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For the star, see <a href="/wiki/HD_149026" title="HD 149026">HD 149026</a>. For the company, see <a href="/wiki/OGMA" title="OGMA">OGMA</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;">Ogma (Gaelic)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="font-size: 110%;"><a href="/wiki/Speech" title="Speech">Speech</a> and <a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">language</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Eloquence" title="Eloquence">eloquence</a> and <a href="/wiki/Learning" title="Learning">learning</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ogma-Lawrie-Highsmith.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ogma-Lawrie-Highsmith.jpeg/220px-Ogma-Lawrie-Highsmith.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="596" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ogma-Lawrie-Highsmith.jpeg/330px-Ogma-Lawrie-Highsmith.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ogma-Lawrie-Highsmith.jpeg/440px-Ogma-Lawrie-Highsmith.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1287" data-file-height="3487" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Lawrie" title="Lee Lawrie">Lee Lawrie</a>, sculpted bronze figure of Ogma (1939). Library of Congress <a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Building" title="John Adams Building">John Adams Building</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapons</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Club_(weapon)" title="Club (weapon)">Club</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Magh_Tuiredh" class="mw-redirect" title="Magh Tuiredh">Magh Tuiredh</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Genealogy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elatha" title="Elatha">Elatha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ethniu" title="Ethniu">Ethniu</a> (or <a href="/wiki/%C3%89ta%C3%ADn" title="Étaín">Etain</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Siblings</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Dagda" title="The Dagda">Dagda</a>, Fiacha, Delbáeth, Allód, <a href="/wiki/Bres" title="Bres">Bres</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Delb%C3%A1eth" title="Delbáeth">Delbáeth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuireann" title="Tuireann">Tuireann</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ogma</b> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Modern_Irish" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Irish">Modern Irish</a>: <i lang="ga"><b>Oghma</b></i>) is a god from <a href="/wiki/Irish_mythology" title="Irish mythology">Irish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scottish_mythology" title="Scottish mythology">Scottish mythology</a>. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann" title="Tuatha Dé Danann">Tuatha Dé Danann</a>, he is often considered a <a href="/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">deity</a> and may be related to the <a href="/wiki/Gauls" title="Gauls">Gallic</a> god <a href="/wiki/Ogmios" title="Ogmios">Ogmios</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/In_Lebor_Ogaim" title="In Lebor Ogaim">Ogam Tract</a>, he is the inventor of <a href="/wiki/Ogham" title="Ogham">Ogham</a>, the script in which <a href="/wiki/Irish_Gaelic" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Gaelic">Irish Gaelic</a> was first written.<sup id="cite_ref-ogham_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogham-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_and_Epithets">Name and Epithets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ogma&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name and Epithets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ogma&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name Ogma is believed to originate from the <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Indo-European">Proto-Indo-European</a> root <i>*ak-</i> or <i>*ag-</i> meaning "to cut," which refers to the method in which ogham was incised into stone and wood.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Epithets">Epithets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ogma&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Epithets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ogma is given three epithets in Irish Gaelic tradition: <i>Grianainech</i> “sun-faced” or “shining, radiant countenance” on p. 303 of the <i>Táin Bó Cúailnge</i> (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) and p.187 of Lebor Gabála Érenn (Book of Invasions); <i>Trenfher</i> “Strongman” or “Champion” in sections 59 and 162 of the Do Cath Mag Tuired (Second Battle of Moytura); and <i>Griain-éigis</i> “Shining sage or learned man” in section 12 of Foras Feasa ar Éirinn (History of Ireland). </p><p>Many scholars have credited The Dagda's son Cermait's epithet <i>Milbel</i>, or "honey-mouthed" or "eloquence" with Ogma, but this confusion seems to be an incorrect comparison by MacKillop <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198609674.001.0001/acref-9780198609674-e-937">[1]</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mythology">Mythology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ogma&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He fights in the first battle of <a href="/wiki/Magh_Tuiredh" class="mw-redirect" title="Magh Tuiredh">Magh Tuiredh</a> when the Tuatha Dé Danann take Ireland from the <a href="/wiki/Fir_Bolg" title="Fir Bolg">Fir Bolg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the reign of <a href="/wiki/Bres" title="Bres">Bres</a>, when the Tuatha Dé Danann are reduced to servitude, Ogma is forced to carry firewood, but nonetheless is the only one of the Tuatha Dé who proves his athletic and martial prowess in contests before the king. When Bres is overthrown and <a href="/wiki/Nuadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuadu">Nuadu</a> restored, Ogma is his champion. His position