Subconscious Realms Episode 21 - The Fomorians - Gary Wayne.
Ladies & Gentlemen, in a Nutshell they don't get much more Fascinating than an Ancient Supernatural Race of Hostile & Monstrous Beings, such as The Fomorians.
Fomorians are considered by the most ancient, native inhabitants of Ireland. As legends narrate, all invaders invariably met them on the island (up to 1700-700 BC). They gave to know about themselves at the time of Partolon which settled down in Ireland together with his companions after the Great Flood (about 12 thousand years ago). From time to time Fomorias took shelter from conquerors in "the country of Fomorians" - "boundless flatness with a great number of human assemblages (gatherings)", presumably in Britain - and on a mysterious island "with glass tower" - the Glass island or Inis Vitrin where the residence of their rulers (Tetra, Indech, Balor, etc.) was. Legends place this island in the west of ocean and compare it with "The land of blissful" which sometimes is called as "Tetra Possession".
Generally Fomorians were huge and ugly creatures. In the "The Book of Invasions" of Ireland (" The Book of Conquests", Leabhar Gabhala Eireann) they are described as "crowds of abominable giants and monsters" - one-eyed, one-armed and one-legged giants, or as giants with a shapeless monstrous appearance and a different number of eyes and extremities. For example, mother fomorian Kihol, Lota had four eyes which were placed on her back, and the swelled lips were on a chest. Some fomorians had on their shoulders heads of goats, horses and buffalos.
One of the most picturesque persons - the leader of Fomorians Balor. His father was Buarayneh, that is "buffalo-headed". One eye of Balor has been always shut, because it was so poisonous (venomous) that slayed everyone on whom its gaze dropped (the same eye was at Viy). "Neither gods, nor giants" couldn't save themselves from his glare. Therefore they had saved Balor life only on the condition that his killing eye would not cause injury to anybody . Here that is speaked about the eye of Balor in "The Battle of Mag Tuired" (Cath Maige Tuired) saga :
"The baneful eye was at him. This eye was opened only in the field of fight. Four persons were necessary to raise an eyelid of his eye by four polish rods passed through eyelids. The army which would look in this eye, could not resist, even if be in many thousands by number".
The "Destruction of Da Derg house" saga describe another Fomorian - swineherd Badb from the sid on Femen plane which has similar features with Balor: "squint-eyed [on the left eye] with a baneful eye".
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