#Celtic #MythologyMonday: `Having learned of the treachery of #Clídna of the Fair Hair and her lover #Ciabhán, Manannán was furious and sent a huge wave to reclaim the runaway maiden, and so she was swept to her death in Glandore (“golden harbor”). The wave which relentlessly pounds the shore there to this day is named in her memory.`
Source: Ali Isaac
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: `Having learned of the treachery of #Clídna of the Fair Hair and her lover #Ciabhán, Manannán was furious and sent a huge wave to reclaim the runaway maiden, and so she was swept to her death. The wave which relentlessly pounds the shore there to this day is named in her memory.`
Source: Ali Isaac

#Clídna of the Fair Hair was courted by #Ciabhán from #Ireland, who won her hand in her homeland of Tír Tairngiri, the Land of Promise.
`When it was time for Ciabhán to depart from the #Otherworld, the lovers couldn’t bear to be parted, and stole Manannán’s magical boat, the Wave Sweeper. Back at Glandore (“golden harbor”), #Clídna fell asleep after their long sea voyage, and Ciabhán went hunting for a deer to provide their supper.
Having learned of their treachery, Manannán was furious and sent a huge wave to reclaim the runaway maiden, and so she was swept to her death. The wave which relentlessly pounds the shore there to this day is named in her memory.`
Source: Ali Isaac

`The #fairy #Clídna is connected with several important #Irish families. She had affairs with Earl Gerald Fitzgerald of the Desmond Geraldines (son of the fairy queen #Áine) and with Caomh, ancestor of the O’Keeffes. Clídna served as Banshee to the MacCarthys, to whom she told the secret of the Blarney Stone, that touching it with the lips would make anyone eloquent—a superstition that lasts to this day. Her connection with nobility suggests that Clídna was goddess of the sovereignty of sea-lapped #Munster.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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`#Clídna of the Fair Hair was courted by Ciabhán, who won her hand in her homeland of Tír Tairngiri, the Land of Promise. Unlike most mortal lovers of #fairy women, Ciabhán traveled back and forth between this world and the #Otherworld safely. While he went hunting on the Irish mainland, he took Clídna along to Glandore (“golden harbor”). Clídna’s lover went ashore as she stole a nap in their boat. But a huge wave crashed over the boat, drowning the beautiful Clídna.
Despite this report of her watery demise, #Clídna managed to live on to have more romantic adventures. She fell in love with a man named John Fitzjames, who already had a human lover named Caitileen Óg. This girl followed Clídna into the #Otherworld, angrily demanding the return of her man. Although she came close to persuading Clídna to let her sweetheart go, even the witty tongue of Caitileen Óg was ultimately ineffective against Clídna’s desires.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: `#Clídna of the Fair Hair was courted by Ciabhán, who won her hand in her homeland of Tír Tairngiri, the Land of Promise. Un…
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