is threatened by the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Lugh" title="Lugh">Lugh</a> at the court, so Ogma challenges him by lifting a great flagstone, which normally required eighty oxen to move it, and hurling it out of <a href="/wiki/Hill_of_Tara" title="Hill of Tara">Tara</a>, but Lugh answers the challenge by hurling it back. When Nuadu hands command of the Battle of Mag Tuired to Lugh, Ogma becomes Lugh's champion and promises to repel the <a href="/wiki/Fomorians" title="Fomorians">Fomorian</a> king, Indech, and his bodyguard, and to defeat a third of the enemy. During the battle he finds Orna, the sword of the Fomorian king <a href="/wiki/Tethra" title="Tethra">Tethra</a>, which recounts the deeds done with it when unsheathed. During the battle Ogma and Indech fall in single combat, although there is some confusion in the texts as in <i><a href="/wiki/Cath_Maige_Tuired" title="Cath Maige Tuired">Cath Maige Tuired</a></i> Ogma, Lugh and the Dagda pursue the Fomorians after the battle to recover the harp of Uaitne, the Dagda's harper.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Which substantiates the reason that the Dagda gives Síd Aircheltrai to Ogma in De Gabáil in tSída (Taking of the Sidhe Mound) and is also referred to be in residence in Brecc on page 303 in the Táin Bó Cúailnge. </p><p>He often appears as a triad with <a href="/wiki/Lugh" title="Lugh">Lugh</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Dagda" class="mw-redirect" title="Dagda">Dagda</a> (The Dagda is his brother and Lugh is his half-brother), who are sometimes collectively known as the <i>trí dée dána</i> or three gods of skill,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although that designation is elsewhere applied to other groups of characters. His father is <a href="/wiki/Elatha" title="Elatha">Elatha</a> and his mother is usually given as <a href="/wiki/Ethliu" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethliu">Ethliu</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sometimes as <a href="/wiki/%C3%89ta%C3%ADn" title="Étaín">Étaín</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Ogam Tract, he is called the son of Elatha and brother of Delbaeth and Bres. Oghma's sons include <a href="/wiki/Delbaeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Delbaeth">Delbaeth</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Tuireann" title="Tuireann">Tuireann</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Invention_of_Ogham">Invention of Ogham</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ogma&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Invention of Ogham"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/In_Lebor_Ogaim" title="In Lebor Ogaim">Ogam Tract</a> Ogma is said to be a man skilled in speech and poetry who invented the Ogham as proof of his ingenuity and to create a speech that belongs to learned men apart from rustics. In the same tract Ogma is called the father of the <a href="/wiki/Ogham" title="Ogham">Ogham</a> alphabet, and his knife or hand its mother.<sup id="cite_ref-mackillop_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackillop-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jones_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same tract says that sound was the father of Ogham and matter its mother. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_figures">Related figures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ogma&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Related figures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scholars of <a href="/wiki/Celtic_mythology" title="Celtic mythology">Celtic mythology</a> have proposed that Ogma represents the vestiges of an ancient <a href="/wiki/Celtic_god" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic god">Celtic god</a>. By virtue of his battle prowess and the invention of Ogham, he is compared with Ogmios, a Gaulish deity associated with eloquence and equated with <a href="/wiki/Herakles" class="mw-redirect" title="Herakles">Herakles</a>. J. A. MacCulloch compares Ogma's epithet <i>grianainech</i> (sun-face) with <a href="/wiki/Lucian" title="Lucian">Lucian</a>'s description of the "smiling face" of Ogmios, and suggests Ogma's position as champion of the Tuatha Dé Danann may derive "from the primitive custom of rousing the warriors' emotions by eloquent speeches before a battle",<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although this is hardly supported by the texts.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Scholars such <a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Thurneysen" title="Rudolf Thurneysen">Rudolf Thurneysen</a> and <a href="/wiki/A._G._van_Hamel" title="A. G. van Hamel">Anton van Hamel</a> dispute any link between Ogma and Ogmios.<sup id="cite_ref-mackillop_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackillop-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eufydd_fab_D%C3%B4n" title="Eufydd fab Dôn">Eufydd fab Dôn</a> is another figure from Welsh mythology whose name is believed to derive from that of Ogmios and therefore may be related to Ogma.<sup id="cite_ref-Jones_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ogma&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eufydd_fab_D%C3%B4n" title="Eufydd fab Dôn">Eufydd fab Dôn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogmios" title="Ogmios">Ogmios</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ogma&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ogham-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ogham_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJones" class="citation web cs1">Jones, Mary. