#Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna came upon the mouth of the #CavesOfKesh, before which sat three hags of evil and revolting aspect. Drewing near they found themselves suddenly entangled in strands of the yarn which the hags had spun about the place like the web of a spider, and deadly faintness and trembling came over them, so that they were easily bound fast by the hags and carried into the dark recesses of the cave.
Source: Myths and Legends of the #Celtic Race by Thomas William Rolleston
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#Celtic #FaustianFriday: Deceived by the splendid sight of Midac`s palace that was surrounded by magical rowan trees, #FinnMacCool entered and made himself comfortable in the…
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#Celtic #FaustianFriday: #Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna came upon the mouth of the #CavesOfKesh, before which sat three hags of evil and revolting aspect. Drewing near they found themselves suddenly entangled in strands of the yarn which the
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#Celtic #FaustianFriday: Deceived by the splendid sight of Midac`s palace that was surrounded by magical rowan trees, #FinnMacCool entered and made himself comfortable in the…
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Deceived by the splendid sight of Midac`s palace that was surrounded by magical rowan trees, #FinnMacCool entered and made himself comfortable in the grand banquet hall. Midac came in, stared at them, and departed without a word. It was then that Fionn and his warriors realized that a trap had been set. They had been deceived by a glamour and were really being held hostage in a crude shack. One after another of the #Fianna warriors came to their rescue, with Diarmait finally lopping off Midac’s head.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: While #FinnmacCool was away, his wife had an affair. In the process, #Lomna, #Finn`s fool, caught her and was therefore ki…
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#Celtic #FaustianFriday: Deceived by the splendid sight of Midac`s palace that was surrounded by magical rowan trees, #FinnMacCool entered and made himself comfortable in the grand banquet hall. Midac came in, stared at them, and departed without a word. It was then that
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: While #FinnmacCool was away, his wife had an affair. In the process, #Lomna, #Finn`s fool, caught her and was therefore ki…
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Deceived by the splendid sight of Midac`s palace that was surrounded by magical rowan trees, #Fionn Mac Cumhaill entered and made himself comfortable in the grand banquet hall. Midac came in, stared at them, and departed without a word. It was then that Fionn and his warriors realized that a trap had been set. They had been deceived by a glamour and were really being held hostage in a crude shack. One after another of the #Fianna warriors came to their rescue, with Diarmait finally lopping off Midac’s head.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: While frying the `Salmon of Wisdom` #FinnmacCool burnt his thumb. When he put it in his mouth, enlightenment struck him li…
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#Celtic #WyrdWednesday: Deceived by the splendid sight of Midac`s palace that was surrounded by magical rowan trees, #Fionn Mac Cumhaill entered and made himself comfortable in the grand banquet hall. Midac came in, stared at them, and departed without a word. It was then
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: While frying the `Salmon of Wisdom` #FinnmacCool burnt his thumb. When he put it in his mouth, enlightenment struck him li…
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#FinnMacCool’s sister, #Uirne, was cursed by a jealous rival and turned into a bitch. After whelping Bran and Sceolan, Uirne was restored to human form, but her twin children (variously described as daughters or sons), remained trapped in canine bodies. Yellow-footed and red-eared, Bran became Fionn’s favorite dog, so fast she could overtake flying birds.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: In a field near #DunollieCastle stands Clach a Choin, the “Dog Stone”. Legend has it that this was where the ancient heroic…
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Deceived by the splendid sight of Midac`s palace that was surrounded by magical rowan trees, #FinnMacCool entered and made himself comfortable in the grand banquet hall. Midac came in, stared at them, and departed without a word. It was then that Fionn and his warriors realized that a trap had been set. They had been deceived by a glamour and were really being held hostage in a crude shack. One after another of the #Fianna warriors came to their rescue, with Diarmait finally lopping off Midac’s head.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: While #FinnmacCool was away, his wife had an affair. In the process, #Lomna, #Finn`s fool, caught her and was therefore…
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Bran was born a dog because #FinnMacCool’s sister, Uirne, was cursed by a jealous rival and turned into a bitch. After whelping Bran and Sceolan, Uirne was restored to human form, but her twin children (variously described as daughters or sons), remained trapped in canine bodies. Yellow-footed and red-eared, Bran became Fionn’s favorite dog, so fast she could overtake flying birds.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: In a field near #DunollieCastle stands Clach a Choin, the “Dog Stone”. Legend has it that this was where the ancient heroic wa…
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Isn`t it interesting that #Ireland’s two most legendary heroes, were both taught their warrior skills by women? #FinnMacCool was raised in secret in the forests of the #SliabhBloomMountains by his #druidess aunt, Bodhmall, and warrior woman, Liath Luachra. When Bodhmall had taught him all the druid lore she knew, Fionn continued his studies with the Druid Finegas on the banks of the River Boyne. Liath Luachra means ‘Gray of Luachair’, but there is very little known about her, other than that she taught Fionn how to hunt and fight, both skills for which he was renowned and unmatched. Clearly, she did a good job.“
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Liath Luachra & Bodhmall doing some of their everyday homesteading, with a lil’ help from Fionn.

