#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Corann was the best of the harpers of the Dagda’s household; he was harper to the Dagda's son, Diancecht. And one time he called with his harp to Cailcheir, one of the swine of Debrann. And it ran northward with all the strength of its legs, and the champions of Connacht were following after it with all their strength of running, and their hounds with them, till they got as far as Ceis Corain, and they gave it up there, all except Niall that went on the track of the swine till he found it in the oak-wood of Tarba, and then it made away over the plain of Ai, and through a lake. And Niall and his hound were drowned in following it through the lake. And the Dagda gave Corann a great tract of land for doing his harping so well.`
Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook

#MythologyMonday Ffynnon Dyfnog [St Dyfnog's Well] and Ffynnon Wenffrewi [St Winefride's Well] are two of the numerous Welsh wells and springs believed to have healing properties. People are recorded as visiting the sites to bathe in the restorative [and often freezing] waters since medieval times.

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `The Dagda had his household at Brugh na Boinne, and his steward was Dichu, and Len Linfiaclach was the smith of the Brugh. It was he lived in the lake, making the bright vessels of Fand, daughter of Flidhais; and every evening when he left off work he would make a cast of the anvil eastward to Indeoin na Dese, the Anvil of the Dese, as far as the Grave End. Three showers it used to cast, a shower of fire, and a shower of water, and a shower of precious stones of pure purple.`
Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Before the battle at Magh Tuireadh, #Lugh spoke to the whole army and put strength in them, so that each one had the spirit in him of a king or a great lord.`
Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook

1/2 Actaeon was a renowned hunter and hero who inadvertently came across the virgin goddess Artemis in her bath. In her anger, the goddess transformed him into a stag. 🎨Arthur Rackham www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3514... #art #MythologyMonday #illustration #mythology #folklore #vintage

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How King Minos died in the realm of King Cochalus varies, but it is always from a bath. In some versions, Cochalus or his daughters pour boiling water upon him, but most famously it is Daedalus himself, ingenious pipes boiling the bath, who gets his revenge. #MythologyMonday