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Bor
Primeval god. Bor was the son of the giant Buri . Bor was probably more of a primeval god than a giant. Bor married a frost-giantess named Bestla a...
By Jimmy Joe
Buri
The ancestor of the gods. Buri was created from a stone or ice that the giant primeval cow, Audumla , licked into shape. Buri was the father of Bor...
By Jimmy Joe
Ymir (Aurgelmir)
The first primeval giant was generally known as Ymir. The frost-giants called him Aurgelmir. Ymir was the first creature created in the universe. Y...
By Jimmy Joe
Giants
The Giants were the chief enemies of the gods, particularly the Aesir. In the Norse world, a giant was called Jotun or Iotun . There were several d...
By Jimmy Joe
Other Druids
Below is a list of other druids and druidesses who appeared in Irish myths. Eolas (knowledge), Fios (intelligence) & Fochmarc (enquiring) Three Par...
By Jimmy Joe
Gallizenae
In the Breton legend, the Gallizenae were druidesses said to have lived on the Isle de Sein, offshore from Finistère in western Brittany. Their num...
By Jimmy Joe
Dark Druid (Fer Doirich)
The Dark Druid or Fer Doirich was a powerful druid who loved Sadb , daughter of Derg Díanscothach of Síd Ochta Cleitigh or of Bodb Derg son of Dagd...
By Jimmy Joe
Finneces (Finegas)
A druid or seer. For twenty years (others say 7 years), Finneces (Finegas) tried to catch Fintan , the "Salmon of Knowledge," from the River Boynne...
By Jimmy Joe
Bodhmall
Sister of Muirenn and aunt of the hero Finn Mac Cumhaill . Bodmall was also the daughter of the druid Tadg and foster-mother of Finn. Bodhmall foll...
By Jimmy Joe
Tadg
A Danann druid. Tadg was the son of Nuada and the father of Muirenn (Muirne). The legends never mentioned it, but Tadg was probably also the father...
By Jimmy Joe
Fedelm
In Táin Bó Cuailnge , a Connacht seer named Fedelm foretold the defeat of Medb's army that sought to fetch the Brown Bull of Cuailnge, in Ulster. I...
By Jimmy Joe
Cailitin
Cailitín Dána (Cailitin or Calatin) was the chief druid of Medb and Ailill . Cailitin was known most for his fight against Ulster's hero Cu Chulain...