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[9] [11] Originally, the Anunnaki appear to have been heavenly deities with immense powers. [11] In the poem Enki and the World Order, the Anunnaki "do homage" to Enki, sing hymns of praise in his honor, and "take up their dwellings" among the people of Sumer. [9] [29] The same composition twice states that the Anunnaki "decree the fates of ...
The Old Irish word tuath (plural tuatha) means "tribe, folk, people"; dé is the genitive case of día and, depending on context, can mean "god, gods, goddess" or more broadly "supernatural being, object of worship". [11] In the earliest writings, the mythical race are referred to as the Tuath Dé, "tribe of gods", or Tuatha Dé, "tribes of ...
Many of the Tuatha died in this war, but thousands of Fir Bolgs died. Including their leader, Eochai Mac Erc. They come from another world, but reside in Ireland until they were pushed out by war with a semi-demonic race called the Fomorians. Their king is known in the mythology as Balor. The Fomorians resided on the outskirts of Ireland.
In many Gaelic tales, the aos sí are later literary versions of the Tuatha Dé Danann ("People of the Goddess Danu")—the deities and deified ancestors of Irish mythology. Some sources describe them as the survivors of the Tuatha Dé Danann who retreated into the Otherworld when fleeing the mortal Sons of Míl Espáine who, like many other ...
Fir Ol nEchmacht was the name of a group of people living in pre-historic Ireland.The name may be translated as 'men' (Fir) of the 'people' (Ol, possibly from Dal) 'of Echmacht ' (nEchmacht), the last being the given name of the people or their territory, perhaps from ech ('horse') and macht ('death', 'wonderful', or 'across the sea'). [1]
The period between the start of the Iron Age and the historic period (AD 431) saw the gradual infiltration of small groups of Celtic-speaking people into Ireland, [18] [19] with items of the continental Celtic La Tene style being found in at least the northern part of the island by about 300 BC.
Eochaid mac Eirc - High King of Ireland, the last Fir Bolg king and the first king to establish a system of justice; Fiacha Cennfinnán - High King of Ireland; Fodbgen - High King of Ireland; Gaillimh iníon Breasail - mythical woman from whom the river and city of Galway derive their name; Gann and Genann - joint High Kings of Ireland
966. Chronicon Scotorum: Cormac ua Cillín, of the Uí Fhiachrach of Aidne, successor of Ciarán and Comán and comarba of Tuaim Gréne—and by him was built the great church of Tuaim Gréne, and its bell-tower—a sage and an old man and a bishop, rested in Christ. 1025. The grandson of Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, lord of Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne, died ...