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://maryjones.us/ctexts/ogham.html">"The Ogham Tract"</a>. <i>Celtic Literature Collective</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Macalister (ed. & trans.), <i>Lebor Gabála Érenn: Book of the Taking of Ireland</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/lebor4.html">Part 4</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100715225248/http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/lebor4.html">Archived</a> 2010-07-15 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Irish Texts Society, 1941; <a href="/wiki/Whitley_Stokes_(scholar)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitley Stokes (scholar)">Whitley Stokes</a> (ed. & trans), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T300011/index.html">"The Second Battle of Moytura"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Revue_Celtique" class="mw-redirect" title="Revue Celtique">Revue Celtique</a> 12, pp. 52-130, 306–308, 1891; Vernam Hull (ed. & trans), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/cairpre.html">"Cairpre mac Edaine's Satire Upon Bres mac Eladain"</a> <i>Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie</i> 18, 1930</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stokes 1891, pp. 81, 83, 109; A. H. Leahy (ed. & trans), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/etain.html">"The Wooing of Étain"</a> §18, <i>Heroic Romances of Ireland</i> Volume II, 1902</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fraser 1915, §49; Stokes 1891, p. 77</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stokes 1891, p. 69</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T300011/text036.html"><i>The Second Battle of Moytura</i> Section 36</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Macalister 1941, §64</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Peete_Cross" title="Tom Peete Cross">Tom Peete Cross</a> & Clark Harris Slover (eds.), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/turenn.html">"The Fate of the Children of Turenn"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140108072326/http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/turenn.html">Archived</a> 2014-01-08 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Ancient Irish Tales</i>, Henry Holt & Co, 1936, p. 49</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mackillop-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mackillop_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mackillop_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">James MacKillop, <i>Dictionary of Celtic Mythology</i>, Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 310</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">J. 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href="/wiki/Nuada_Airgetl%C3%A1m" title="Nuada Airgetlám">Nuada</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nechtan_(mythology)" title="Nechtan (mythology)">Nechtan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elcmar" title="Elcmar">Elcmar</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ogma</a></li> <li>Trí Dé Dána (<a href="/wiki/Goibniu" title="Goibniu">Goibniu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Creidhne" title="Creidhne">Credne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luchtaine" title="Luchtaine">Luchta</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#c1e6c1;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fomorians" title="Fomorians">Fomhoraigh</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balor" title="Balor">Balor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bres" title="Bres">Bres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cethlenn" title="Cethlenn">Cethlenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cichol_Gricenchos" title="Cichol Gricenchos">Cichol</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/L%C3%BAin_of_Celtchar" title="Lúin of Celtchar">Lúin of Celtchar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uaithne" title="Uaithne">Uaithne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#c1e6c1;;width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Otherworld" title="Celtic Otherworld">Otherworld</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mag_Mell" title="Mag Mell">Mag Mell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%ADr_na_n%C3%93g" title="Tír na nÓg">Tír na nÓg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donn" title="Donn">Tech Duinn</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BA_na_B%C3%B3inne" title="Brú na Bóinne">Brú na Bóinne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connla%27s_Well" class="mw-redirect" title="Connla's Well">Connla's Well</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emain_Ablach" title="Emain Ablach">Emain Ablach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fintan%27s_Grave" title="Fintan's Grave">Fintan's Grave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_of_Tara" title="Hill of Tara">Teamhair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tory_Island" title="Tory Island">Toraigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_of_Uisneach" title="Hill of Uisneach">Uisneach</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#c1e6c1;;width:1%">Texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn" title="Lebor Gabála Érenn">Lebor Gabála Érenn</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cath_Maige_Tuired" title="Cath Maige Tuired">Cath Maige Tuired</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tochmarc_%C3%89ta%C3%ADne" title="Tochmarc Étaíne">Tochmarc Étaíne</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_Lir" title="Children of Lir">Aided Chlainne Lir</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brian_(mythology)" title="Brian (mythology)">Aided Chlainne Tuirenn</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Voyage_of_Bran" title="The Voyage of Bran">Immram Brain</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dindsenchas" title="Dindsenchas">Dindsenchas</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#c1e6c1;"><div><i>part of a series on <a href="/wiki/Celtic_mythology" title="Celtic mythology">Celtic