Tag: Fionn mac Cumhaill
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Caorthannach—A Fire-Spitting Demon
Considered by some to be the devil’s mother, by others as the forebearer of all things wild who claimed birth and death to herself, and yet others as the progenitor of all the gods, Caorthannach (KEER-hawn-nock) is known to the Celts as the Fire Spitter. An oilliphéist (great sea monster), she haunted swamps and lakes,…