In Irish mythology, a supernatural species known as the Fomorians or Fomori is sometimes described as a hostile race of terrible creatures. They were first believed to have originated from the earth or beneath the sea. They were then represented as giants and later as sea raiders. Despite the fact that certain members of the two races had progeny, they are the rivals of the and the adversaries of the early settlers of Ireland. In the Battle of Mag Tuired, the Tuath Dé triumph over the Fomorians. The story has been compared to various Indo-European tales of Gods at War, such as the Norse epic of the and Vanir, the Greek myth of the Olympians and Titans as well as the Vedic myth of the Devas and Asuras. According to Dáithí Ó hÓgáin, the Norse and Vedic versions, in which the vanquished races stand in for the fertility of the earth, are analogous to the Tuath Dé learning agricultural expertise from the Fomorians. One idea holds that the Fomorians were supernatural entities personifying anarchy, gloom, death, infestation and drought; they represented the untamed or destructive forces of nature. The race is typically referred to as the Fomóire or Fomóiri in plural form in Old and Middle Irish, and a single member is referred to as a Fomóir (in singular form). They are also referred to as the in plural form in Middle Irish. The Fomorians appear to have first been thought of as evil spirits that lived beneath the surface of the earth and in its water depths. They are stated to reside—under the worlds of men—in one of the earliest accounts of them, a lamenting poem for Mess-Telmann that dates back to the 7th century. They were later represented as maritime raiders as well. The term Fomorians was later applied to any land-based or sea-based pirates, and its true meaning was lost. [Information and Image Credit : Fomorians , Wikipedia] [Image : The Fomorians, as depicted by John Duncan (1912) ] [Original Image Availed Under Public Domain Work of Art (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property)][Original Source Image URL : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Fomorians,_Duncan_1912.jpg ] #Mythology
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