mythology</a></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Topics_in_Celtic_mythology" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Creation" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Creation</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beira_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Beira (mythology)">Beira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cailleach" title="Cailleach">Cailleach</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Ancient_Gaulish_and_Brythonic_deities" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Template:Gaulish-Brythonic_mythology" title="Template:Gaulish-Brythonic mythology">Ancient Gaulish and Brythonic deities</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abandinus" title="Abandinus">Abandinus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abellio" title="Abellio">Abellio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abnoba" title="Abnoba">Abnoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adsullata" title="Adsullata">Adsullata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agron%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Agronā">Agronā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alaunus" title="Alaunus">Alaunus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alisanos" title="Alisanos">Alisanos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambisagrus" title="Ambisagrus">Ambisagrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancamna" title="Ancamna">Ancamna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancasta" title="Ancasta">Ancasta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andarta" title="Andarta">Andarta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andraste" title="Andraste">Andraste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anextiomarus" title="Anextiomarus">Anextiomarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arduinna" title="Arduinna">Arduinna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnemetia" title="Arnemetia">Arnemetia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artio" title="Artio">Artio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvernus" title="Arvernus">Arvernus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matronae_Aufaniae" title="Matronae Aufaniae">Aufaniae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aveta" title="Aveta">Aveta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belatucadros" title="Belatucadros">Belatucadros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belenus" title="Belenus">Belenus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belisama" title="Belisama">Belisama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergusia" title="Bergusia">Bergusia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bormana" title="Bormana">Bormana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borvo" title="Borvo">Borvo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bricta" title="Bricta">Bricta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigantia_(goddess)" title="Brigantia (goddess)">Brigantia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britannia" title="Britannia">Britannia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buxenus" title="Buxenus">Buxenus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camma" title="Camma">Camma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camulus" title="Camulus">Camulus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathubodua" title="Cathubodua">Cathubodua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cernunnos" title="Cernunnos">Cernunnos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cissonius" title="Cissonius">Cissonius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clota" title="Clota">Clota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocidius" title="Cocidius">Cocidius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condatis" title="Condatis">Condatis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ialonus_Contrebis" title="Ialonus Contrebis">Contrebis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventina" title="Coventina">Coventina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damona" title="Damona">Damona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latis" title="Latis">Dea Latis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dea_Matrona" title="Dea Matrona">Dea Matrona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C4%ABs_Pater" class="mw-redirect" title="Dīs Pater">Dīs Pater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divona" title="Divona">Divona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusios" title="Dusios">Dusios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epona" title="Epona">Epona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erecura" title="Erecura">Erecura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esus" title="Esus">Esus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fagus_(god)" title="Fagus (god)">Fagus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grannus" title="Grannus">Grannus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooded_Spirits" title="Hooded Spirits">Hooded Spirits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erecura" title="Erecura">Herecura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icaunis" title="Icaunis">Icaunus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icovellauna" title="Icovellauna">Icovellauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inciona" title="Inciona">Inciona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litavis" title="Litavis">Litavis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loucetios" title="Loucetios">Loucetios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lugus" title="Lugus">Lugus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxovius" title="Luxovius">Luxovius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maponos" title="Maponos">Maponos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matres_and_Matronae" title="Matres and