#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: #Cian had the task of tending the magic cow of the Smith Gaivnin Gow. She moved so fast and so far that it was no wonder that Cian eventually became inattentive & took a nap. When he awoke, the #GlasGhaibhleann had disappeared
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#MythologyMonday: The #GlasGhaibhleann was in one story confined by a man within Glen Columkille, Co. #Donegal, but she levitated into the air and, clearing the high ridges around the glen, disappeared into the sky. Since that time, legend claims, there has been no free milk in #Ireland.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#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`.

In #Wales the #GlasGhaibhleann was called Fuwch Leathwen Lefrith. She wandered the country, generously giving forth milk until she reached a valley, Towry, where the residents saw her as a potential steak-and-kidney pie. She disappeared before they could slaughter her, taking all her abundance with her.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

#MythologyMonday: Another legends claim that a wicked woman tried to milk the #GlasGhaibhleann into a sieve and, angered, the cow disappeared from earth.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

The #GlasGhaibhleann was in one story confined by a man within Glen Columkille, Co. #Donegal, but she levitated into the air and, clearing the high ridges around the glen, disappeared into the sky. Since that time, legend claims, there has been no free milk in #Ireland.

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

Another tale, from the #Irish rocky region called the #Burren, says that someone tried to milk the #GlasGhaibhleann into a swallow-hole called Poll na Leamhnachta („hole of sweet milk“), but when even the Glas`s immeasurable milk could not fill the endless cavity, the exhausted cow disappeared, and she has never again been seen on the #Burren, previously her favourite pasturage.

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