Cian saw that he was now at a disadvantage. There was, for some reason, a private enmity. Between these three and Cian, with his brothers Cethé and Cu, As Cian was going over the plain of Muirthemne, 2 he saw three armed warriors approaching him, and, when they got nearer, he recognized them as the three sons of Tuirenn, son of Ogma, whose names were Brian, Iuchar, and Iucharba. Upon this errand went Lugh's father Cian, who seems to have been a kind of lesser solar deity, 1 son of Diancecht, the god of medicine. Meanwhile, upon earth, Lugh was sending messengers all over Erin to assemble the Tuatha Dé Danann. There came to it Elathan and Tethra and Indech, kings of the Fomors Bress himself, and Balor of the stout blows Cethlenn the crooked tooth, Balor's wife Balor's twelve white-mouthed sons and all the chief Fomorian warriors and druids. The chiefs of the Fomors saw that this slaughter of their tax-gatherers signified that the Tuatha Dé Danann meant fighting. "I know," said Balor's wife "he must be the son of our daughter Ethniu and I foretell that, since he has cast in his lot with his father's people, we shall never bear rule in Erin again." "Who can this terrible warrior be?" asked Balor. There was consternation in the under-sea country. The Fomorian tax-gatherers, killing all but nine of them, and these he only spared that they might go back to their kinsmen and tell how the gods had received them. "Like to the setting sun", says the story, "was the splendour of his countenance and his forehead, and they were not able to look in his face for the greatness of his splendour." And no wonder! for he was Lugh the Far-shooter, the new-come sun-god of the Gaels. He was riding upon "Splendid Mane", the horse of Manannán son of Lêr, and was dressed in Manannán's breast-plate and helmet, through which no weapon could wound their wearer, and he was armed with sword and shield and poisoned darts. But, while they waited for the gods to come to tender their submission and their subsidy, they saw a young man approaching them. In spite of the dethronement of Bress, the Fomors still claimed their annual tribute from the tribe of the goddess Danu, and sent their tax-gatherers, nine times nine in number, to "Balor's Hill" to collect it. It was during the interval that there befel an episode which might almost be called the "Argonautica" of the Gaelic mythology. The preparations for this war are said to have lasted seven years. Sacred Texts Legends/Sagas Celtic Index Previous Next Fighting for your own future, outsmarting enemy in uniquely turn-based combat, making difficult decisions, and experience the intensity of one of the classic sagas in an exciting new way.Celtic Myth and Legend: The Gaelic Gods: Chapter VIII. Plays as one of them, recruiting, developing, and commanding your personal army on a non-linear adventure of betrayal, sacrifice, and survival. They determined to bring order to the chaos. ![]() ![]() With the kingdoms in disarray, counties demanding independence, bandits prowl the roads, all the overseas nations have denied the King’s authority over them, and blighted creatures lie in wait for the unwary, new accidental heroes emerge as last hope. Expanding on this legacy with an entirely new epic story, factions, enemies, and new features to forge an open and breaking fantasy world Antara. ![]() King’s Bounty II is the long-awaited sequel to the legendary King’s Bounty video games franchise, one of the most iconic representatives of the turn-based RPG genre. But maybe a saviour – the kingdom's last hope – is already here, to fight back and finally restore peace and order in Nostria! Conspiracies, sabotage, and necromancy are overshadowing the country. Darkness descends over the world of Nostria.
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