`#Midir challenged High King Eochu Airem to a game of fidcheal, lost every game and had to complete forfeits. Finally, they agreed to play for a kiss from #Étaín, and this time, Midir won. As the two embraced, they were transformed into #swans, and so made their escape.`
Source: Ali Isaac #Celtic
https://twitter.com/nicholas_kinney/status/1096059052856102913?t=9X12mtQ6bjxKlsU2X2X8PQ&s=09

`#Midir challenged High King Eochu Airem to a game of fidcheal, lost every game and had to complete forfeits. Finally, they agreed to play for a kiss from #Étaín, and this time, Midir won. As the two embraced, they were transformed into #swans, and so made their escape.`
Source: Ali Isaac #Celtic
https://twitter.com/nicholas_kinney/status/1096059052856102913?t=9X12mtQ6bjxKlsU2X2X8PQ&s=09

#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: As #Midir kissed #Étain, memory flooded back to her, and she remembered her earlier life as Midir’s beloved. Together, they flew away through the skylight at Tara in the form of swans, joined by a golden chain.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #folklore
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#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: As #Midir kissed #Étain, memory flooded back to her, and she remembered her earlier life as Midir’s beloved. Together, they flew away through the skylight at Tara in the form of swans, joined by a golden chain.`
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https://todon.eu/@NeuKelte/109155450917515813

`#Étain Óg married a king, Cormac, and bore him a daughter, for whom she had great ambitions. Because Cormac had a baby daughter from an earlier relationship, Étain Óg arranged to have the baby killed. The warriors assigned to do the dire deed were, however, so charmed by the child that instead of killing her, they abandoned her in a cowshed, hoping that she would be found. And indeed, the cowherd who used the shed adopted her, and so she was called #Mess Buachalla, the herdman’s fosterling. In some variants Mess Buachalla is the daughter of Ésa rather than of Étain Óg.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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RT @HerstoryIreland
Mess Buachalla was cast aside by her father who ordered his servants to throw the child into a pit. The baby smiled up at them wit…
https://twitter.com/HerstoryIreland/status/1201848791130923009

#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: „The foxglove, known as Lus Mór in #Irish, meaning the ‘great herb’, is used to describe the beautiful blush of the pure cheeks of #Étain, #Deirdre, and warrior #Conall Cernach.“
Source: Ali Isaac
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RT @NeuKelte
#LegendaryWednesday: `According to #mythology, the warrior Nera disappeared into the #Celtic #Otherworld at #Samhain, the beginning of winter, yet returned from the #fairies bearing summer flowers: w…
https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1636081065629560832

#Celtic #FolkloreSunday: #Etain, daughter of Etar, wore a bright purple mantle waved round her; and beneath it was another mantle ornamented with silver fringes: the outer mantle was clasped over her bosom with a golden brooch. A tunic she wore with a long hood that might cover her head attached to it; it was stiff and glossy with green silk beneath red embroidery of gold, and was clasped over her breasts with marvellously wrought clasps of silver and gold; so that men saw the bright gold and the green silk flashing against the sun.
Source: Dru Magus „#Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“
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RT @jimfitzpatrick
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https://twitter.com/jimfitzpatrick/status/1204000268196687872

#Etain, daughter of Etar, is described as the fairest maiden in #Ireland: „On her head were two tresses of golden hair, and each tress had been plaited into four strands; at the end of each strand was a little ball of gold. And there was that maiden undoing her hair that she might wash it, her two arms out through the armholes of her smock. Each of her two arms was as white as the snow of a single night, and each of her cheeks was as rosy as the foxglove. Even and small were the teeth in her head, and they shone like pearls. Her eyes were as blue as a hyacinth, her lips delicate and crimson; very high, soft and white were her shoulders. Tender, polished and white were her wrists; her fingers long and of great whiteness; her nails were beautiful and pink. White as snow, or the foam of a wave, was her neck; long was it, slender, and as soft as silk. Smooth and white were her thighs; her knees were round and firm and white; her ankles were as straight as the rule of a carpenter. Her feet were slim and as white as the ocean's foam; evenly set were her eyes; her eyebrows were of a bluish black, such as you see upon the shell of a beetle.“
Source: Dru Magus „#Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“
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RT @dublinmacker
#Etain

Was a maiden of the Tuatha de Dannan .....
https://twitter.com/dublinmacker/status/1271833770560233472

#Etain, daughter of Etar, wore a bright purple mantle waved round her; and beneath it was another mantle ornamented with silver fringes: the outer mantle was clasped over her bosom with a golden brooch. A tunic she wore with a long hood that might cover her head attached to it; it was stiff and glossy with green silk beneath red embroidery of gold, and was clasped over her breasts with marvellously wrought clasps of silver and gold; so that men saw the bright gold and the green silk flashing against the sun.
Source: Dru Magus „#Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“
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RT @dublinmacker
#Etain

Was a maiden of the Tuatha de Dannan, renowned for her beauty, she fell in love with Midir of the seven-pointed spear. Unfortunately for her,…
https://twitter.com/dublinmacker/status/1271833770560233472

