Balor, the Glossary
In Irish mythology, Balor or Balar was a leader of the Fomorians, a group of malevolent supernatural beings, and considered the most formidable.[1]
Table of Contents
80 relations: Achill Island, Acrisius, Alexander Haggerty Krappe, Argus Panoptes, Énrí Ó Muirgheasa, Baldr, Ballindoon Friary, Basilisk, Belenus, Bellerophon, Biróg, Book of Leinster, Boydell & Brewer, Bracken, Bres, Cairn, Cath Maige Tuired, Cernunnos, Cethlenn, Chimera (mythology), Cian, Cliffs of Moher, County Mayo, County Monaghan, County Sligo, Crom Cruach, Crom Dubh, Cyclopes, Dáithí Ó hÓgáin, Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh, Egyptian mythology, Enniskillen, Ernst Windisch, Ethniu, Familiar, Farney (barony), Fionn mac Cumhaill, Fomorians, Glas Gaibhnenn, Goll mac Morna, Greek mythology, Gweedore, Hebrides, Hermes, Io (mythology), Irish mythology, Kingdom of Breifne, Leanan sídhe, Lebor Gabála Érenn, Lugh, ... Expand index (30 more) »
- Evil gods
- Eyes in culture
- Fomorians
- Irish gods
- Legendary Irish kings
Achill Island
Achill Island (Acaill, Oileán Acla) is the largest of the Irish isles and lies off the west coast of Ireland in County Mayo.
Acrisius
In Greek mythology, Acrisius (Ancient Greek: Ἀκρίσιος means 'ill-judgment') was a king of Argos.
Alexander Haggerty Krappe
Alexander Haggerty Krappe (6 July 1894 – 30 November 1947) was a folklorist and writer.
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Argus Panoptes
Argus or Argos Panoptes (Ἄργος Πανόπτης, "All-seeing Argos") is a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology. Balor and Argus Panoptes are eyes in culture.
Énrí Ó Muirgheasa
Énrí Ó Muirgheasa (Henry Morris) (14 January 1874 – 13 August 1945), was an Irish civil servant, Irish language scholar, folklore collector, historian and writer.
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Baldr
Baldr (Old Norse also Balder, Baldur) is a god in Germanic mythology.
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Ballindoon Friary
Ballindoon Friary was a Dominican priory beside Lough Arrow in County Sligo, Ireland.
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Basilisk
In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king, who causes death to those who look into its eyes.
Belenus
Belenus (Gaulish: Belenos, Belinos) is an ancient Celtic healing god.
Bellerophon
Bellerophon or Bellerophontes (Ancient Greek: Βελλεροφών; Βελλεροφόντης; lit. "slayer of Belleros") or Hipponous (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόνοος; lit.
Biróg
Biróg (Biroge of the Mountain, Birog), in Irish folklore is the leanan sídhe or the female familiar spirit of Cian who aids him in the folktale about his wooing of Balor's daughter Eithne.
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Book of Leinster
The Book of Leinster (Lebor Laignech, LL) is a medieval Irish manuscript compiled and now kept in Trinity College Dublin, under the shelfmark MS H 2.18 (cat. 1339).
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Boydell & Brewer
Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Martlesham, Suffolk, England, that specializes in publishing historical and critical works.
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Bracken
Bracken (Pteridium) is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae.
Bres
In Irish mythology, Bres (or Bress) was a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Balor and Bres are Fomorians.
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Cairn
A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound.
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Cath Maige Tuired
Cath Maige Tuired (modern spelling: Cath Maighe Tuireadh) is the name of two saga texts of the Mythological Cycle of Irish mythology. Balor and Cath Maige Tuired are Fomorians.
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Cernunnos
In ancient Celtic and Gallo-Roman religion, Cernunnos or Carnonos is a god depicted with antlers, seated cross-legged, and is associated with stags, horned serpents, dogs and bulls.
Cethlenn
In Irish mythology, Caitlín (italic) was the wife of Balor of the Fomorians and, by him, the mother of Ethniu. Balor and Cethlenn are Fomorians.
