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together except at his conception. This Christian embellishment forgets that the rulers of Tír Tairnigiri were Manannán Mac Lir and his wife Fand.
[I] Son of Stariat from whom all the Firbolg were descended.
[I] A warrior with whom it was suggested that Cúchulainn fight. If he won, Fand, the wife of Manannán Mac Lir, would be his reward.
[I] Partholón’s eldest chieftain and adviser.
[I] Chief judge and poet of Ulster in the days of Conchobhar Mac Nessa. He acts as a foil to Bricriu, the creator of discord, and it was he who taught Cúchulainn how to speak.
Gaulish goddess of the source of the Seine. In her sanctuary were found many votive offerings.
[I] Father of Partholón and Starn. In some accounts it was Sera who was husband of Dealgnaid and not Partholón.
[I] Cúchulainn’s original name. It is interesting to note that, according to Ptolemy, there was a Celtic tribe called the Setantii who inhabited an area in northwest England (Fylde) that was part of the confederation of tribes known as the Brigante (or High Ones).
[I] In the Christian adaptation of Irish myth, this Biblical character, son of Adam and Eve, and the three daughters of Cain are the first people to see Ireland.
[I] “Light of Beauty.” Daughter of Cairbre, the High King, whose marriage to the son of the chieftain of the Dési started the war between Cairbre and the Fianna that resulted in the eventual destruction of the Fianna.
[W] “Lightfoot.” He was the greatest runner in Arthur’s entourage and never needed a road to run, for he could run across the treetops.
A very common motif in Celtic myths and tales. Gods often changed their shapes (as did druids and druidesses) and were able to curse those who displeased them.
[I] A mound or hill, the dwelling place of the Dé Danaan after their defeat by the Milesians. The ancient gods, driven underground below the hills, were relegated in folk memories to fairies, aes sídhe, the people of the hills. Thus the word became the word
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