[[celtic-religion]] --- # Fomorians #### Etymology *Under-demons* #### Def - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomorians) - The [natives of Ireland](invasions-of-ireland.md) - A divine race, like the Tuatha Dé - Leader: [Balor](balor.md) - They caused trouble for the Tuatha Dé, pillaging, imposing taxes, and punishing defaulters. - One-armed, one-legged, violent demons from under or beyond the sea. - They appeared around the sme time as a plague did, whiping out the [Partholonians](partholon.md) --- ## Biblio [[green-mi1990]] ## Other Like the Norse Vanir, and the Greek and Vedic Giants...the Fomorians represented the powers of both fertility and destructions that exist together in nature. ([[green-mi]] or [[leeming-d2003]] #cleanup )