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#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: James Macgrigor encountered a Kelpie disguised as a stallion. Recognizing it, he stroke its nose with his claymore, severing its magical bridle bit. The Kelpie pleaded for its return, revealing its transformational powers and ability to reveal hidden beings: “If you look through the holes in the bit, you will see all manners of fairies and witches and devils.” Macgrigor lifted the bit to his eyes and peered through, and sure enough, the world he saw was bright with colour and full of beings invisible to the human eye. He was so enamoured by the contraption that he wanted to study it in more detail. He was also not deaf to the Kelpie’s claim that without the bit, he would die, and Macgrigor saw an opportunity to free the people of the surrounding area from the Kelpie’s reign of terror. Macgrigor, captivated by the bit’s power, decided to study it further, leaving the Kelpie in a vulnerable state. Despite the Kelpie’s pleas and threats, Macgrigor cleverly kept the bit, learning about the #Otherworld. „Rarely is a Kelpie the victim of a trick, but after that day, no one went missing on the banks of Loch Ness ever again, all thanks to the cunning of James Macgrigor.“ Source: https://folklorescotland.com/the-kelpie-of-loch-ness/

Nua-#CelticSoulJourney in #Ireland: Lough Erne has two origin stories (here’s the link to the first: https://hear-me.social/@NeuKelte/114552148881782730) The second story concerns Érne, who was ‘chieftainess of the girls of Cruachan and keeper of [Queen] Medb's combs and caskets’. It seems that a warrior named Olc Ai came from the #Otherworld via the cave of Oweynaghat to seek revenge after Amorgen the Blackhaired slept with the fairy-woman Findchoem. He didn’t come to do battle with Amorgen, though, oh no. Instead, he took his fury out on the innocent women of Cruachan. It is said that Olc Ai shook his great beard at the girls and gnashed his teeth so fearfully, that Érne and her women were driven insane with terror and fled. They did not slow down upon reaching the lake, but waded in, desperate to escape their tormentor, and so were all drowned. Source: Ali Isaac | Substack #discoverireland #failteireland #ireland_gram #thisisireland #insta_ireland #wanderireland #roadtripireland #discoverireland #tourismireland #irelandphotography #beautifulireland #Celtic

Nua-#CelticSoulJourney in #Ireland: When Becfhola attempted an assignation to the hero Crimthann, the queen of Tara instead met Flann ua Fedach and spent an enchanted night with him on an island in Lough Erne. When she returned to Tara, it was as if no time had passed, for she was living in the #Otherworld in #fairy time with Flann, who soon came to take her away. Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` #discoverireland #failteireland #ireland_gram #thisisireland #insta_ireland #wanderireland #roadtripireland #discoverireland #tourismireland #irelandphotography #beautifulireland #Celtic

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: Loughanleagh is a land steeped in ancient folklore, where mythical creatures and legendary figures from Ireland’s past continue to stir the imagination. Local folklore has many stories loaded with ancient mythology. One such example is the ‘One-eyed Hare of Loughanleagh’. It is said that a gamekeeper lived on the mountain and had been told that a fine hare had been seen beside the “Lake of the Cure”, so he concealed himself nearby to kill it. One day, just as the sun was sinking beneath the horizon a hare came abounding to him. But what he saw astounded him and he could not move. The hare was no ordinary hare – it had a great big red eye in the centre of its forehead and dived right down into the lake to the ‘#Otherworld’ where it belonged. Source: https://www.loughanleagh.com/folklore/

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: Mongán's wife Findtigernd asks him to recount his journey to the #Otherworld. When they are at the hill of Uisnech, a supernatural hailstorm comes on. When it ends Mongán, his wife, his poet, and seven companions, find a hall ringed by trees. They enter, are greeted by the inhabitants, and Mongán is given to drink, after which he recounts his journey. Although it seems as though they are in the house for only a short time, when they leave a year has passed, and they are now at Rath Mor, Mongán's home near modern Larne, 150 miles away. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mong%C3%A1n_mac_F%C3%ADachnai