Chimera (mythology)
According to Greek mythology, the Chimera, Chimaera, Chimæra, or Khimaira (she-goat) was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature from Lycia, Asia Minor, composed of different animal parts.
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Cian
In Irish mythology, Cian or Cían, nicknamed Scal Balb, was the son of Dian Cecht, the physician of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and best known as the father of Lugh Lamhfada. Balor and Cian are Irish gods.
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Cliffs of Moher
The Cliffs of Moher are sea cliffs located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland.
County Mayo
County Mayo is a county in Ireland.
County Monaghan
County Monaghan (Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland.
County Sligo
County Sligo (Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland.
Crom Cruach
Crom Cruach (Cromm Crúaich) was a pagan god of pre-Christian Ireland. Balor and Crom Cruach are Irish gods.
Crom Dubh
Crom Dubh (meaning "black crooked "; also Crum Dubh, Dark Crom) is a mythological and folkloric figure of Ireland, based on the god Crom Cruach, mentioned in the 12th-century dinnseanchas of Magh Slécht. Balor and crom Dubh are Irish gods.
Cyclopes
In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes (Κύκλωπες, Kýklōpes, "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; singular Cyclops; Κύκλωψ, Kýklōps) are giant one-eyed creatures.
Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
Dáithí Ó hÓgáin (13 June 1949 – 11 December 2011), Irish folklorist, was professor of Irish folklore at University College Dublin.
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh, also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius (fl. 1643 – January 1671) was an Irish scribe, translator, historian and genealogist.
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Egyptian mythology
Egyptian mythology is the collection of myths from ancient Egypt, which describe the actions of the Egyptian gods as a means of understanding the world around them.
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Enniskillen
Enniskillen (from Inis Ceithleann, 'Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
Ernst Windisch
Ernst Wilhelm Oskar Windisch (4 September 1844, Dresden30 October 1918, Leipzig) was a German classical philologist and comparative linguist who specialised in Sanskrit, Celtic and Indo-European studies.
Ethniu
In Irish mythology, Ethniu (Eithne) in modern spelling, is the daughter of the Fomorian leader Balor, and the mother of Lugh. Balor and Ethniu are Fomorians.
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Familiar
In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods, familiars (strictly familiar spirits, as "familiar" also meant just "close friend" or companion, and may be seen in the scientific name for dog, Canis familiaris) were believed to be supernatural entities, interdimensional beings, or spiritual guardians that would protect or assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic, divination, and spiritual insight.
Farney (barony)
Farney is a barony in County Monaghan, Ireland.
Fionn mac Cumhaill
Fionn mac Cumhaill (Scottish Gaelic:; Old and Find or Finn mac Cumail or mac Umaill), often anglicized Finn McCool or MacCool, is a hero in Irish mythology, as well as in later Scottish and Manx folklore.
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Fomorians
The Fomorians or Fomori (Fomóire, Modern Fomhóraigh / Fomóraigh) are a supernatural race in Irish mythology, who are often portrayed as hostile and monstrous beings.
Glas Gaibhnenn
Glas Gaibhnenn (Glas Gaibhnenn, Glas Ghaibhleann; Hiberno-English: Glas Gaivlen; Gloss Gavlen: pronunciation guide:/glas-gav-e-lan/), in Irish folklore, is a prized fabulous cow of bounty (fertility) that yields profuse quantities of milk.
Goll mac Morna
Goll mac Morna (or Goal mac Morn) was a member of the fianna and an uneasy ally of Fionn mac Cumhail in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.
Gweedore
Gweedore (officially known by its Irish language name, italics) is a Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) district and parish located on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal in the north-west of Ireland.
Hebrides
The Hebrides (Innse Gall,; Southern isles) are an archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland.
Hermes
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology considered the herald of the gods.
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Io (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Io (Ἰώ) was one of the mortal lovers of Zeus.
Irish mythology
Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland.
Kingdom of Breifne
The Kingdom of Breifne or Bréifne, anglicized as Breffny, was a medieval overkingdom in Gaelic Ireland.
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Leanan sídhe
The leannán sídhe (leannan sìth, lhiannan shee) is a figure from Irish folklore.