Matronae">Matres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nantosuelta" title="Nantosuelta">Nantosuelta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naria" title="Naria">Naria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemetona" title="Nemetona">Nemetona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemausus" title="Nemausus">Nemausus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicnevin" title="Nicnevin">Nicnevin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nodens" title="Nodens">Nodens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogmios" title="Ogmios">Ogmios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricagambeda" title="Ricagambeda">Ricagambeda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritona" title="Ritona">Ritona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robor" title="Robor">Robor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosmerta" title="Rosmerta">Rosmerta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudianos" title="Rudianos">Rudianos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Segomo" title="Segomo">Segomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senuna" title="Senuna">Senua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sequana" title="Sequana">Sequana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirona_(goddess)" title="Sirona (goddess)">Sirona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smertrios" title="Smertrios">Smertrios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sucellus" title="Sucellus">Sucellus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suleviae" title="Suleviae">Suleviae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulis" title="Sulis">Sulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">Tamesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranis" title="Taranis">Taranis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toutatis" title="Toutatis">Toutatis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verbeia" title="Verbeia">Verbeia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visucius" title="Visucius">Visucius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vosegus" title="Vosegus">Vosegus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Irish_mythological_characters" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Irish mythological characters</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abarta" title="Abarta">Abartach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhean" title="Abhean">Abhean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aengus" title="Aengus">Aengus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cormac_mac_Airt" title="Cormac mac Airt">Alastir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aoi_Mac_Ollamain" title="Aoi Mac Ollamain">Ai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aibell" title="Aibell">Aibell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aimend" title="Aimend">Aimend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81ine" title="Áine">Áine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airmed" title="Airmed">Airmed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anu_(Irish_goddess)" title="Anu (Irish goddess)">Anu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badb" title="Badb">Badb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balor" title="Balor">Balor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1n%C3%A1nach" title="Bánánach">Bánánach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banba" title="Banba">Banba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beag" title="Beag">Beag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9%E1%B8%83inn" title="Béḃinn">Béḃinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9_Chuille" title="Bé Chuille">Bé Chuille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bir%C3%B3g" title="Biróg">Birog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boann" title="Boann">Boann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodb_Derg" title="Bodb Derg">Bodb Derg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann" title="Tuatha Dé Danann">Brea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigid" title="Brigid">Breg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bres" title="Bres">Bres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigid" title="Brigid">Brigid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cailleach" title="Cailleach">Bronach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buarainech" class="mw-redirect" title="Buarainech">Buarainech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caer_Ibormeith" title="Caer Ibormeith">Caer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canola_(mythology)" title="Canola (mythology)">Canola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carman" title="Carman">Carman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crom_Cruach" title="Crom Cruach">Cenn Cruaich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessair" title="Cessair">Cessair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cethlenn" title="Cethlenn">Cethlenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cian" title="Cian">Cian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%ADodhna" title="Clíodhna">Cliodhna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fomorians" title="Fomorians">Corb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creidhne" title="Creidhne">Creidhne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crom_Cruach" title="Crom Cruach">Crom Cruach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%BA_Ro%C3%AD" title="Cú Roí">Cú Roí mac Daire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Dagda" title="The Dagda">The Dagda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danu_(Irish_goddess)" title="Danu (Irish goddess)">Danu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donn" title="Donn">Donn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dian_Cecht" title="Dian Cecht">Dian