorian king set him impossible tasks to get the cow back. There, however, #Cian seduced Balor's beautiful daughter #Eithne and begat #Lugh. Finally, Cian returned the #GlasGhaibhleann to the blacksmith.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #People`.

#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: #Balor kept his daughter #Eithne imprisoned in a high tower so that she could not give birth to the hero who was fated to kill him. Eithne’s name is derived from the #Irish word ét, ‘envy’ & means ‘She who causes Envy’.
Source:http://theses.univ-lyon.fr

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#Eithne

Daughter of Balor the Evil Eye. A prophesy said he would die at the hand of his own grandson so he locked Eithne up in a tower and ordered she must never see any sight of a man. She was eventually practice rescued by the prince from the rapunzel story.
#FolkloreThursday https://twitter.com/dublinmacker/status/1273349720296042498

#Balor kept his daughter #Eithne imprisoned in a high tower so that she could not give birth to the hero who was fated to kill him. Eithne’s name is derived from the #Irish word ét, ‘envy’ and means ‘She who causes Envy’.
Source: http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/getpart.php?id=lyon2.2009.beck_n&part=159208

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#Eithne

Daughter of Balor the Evil Eye. A prophesy said he would die at the hand of his own grandson so he locked Eithne up in a tower and ordered she must never see any sight of a man. She was eventually practice rescued by the prince from the rapunzel story.
#FolkloreThursday https://twitter.com/dublinmacker/status/1273349720296042498

#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: Another #Eithne was drowned in the stream of Bearramhain while she was pregnant by the #mythical King #Conchobar mac Nessa. Their son Furbaidhe was cut from her womb and the river was called Inny after her.
Source: http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/getpart.php?id=lyon2.2009.beck_n&part=159208

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#Conchobar mac Nessa-king of Ulster in the #UlsterCycle of #Irish mythology. Ruled from Emain Macha (#NavanFort nr Armagh) #FolkloreThursday