1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻Dec 9
#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `The #athach is a monster that haunted the #ScottishHighlands, killing passersby and throwing them into gorges or down rocky hills. Athachs included the female #luideag of #Skye and the male #díreach of #GlenEtive, who had one hand growing out of his chest and one eye in his forehead.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻Jul 4, 2024
#Celtic #BookologyThursday: `The #athach is a monster that haunted the #ScottishHighlands, killing passersby and throwing them into gorges or down rocky hills. Athachs included the female #luideag of #Skye and the male #díreach of #GlenEtive, who had one hand growing out of his chest and one eye in his forehead.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
https://twitter.com/curiousordinary/status/1379706565544923136?t=Oo3FFzudUvIASDSz_P0cEg&s=09
curious ordinary (@curiousordinary) on X

Glen Etive is a valley in the Scottish Highlands & is home to a peculiar monster known as Fachan. He has only one eye, one hand, one leg, one ear & one arm. He hates all living creatures & will attack humans with a spiked club if they enter his mountain realm. #WyrdWednesday 1/2

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