The Fomorians, as depicted by John Duncan (1912)
The Fomorians were Gods of Death and equated with the Titans who were defeated by the Tuatha De Danaan (the Cronides). There were several migrations/invasions to Ireland. Some claim a woman named Cessair (a daughter of Noah) came to Ireland with a group of women and a few men but was unable to establish a colony. Next came Partholon and his descendants who established a colony but were wiped out by a plague. Then came Nemed and his descendants. They also established a colony but were invaded by the evil Fomorians. Nemed and his people tried to fight them off and were successful to a point, but were eventually overcome by the Fomorians who demanded 2/3 rds of the babies born each year to the Nemedians be given to the Fomorians for human sacrifice (burnt offering). The Fomorians were defeated by the Tuatha De Danaan. Here is what was written about the Fomorians:
The most important feature in the legend of the Fomorians is their war against the gods of the Solar Light and Life, in other words, the Tuatha De Danann. Monstrous both in size and in shape, some of them having goat's heads, and others only one hand and one foot, they are the Celtic expression of conception identical with those which in Greek mythology, have given birth to the monsters that war against the solar-deities.
(H. D'Arbois De Jubainville and Richard Irvine Best, The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology, page 54).
The fact that they wore a goat's head is a big red flag to me and resembles the symbolism of the Satanic Baphomet which at times will incorporate Hermes caduceus rather than showing the phallus.
Nemed was also at war with the Fomorians; he fought four battles with them, in each of which he came off victorious. In the first battle, which appears to be a comparatively modern invention, Nemed overcame and slew two Fomoroian Kings named Gend and Sengand. The three other battles fought between Nemed and the Fomorians are only mentioned in one of the poems that constitute the earliest Irish records of the ancient literature. The first was fought in Ulster, the second in Connaught, the third in Leinster. These are the Battles of Murbolg, Badbgna, and Cnamors. At one time there existed a detailed account of this war. The battles between Nemed and the Fomorians were the subject of one of the tales recited by the file, the title of which is contained in the all too brief catalogue preserved to us in the Glosses of the Senchus More; the text itself is lost.
The descendants of Nemed, once deprived of their chief, fell under the power of the Fomorians, and became the victims of frightful tyranny. The Fomorians had two kings reigning over them: Morc, son of Dele, and Conann, son of Febar. The stronghold of Conann, according to an euphemeristic belief already accepted in Ireland in the eleventh century, was situated in Tory Island, off the coast of Donegal. Popular tradition has localized other legends of the Fomorians in that island, which we shall refer to later on. It was here that the Fomorians are said to have established their headquarters.
From this place they commanded the whole of Ireland, and imposed a heavy tribute annually upon the people, namely, two-thirds of the children they had brought into the world within the year and two-thirds of the corn and milk the year had produced. The tax was levied on the night of Novemeber the First on the feast of Samhain, when summer ends and winter begins-the symbol of Death. Payment was made in the place called Mag Cetne: Mag Cetne means the "same plain;" that plain, always the same, whither everything that has life goes, and where the gods of Death hold sway- it is the mysterious land men pass unto after death.
Of the tribute exacted by the Fomorians, the most oppressive, and at the same time the most characteristic, was that which was paid in children. Here we have a legend analogous to the Attic myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.
...that, at certain periods, the new-born children of Ireland paid this tribute to Death; some carried off by a natural death from the love of their parents, others immolated as a sacrifice to the gods of Death, in obedience to the dictates of a cruel religion.
The Fomorians are the gods of Death, of Night, and of Storm, the elder of the two divine groups that share the veneration of the Celtic race. The Tuatha De Danann, gods of Life, of Day, and of Sunshine, were the younger of the two, if we accept the dogma of the Celts, according to which night precedes the day.(H. D'Arbois De Jubainville and Richard Irvine Best, The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology, page 56-58).
The mention of another God whose symbol was that of a bloody crescent is given. This god was not a Fomorian God, but also was given child sacrifices. The red crescent is a symbol of Islam, today. Here is what was written:
The Fomorians were not the only gods who received a tribute of children in Ireland; at a remote period an identical tribute was exacted by a god whose monumental image seems to have passed into history.
"Here" says the old treaties "was a great idol...called the "Bloody Curb" or the "Bloody Crescent," Cromm- Cruach; it gave power and peace in every province. Pitiful evil the brave Gaels used to worship it; they asked fair weather of it, for a portion of the world.(H. D'Arbois De Jubainville and Richard Irvine Best, The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology, page 59-61).
The Fomorians were evil to the core and I'm glad they were defeated long ago. However, we still have remnants of their seed on this planet doing the same evil things in dark forests. Their time is up and they too, must be exterminated.
Celtic mythology is one of the hardest mythologies to research. It has been a lot of digging to find the ancient writings of Ireland and I still have only found a compilation that I was able to purchase online. I know there are other writings closer to what really happened in ancient Ireland and that probably identity even more details of the wars of Zeus. I believe this information is being kept quiet and if certain religious factions could get their hands on these ancient books, they would burn them to destroy the truth of the past and prevent the public from finding it out.
by Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com and www.hiddenhumanstory.com)
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Celtic_deities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomorians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fir_Bolg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemed
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