`#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

#Midir, son of the Dagda of the Tuatha de Danann was said to have lost an eye in a hurling match, which Dian Cecht replaced for him. The story goes that he was watching a group of youths play hurling at Bru na Boinne (Newgrange) with Oengus mac Óg, when a fight broke out amongst the youngsters. Midir went to sort it out, but was accidentally hit on the head by a hurley thrown in the heat of the moment.
#Celtic #FolkloreSunday
https://twitter.com/ticiaverveer/status/814914618061705217?t=E0jv4kPnZzFMO6g007n7-A&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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The ancient #Irish game fidchell was rather like today’s cribbage, in which pegs (probably of wood, as the name means “wood wisdom”) were moved about a board. Fidchell also apparently resembled chess in being a game of strategy whose intention was the taking of the opponent’s pieces. No examples of the game board have been found, but the game appears frequently in #mythology, most memorably in the wager by the fairy king #Midir against the king of Tara, Eochaid Airem.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #FolkloreSunday: When #Midir appeared to King Eochaid on the #HillOfTara he was thus described: The tunic that the young strange „warrior …
https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1614663587758485505

The daughter of #Midir, the #fairy Brí, went to visit Liath in Tara, where both were killed, although the source is unclear as to how or why. Midir’s great palace Brí Léith was named after the lovers, who were never united in the flesh but whose names were thereafter wedded.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Such an enjoyable family stroll up Ardagh Mountain this afternoon … Brí Leith Walk #Longford #LetsGetSet #GetIrelandActive #GreatOutdoor…
https://twitter.com/PathParent/status/1476307047952101383

`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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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

When #Midir appeared to King Eochaid on the #HillOfTara he was thus described: The tunic that the young strange „warrior wore was purple in colour, his hair was of a golden yellow, and of such length that it reached to the edge of his shoulders. The eyes of the young warrior were lustrous and grey; in the one hand he held a fine pointed spear, in the other a shield with a white central boss, and with gems of gold upon it.“
Source: Dru Magus „#Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“
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RT @MitologiaCelta
Se dice que Étain y su amante Midir, huyendo de sus perseguidores (historia que os contaré en otro momento), se refugiaron en esta cueva …
https://twitter.com/MitologiaCelta/status/1350390300477423616

#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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When #Midir appeared to King Eochaid on the #HillOfTara he is thus described: The tunic that the young strange „warrior wore was purple in colour, his hair was of a golden yellow, and of such length that it reached to the edge of his shoulders. The eyes of the young warrior were lustrous and grey; in the one hand he held a fine pointed spear, in the other a shield with a white central boss, and with gems of gold upon it.“
Source: Dru Magus „#Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“
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Se dice que Étain y su amante Midir, huyendo de sus perseguidores (historia que os contaré en otro momento), se refugiaron en esta cueva liderados por el rey Eochaid. Midir le comenta a un amigo que aquella cueva es como un palacio de las hadas