The wizard Abarta had turned himself into the thick-lipped #Fomorian `Giolla Deacair`. The walking mountain from the #Otherworld had long, yellow teeth and tufts of hair on his face. Only his horse surpassed him in ugliness, but had room on its back for 15 warriors of the #Fianna of #FinnMacCool.
Source: Sylvia Botheroyd `#Irland`
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In Irish mythology, Abhartach was a cruel tyrant dwarf who was slain by Fionn Mac Cumhail. After his burial, he returned from the dead to drink the blood of the living. Some say he is the true origin of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. #FolkloreThursday

The #Irish heroine Ailna surrounded #FinnMacCool and his musician pal Dáire with a druid`s fog so that they could not find their way home. Then #fairy music arose from within the fog, and they fell asleep.
When the Fianna were finally able to locate Fionn, the wily Conan slipped a magical drinking horn that would restore health and strength to Fionn so that, strengthened, he was able to break his bonds and escape.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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In Celtic myth a druid could wrap themselves in #fog to pass unseen. Féth fíada (lord of the mist) was sometimes a literal cloak.

#FinnMacCool’s sister, #Uirne, was cursed by a jealous rival and turned into a bitch. After whelping Bran and Sceolan, Uirne was restored to human form, but her twin children (variously described as daughters or sons), remained trapped in canine bodies. Yellow-footed and red-eared, Bran became Fionn’s favorite dog, so fast she could overtake flying birds.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: In a field near #DunollieCastle stands Clach a Choin, the “Dog Stone”. Legend has it that this was where the ancient heroic warrior of #Celtic #mythology #FinnMacCool (Fingal) would chain his massive dog #Bran. As it circled and struggled it wore a 1/2 https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1556009114173669378

The hero #FinnMacCool and his warrior band, the #Fianna, killed #Dryantore’s three sons as well as the husband of his sister #Ailna. This giant then set out to punish the murderers. After snaring them in a #druid`s fog that Ailna created, Dryantore captured Fionn Mac Cumhaill and his harper, the sweet-singing Dáire, and imprisoned them in his #Otherworld palace. The rest of the warriors found and freed them, and Dryantore was killed in the ensuing battle.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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A Celtic Giant for August 2022! #warmongers #3dprinting #WarhammerCommunity #paintingminiatures

A nephew of #FinnMacCool and hunter for the fair Gráinne, the Fianna hero #Caílte, was a poet who entertained after the evening meal with recitations and song. He was also an athlete renowned for his fleetness of foot.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Cailte mac Rónáin, the fastest warrior of the Fianna - nephew of Fionn mac Cumhaill, a warrior and a member of the fianna in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. Described as being able to run at remarkable speed & communicate with animals.
#FairyTaleTuesday

#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: #Oisin, `the little fawn`, was found as a naked boy of about seven by his father, #FinnMacCool, on the old magic mountain #Benbulbin. He became a warrior-poet of the #Fianna, living 300 years in the land of eternal youth #TírNanÓg.

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Benbulbin in Yeats country. Stunning

The #Irish heroine Ailna surrounded #FinnMacCool and his musician pal Dáire with a druid`s fog so that they could not find their way home. Then #fairy music arose from within the fog, and they fell asleep.

When the Fianna were finally able to locate Fionn, the wily Conan slipped a magical drinking horn that would restore health and strength to Fionn so that, strengthened, he was able to break his bonds and escape.

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

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The Irish folktale "The Chase of Slieve Fuad” finds Fionn mac Cumhail & his bard Dara hunting a deer in the forest. But it's a trap! The deer is the vengeful Ailna in disguise, who leads them to the mountain home of the giant Dryantore
#FolkloreThursday https://irishmyths.com/2021/03/15/irish-god-of-music/#dara

The interior of #CroghanHill in Co. #Offaly belongs to the #Otherworld of Bri Éile. This is named after Éle, a Sidhe. The men of #Ireland were at feud about that maiden. One man after another went to woo her on #Samhain and to each one this used to happen: one of his people was slain. This went on year after year until #FinnMacCool put an end to it. He killed #Aed from the #Otherworld, who had always killed someone from the followers of the courtship out of jealousy.
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: #CroghanHill is mentioned in #Irish #mythology and believed to be a portal to the #Otherworld. On the summit is this ancient pagan burial mound. In #Irish this sacred hill is called Brí Éile or Cruachán Brí Éile. Éile may come from a word meaning
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#Aillen, son of Miodna burned #Tara to the ground every #Samhain for 23 consecutive years with his fiery breath after lulling all the inhabitants to sleep with his music. This only ended with the arrival of #FinnMacCool, who inhaled the poison from his spear to keep himself awake and slew #Aillen. The act won him the leadership of the #Fianna.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aillen
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: #Aillen, son of Miodna, is an incendiary being in #Irish mythology. He played the harp and was known to sing beautiful songs. Called "the burner", he is a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann who resides in Mag Mell, the #Otherworld.… https://todon.eu/@NeuKelte/108510221859004244

The interior of #CroghanHill in Co. #Offaly belongs to the #Celtic #Otherworld of Bri Éile. This is named after Éle, a Sidhe. One man after another went to woo her on #Samhain and to each one this used to happen: one of his people was slain. This went on year after year until #FinnMacCool put an end to it. He killed #Aed from the #Otherworld, who had always killed someone from the followers of the courtship out of jealousy. 

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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: #CroghanHill is mentioned in #Irish #mythology and believed to be a portal to the #Otherworld. On the summit is this ancient pagan burial mound. In #Irish this sacred hill is called Brí Éile or Cruachán Brí Éile. Éile may come from a word meaning
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