Tag Archives: Tuatha De Danaan

Oir (Gold or Spindle)

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Shanon Sinn

“Lochlann was the mythical undersea home of the later Fomorian invaders of Ireland, against whom the Tuatha de Danaan fought a bloody war. The god Tethra ruled it. It seems that legends of the war between these two nations were … Continue reading →

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Straif (Blackthorn)

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Shanon Sinn

“Better the bramble than the black-thorn, better the black-thorn than the devil. He who would go in the bramble for me, I would go in the thorn for him” – Proverb (Alexander Carmichael: Carmina Gadelica Vol. II. 1900) The Roots: … Continue reading →