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Eriu's Farewell, The Tuatha De Danann

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One of the last Tuatha Dé Dannan Goddesses, Ériu, from who's name was the origin of Éire.

Here fragment about her story:

"...A third battle was fought against a subsequent wave of invaders, the Milesians, from the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (present day Galicia and Northern Portugal), descendants of Míl Espáine (who are thought to represent the Goidelic Celts). The Milesians encountered three goddesses of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Ériu, Banba and Fodla, who asked that the island be named after them; Ériu is the origin of the modern name Éire, and Banba and Fodla are still sometimes used as poetic names for Ireland.
Their three husbands, Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht and Mac Gréine, who were kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann at that time, asked for a truce of three days, during which the Milesians would lie at anchor nine waves' distance from the shore. The Milesians complied, but the Tuatha Dé Danann created a magical storm in an attempt to drive them away. The Milesian poet Amergin calmed the sea with his verse, then his people landed and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann at Tailtiu. When Amergin was called upon to divide the land between the Tuatha Dé Danann and his own people, he cleverly allotted the portion above ground to the Milesians and the portion underground to the Tuatha Dé Danann. The Tuatha Dé Danann were led underground into the Sidhe mounds by Manannán mac Lir."


So, this is Ériu saying goodbye to the land that would be named after her, the beautiful Emerald Island, ÉIRE.


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Image size
1800x1200px 2.1 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Shutter Speed
1/50 second
Aperture
F/14.0
Focal Length
24 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Jul 16, 2011, 5:35:43 AM
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