Cecht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elatha" title="Elatha">Elatha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89ta%C3%ADn" title="Étaín">Étaín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethniu" title="Ethniu">Ethniu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic group">Ethne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89riu" title="Ériu">Ériu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fand" title="Fand">Fand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fionnuala" title="Fionnuala">Fionnuala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%B3dla" title="Fódla">Fódla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goibniu" title="Goibniu">Goibniu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lir" title="Lir">Lir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luchtaine" title="Luchtaine">Luchtaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lugh" title="Lugh">Lugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macha" title="Macha">Macha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manann%C3%A1n_mac_Lir" title="Manannán mac Lir">Manannán mac Lir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miach" title="Miach">Miach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midir" title="Midir">Midir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mug_Ruith" title="Mug Ruith">Mog Ruith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Morr%C3%ADgan" title="The Morrígan">Morrígan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neit" title="Neit">Neit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemain" title="Nemain">Nemain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niamh_(mythology)" title="Niamh (mythology)">Niamh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuada_Airgetl%C3%A1m" title="Nuada Airgetlám">Nuada</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ogma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plor_na_mBan" title="Plor na mBan">Plor na mBan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheela_na_gig" title="Sheela na gig">Sheela na gig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tailtiu" title="Tailtiu">Tailtiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tethra" title="Tethra">Tethra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Irish_rulers_and_warriors" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Irish rulers and warriors</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ca%C3%ADlte_mac_R%C3%B3n%C3%A1in" title="Caílte mac Rónáin">Caílte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conall_Cernach" title="Conall Cernach">Conall Cernach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conchobar_mac_Nessa" title="Conchobar mac Nessa">Conchobar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Con%C3%A1n_mac_Morna" title="Conán mac Morna">Conán mac Morna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conn_of_the_Hundred_Battles" title="Conn of the Hundred 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title="Oscar (Irish mythology)">Oscar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Scottish_mythological_creatures" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Scottish mythological creatures</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Beasts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gigelorum" title="Gigelorum">Gigelorum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster" title="Loch Ness Monster">Loch Ness Monster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lyon-Bowes,_Master_of_Glamis_(born_1821)" title="Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Master of Glamis (born 1821)">Monster of Glamis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wulver" title="Wulver">Wulver</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Birds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boobrie" title="Boobrie">Boobrie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fairies/Spirits</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bean-nighe" title="Bean-nighe">Bean-nighe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodach" title="Bodach">Bodach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownie_(folklore)" title="Brownie (folklore)">Brownie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caoineag" title="Caoineag">Caoineag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat-s%C3%ACth" title="Cat-sìth">Cat-sìth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changeling" title="Changeling">Changeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B9-s%C3%ACth" title="Cù-sìth">Cù-sìth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunnie" title="Dunnie">Dunnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Each-uisge" title="Each-uisge">Each-uisge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghillie_Dhu" title="Ghillie Dhu">Ghillie Dhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glaistig" title="Glaistig">Glaistig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggy_Moulach" title="Maggy Moulach">Meg Mullach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuckelavee" title="Nuckelavee">Nuckelavee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selkie" title="Selkie">Selkie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seonaidh" title="Seonaidh">Seonaidh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shellycoat" title="Shellycoat">Shellycoat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wirry-cow" title="Wirry-cow">Wirry-cow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fish</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ceasg" title="Ceasg">Ceasg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gnomes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pech_(mythology)" title="Pech (mythology)">Peck</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Goblins</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bauchan" title="Bauchan">Bauchan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Scottish_rulers_and_warriors" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Scottish