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In Irish mythology, Clíodhna (Clídna, Clionadh, Clíodna, Clíona, transliterated to Kleena in English) is a Queen of the Banshees of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Cleena of Carrigcleena is the potent banshee that rules as queen over the sidheog (fairy women of the hills) of South Munster, or Desmond.[1] She is the principal goddess of Ireland.
In some Irish myths, Clíodhna is a goddess of love and beauty. She is
said to have three brightly coloured birds who eat apples from an
otherworldly tree and whose sweet song heals the sick. She leaves the
otherworldly island of Tir Tairngire
("the land of promise") to be with her mortal lover, Ciabhán, but is
taken by a wave as she sleeps due to the music played by a minstrel of Manannan mac Lir in Glandore harbour in County Cork: the tide there is known as Tonn Chlíodhna, "Clíodhna's Wave".[2] Whether she drowns or not depends on the version being told, along with many other details of the story.
She had her palace in the heart of a pile of rocks, five miles from Mallow,
which is still commonly known by the name of Carrig-Cleena, and
numerous legends about her are told among the Munster peasantry.
Monday, June 25, 2018
Monday, June 18, 2018
Irish Gods: Cethlenn
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In Irish mythology, Cethlenn (Old Irish), Cethleann (Modern Irish, or Cethlenn of the Crooked Teeth) was the wife of Balor of the Fomorians and, by him, the mother of Ethniu. She was also a prophetess and warned Balor of his impending defeat by the Tuatha Dé Danann in the second battle of Magh Tuiredh. During that battle she wounded the Dagda. [1]
The town of Enniskillen (Irish inis Cethlinn, "Cethlenn's island") in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland is named after her.
In Irish mythology, Cethlenn (Old Irish), Cethleann (Modern Irish, or Cethlenn of the Crooked Teeth) was the wife of Balor of the Fomorians and, by him, the mother of Ethniu. She was also a prophetess and warned Balor of his impending defeat by the Tuatha Dé Danann in the second battle of Magh Tuiredh. During that battle she wounded the Dagda. [1]
The town of Enniskillen (Irish inis Cethlinn, "Cethlenn's island") in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland is named after her.
Monday, June 11, 2018
Irish Gods: Cessair
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Cessair or Cesair (spelt Ceasair in modern Irish; anglicized Kesair) is a character from the Lebor Gabála Érenn, a medieval Christian pseudo-history of Ireland. According to the Lebor Gabála, she was the leader of the first inhabitants of Ireland, before the Biblical Flood.[1] The tale may be an attempt to Christianize an earlier pagan myth,[1] but may alternatively be the product of post-conversion pseudohistory.
Cessair or Cesair (spelt Ceasair in modern Irish; anglicized Kesair) is a character from the Lebor Gabála Érenn, a medieval Christian pseudo-history of Ireland. According to the Lebor Gabála, she was the leader of the first inhabitants of Ireland, before the Biblical Flood.[1] The tale may be an attempt to Christianize an earlier pagan myth,[1] but may alternatively be the product of post-conversion pseudohistory.
Monday, June 4, 2018
Irish Gods: Canola
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In Irish mythology, Canola was the mythical inventor of the harp. After having an argument with her lover, she left his bed in the middle of the night to take a walk. She heard beautiful music and sat down, soon falling asleep. When she woke up the next morning, Canola realized the wind had created the music by blowing through partially rotted sinew still attached to a whale skeleton. She designed the harp based on this
In Irish mythology, Canola was the mythical inventor of the harp. After having an argument with her lover, she left his bed in the middle of the night to take a walk. She heard beautiful music and sat down, soon falling asleep. When she woke up the next morning, Canola realized the wind had created the music by blowing through partially rotted sinew still attached to a whale skeleton. She designed the harp based on this
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