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Eber Donn
Milesian leader. Donn or Eber Donn was the eldest son of Míl Espáine. His mother was Seang, daughter of the King of Scythia, and his brother was Er...
By Jimmy Joe
Míl Espáine
Leader and eponym of the Milesians. Míl was also known as Míl Espáine or Míl of Spain. Míl was the son of Bile and grandson of Breogan. Míl was som...
By Jimmy Joe
Bile
Bile was the son of Breogan and brother of Íth. Bile was also the father of Míl, eponym of the Milesians. Bile followed his son to Spain, and they ...
By Jimmy Joe
Íth
Íth was the son of Breogan and brother of Bile, Fuad and Breaga. Íth was also the uncle of Míl Espáine, eponym of the Milesian people. Íth was the ...
By Jimmy Joe
Breogan
Breogan was the father of Íth, Bile, Fuad and Breaga. Breogan was also the grandfather of Míl Espáine. When Míl brought his family to Spain, Breoga...
By Jimmy Joe
Goídel Glas
Ancestor of the Milesians. Goídel Glas was the son of Niúl son of Fénius Farsaid and Scota, daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh. (See genealogy of the...
By Jimmy Joe
Pooka
A pooka or púca was a shape shifting creature. Depending on the writers, the pooka was either a benevolent or malevolent fairy. They were often ide...
By Jimmy Joe
Goblin
Just like the names fairy and elf, goblin has a different meaning and different usage for different people. Only several creatures were seen as gob...
By Jimmy Joe
Leprechaun
Of all the fairies people have heard of, the one that most people today are familiar with is the leprechaun. However, the leprechaun statuettes tha...
By Jimmy Joe
Korrigan
The most common female fairies in the Breton tradition were the korrigans that resided in the woods, especially at Broceliande and often near a str...
By Jimmy Joe
The Fool (Amandán)
The Fool, known in Irish and Scottish Gaelic as Amandán, was a social fairy. They were sometimes seen as wiser than their masters. According to W. ...
By Jimmy Joe
Elf
The elf or alf was of Teutonic origin. Descriptions of the elves varied from author to author and from one period to another. The elves were introd...