rulers and warriors</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A%C3%ADfe" title="Aífe">Aífe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connla" title="Connla">Connla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sc%C3%A1thach" title="Scáthach">Scáthach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uathach" title="Uathach">Uathach</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Welsh_mythological_characters" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Welsh mythological characters</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amaethon" title="Amaethon">Amaethon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arawn" title="Arawn">Arawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arianrhod" title="Arianrhod">Arianrhod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Arthur" title="King Arthur">King Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afallach" title="Afallach">Afallach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beli_Mawr" title="Beli Mawr">Beli Mawr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blodeuwedd" title="Blodeuwedd">Blodeuwedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A2n_the_Blessed" title="Brân the Blessed">Brân the Blessed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branwen" title="Branwen">Branwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassivellaunus" title="Cassivellaunus">Caswallawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceridwen" title="Ceridwen">Ceridwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cigfa" title="Cigfa">Cigfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creiddylad" title="Creiddylad">Creiddylad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culhwch" title="Culhwch">Culhwch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyhyraeth" title="Cyhyraeth">Cyhyraeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_David" title="Saint David">Dewi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B4n" title="Dôn">Dôn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwynwen" title="Dwynwen">Dwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dylan_ail_Don" title="Dylan ail Don">Dylan Ail Don</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Efnysien" title="Efnysien">Efnysien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Elen" title="Saint Elen">Elen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euroswydd" title="Euroswydd">Euroswydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gofannon" title="Gofannon">Gofannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwydion" title="Gwydion">Gwydion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwyn_ap_Nudd" title="Gwyn ap Nudd">Gwyn ap Nudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafgan" title="Hafgan">Hafgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lleu_Llaw_Gyffes" title="Lleu Llaw Gyffes">Lleu Llaw Gyffes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ll%C5%B7r" title="Llŷr">Llŷr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lludd_Llaw_Eraint" title="Lludd Llaw Eraint">Lludd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabon_ap_Modron" title="Mabon ap Modron">Mabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manawydan" title="Manawydan">Manawydan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Math_fab_Mathonwy" title="Math fab Mathonwy">Math fab Mathonwy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modron" title="Modron">Modron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisien" title="Nisien">Nisien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leodegrance" class="mw-redirect" title="Leodegrance">Ogyruan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olwen" title="Olwen">Olwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penarddun" title="Penarddun">Penarddun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pryderi" title="Pryderi">Pryderi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pwyll" title="Pwyll">Pwyll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhiannon" title="Rhiannon">Rhiannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliesin" title="Taliesin">Taliesin</a></li></ul> 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Birds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adar_Llwch_Gwin" title="Adar Llwch Gwin">Adar Llwch Gwin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tylwyth_Teg" title="Tylwyth Teg">Fairies/Spirits</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bendith_y_Mamau" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendith y Mamau">Bendith y Mamau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenin_Llwyd" title="Brenin Llwyd">Brenin Llwyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyhyraeth" title="Cyhyraeth">Cyhyraeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwragedd_Annwn" title="Gwragedd Annwn">Gwragedd Annwn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwyllion" title="Gwyllion">Gwyllion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tylwyth_Teg" title="Tylwyth Teg">Tylwyth Teg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sea and lake creatures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afanc" title="Afanc">Afanc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceffyl_D%C5%B5r" title="Ceffyl Dŵr">Ceffyl Dŵr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_leaper" class="mw-redirect" title="Water leaper">Llamhigyn y Dŵr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgens" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgens">Morgens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Giants_(Welsh_folklore)" title="Giants (Welsh folklore)">Cewri</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ysbaddaden_Bencawr" class="mw-redirect" title="Ysbaddaden Bencawr">Ysbaddaden Bencawr</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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