`The #fairy king #Midir fell in love with the beautiful #Étain. Unluckily, he was already married to the jealous #druid Fuamnach, who cast a spell on her rival. Étain immediately turned into a beautiful fly. In this form she flew about until she accidentally drowned in a glass of wine. Upon emptying it, a princess got pregnant. Her child was the reborn Étain, who grew up to be just as beautiful as in her earlier incarnation. She had no memory of her earlier life as Midir’s beloved, and so she married the king of #Tara, Eochaid Airem. Midir had never forgotten her, however, and set about gaining back his beloved. He arrived at Tara and challenged the king to a game of Fidchell, with the prize being a kiss from Étain. As he kissed her, memory flooded back to Étain, and she remembered her earlier life as Midir’s beloved. Together, they flew away through the skylight at Tara, joined by a golden chain.`

Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

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RT @ElvaBJohnston
St Étaín died #otd but her famous namesake was a woman transformed & reborn to become wife of Midir of the Tuatha Dé
https://twitter.com/ElvaBJohnston/status/750230746078466052

#Etain, daughter of Etar, is described as the fairest maiden in #Ireland, part 1:“A clear comb of silver was held in her hand, the comb was adorned with gold; and near her, as for washing, was a bason of silver whereon four birds had been chased, and there were little bright gems of carbuncles on the rims of the bason. A bright purple mantle waved round her; and beneath it was another mantle ornamented with silver fringes: the outer mantle was clasped over her bosom with a golden brooch. A tunic she wore with a long hood that might cover her head attached to it; it was stiff and glossy with green silk beneath red embroidery of gold, and was clasped over her breasts with marvellously wrought clasps of silver and gold; so that men saw the bright gold and the green silk flashing against the sun.
Source: Dru Magus „#Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“
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RT @irishspiritmag
In Tochmarc Étaíne (The Wooing of Étaín), Etain is cursed into a butterfly. After 14 years, she lands in a wine cup of the wife of Et…
https://twitter.com/irishspiritmag/status/1580139069903732736

#Etain, daughter of Etar, is described as the fairest maiden in #Ireland, part 2: „On her head were two tresses of golden hair, and each tress had been plaited into four strands; at the end of each strand was a little ball of gold. And there was that maiden undoing her hair that she might wash it, her two arms out through the armholes of her smock. Each of her two arms was as white as the snow of a single night, and each of her cheeks was as rosy as the foxglove. Even and small were the teeth in her head, and they shone like pearls. Her eyes were as blue as a hyacinth, her lips delicate and crimson; very high, soft and white were her shoulders. Tender, polished and white were her wrists; her fingers long and of great whiteness; her nails were beautiful and pink. White as snow, or the foam of a wave, was her neck; long was it, slender, and as soft as silk. Smooth and white were her thighs; her knees were round and firm and white; her ankles were as straight as the rule of a carpenter. Her feet were slim and as white as the ocean's foam; evenly set were her eyes; her eyebrows were of a bluish black, such as you see upon the shell of a beetle.“
Source: Dru Magus „#Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“
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RT @Imiswolfgirl
http://www.orderwhitemoon.org/goddess/etain/index.html
Etain #mythology
https://twitter.com/Imiswolfgirl/status/754928710680207360

#Celtic #WyrdWednesday: The #druid Fuamnach was the jealous wife of the #fairy king #Midir. When Midir sought to replace her with the beautiful #Étain, Fuamnach struck back. With a potion she received from her foster father, she poisoned Étain, who was transmuted into a
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#MythologyMonday: Fair #Étain was changed into a (butter-)fly and impregnated her own mother, by letting herself be swallowed by the Ulaid warrior Etar`s wife. Thus Étain could be reborn as a human.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

#Etain, daughter of Etar, is described as the fairest maiden in #Ireland, part 1:“A clear comb of silver was held in her hand, the comb was adorned with gold; and near her, as for washing, was a bason of silver whereon four birds had been chased, and there were little bright gems of carbuncles on the rims of the bason. A bright purple mantle waved round her; and beneath it was another mantle ornamented with silver fringes: the outer mantle was clasped over her bosom with a golden brooch. A tunic she wore with a long hood that might cover her head attached to it; it was stiff and glossy with green silk beneath red embroidery of gold, and was clasped over her breasts with marvellously wrought clasps of silver and gold; so that men saw the bright gold and the green silk flashing against the sun.

Source: Dru Magus „#Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“

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RT @lorraineelizab6@twitter.com
#Swans are sacred in #Irish #mythology. Easy to see why-so beautiful. #Étaín most beautiful woman was turned into one. #FolkloreThursday

#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: #Etain, daughter of Etar, is described as the fairest maiden in #Ireland, part 2: „On her head were two tresses of golden hair, and each tress had been plaited into four strands; at the end of each strand was a little ball of gold. And there was that maiden undoing her hair that she might wash it, her two arms out through the armholes of her smock. Each of her two arms was as white as the snow of a single night, and each of her cheeks was as rosy as the foxglove. Even and small were the teeth in her head, and they shone like pearls. Her eyes were as blue as a hyacinth, her lips delicate and crimson; very high, soft and white were her shoulders. Tender, polished and white were her wrists; her fingers long and of great whiteness; her nails were beautiful and pink. White as snow, or the foam of a wave, was her neck; long was it, slender, and as soft as silk. Smooth and white were her thighs; her knees were round and firm and white; her ankles were as straight as the rule of a carpenter. Her feet were slim and as white as the ocean's foam; evenly set were her eyes; her eyebrows were of a bluish black, such as you see upon the shell of a beetle.“

Source: Dru Magus „#Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“

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RT @Imiswolfgirl@twitter.com
http://www.orderwhitemoon.org/goddess/etain/index.html
Etain #mythology