Lebor Gabála Érenn
Lebor Gabála Érenn (literally "The Book of the Taking of Ireland"; Modern Irish spelling: Leabhar Gabhála Éireann, known in English as The Book of Invasions) is a collection of poems and prose narratives in the Irish language intended to be a history of Ireland and the Irish from the creation of the world to the Middle Ages.
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Lugh
Lugh or Lug (Lú) is a figure in Irish mythology.
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Lughnasadh
Lughnasadh, Lughnasa or Lúnasa is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season.
Manannán mac Lir
italic or italic, also known as italic ('son of the Sea'), is a sea god, warrior, and king of the otherworld in Gaelic (Irish, Manx, and Scottish) mythology who is one of the italic. Balor and Manannán mac Lir are Fomorians and Irish gods.
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Marie Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville
Marie Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville (5 December 1827 – 26 February 1910) was a French historian, philologist and Celtic scholar.
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Máire MacNeill
Máire MacNeill (7 December 1904 – 15 May 1987) was an Irish journalist, folklorist and translator.
Mizen Head
Mizen Head (Carn Uí Néid) is traditionally regarded as the most southerly point of mainland Ireland although Brow Head is the actual southernmost point.
Mythological Cycle
The Mythological Cycle is a conventional grouping within Irish mythology.
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Neit
In Irish mythology Neit (Néit, Nét, Neith) was a god of war. Balor and Neit are Irish gods.
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Nuada Airgetlám
In Irish mythology, Nuada or Nuadu (modern spelling: Nuadha), known by the epithet Airgetlám (Airgeadlámh, meaning "silver hand/arm"), was the first king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Balor and Nuada Airgetlám are Irish gods.
Osiris myth
The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient Egyptian mythology.
Perseus
In Greek mythology, Perseus (Greek: Περσεύς, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty.
Potion
A potion is a liquid "that contains medicine, poison, or something that is supposed to have magic powers." It derives from the Latin word potio which refers to a drink or the act of drinking.
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Prentice Hall
Prentice Hall was a major American educational publisher.
Proto-Celtic language
Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, is the hypothetical ancestral proto-language of all known Celtic languages, and a descendant of Proto-Indo-European.
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Ringfort
Ringforts or ring forts are small circular fortified settlements built during the Bronze Age, Iron Age and early Middle Ages up to about the year 1000 AD.
River Erne
The River Erne (Abhainn na hÉirne or An Éirne) in the northwest of the island of Ireland, is the second-longest river in Ulster, flowing through Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and forming part of their border.
Rockabill
Rockabill is a pair of islands in the western Irish Sea about 6 kilometres east-north-east of Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland.
Roderick O'Flaherty
Roderick O'Flaherty (Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh; 1629–1718 or 1716) was an Irish historian.
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Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences.
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Russian fairy tale
A Russian fairy tale or folktale (ска́зка; skazka; "story"; plural translit) is a fairy tale from Russia.
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Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick (Patricius; Pádraig or; Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland.
Sling (weapon)
A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to hand-throw a blunt projectile such as a stone, clay, or lead "sling-bullet".
Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Sponge
Sponges (also known as sea sponges), the members of the phylum Porifera (meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts.
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Tory Island
Tory Island, or simply Tory, is an island 14.5 kilometres (7+3⁄4 nautical miles) off the north-west coast of County Donegal, Ireland.
Tuatha Dé Danann
The Tuatha Dé Danann (meaning "the folk of the goddess Danu"), also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé ("tribe of the gods"), are a supernatural race in Irish mythology.
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Viy (story)
"Viy" (Вий), also translated as "The Viy", is a horror novella by the writer Nikolai Gogol, first published in volume 2 of his collection of tales entitled Mirgorod (1835).
Welsh mythology
Welsh mythology consists of both folk traditions developed in Wales, and traditions developed by the Celtic Britons elsewhere before the end of the first millennium.
William Hamilton Maxwell
William Hamilton Maxwell (30 June 1792 in Newry, County Down, Ireland – 29 December 1850 in Musselburgh, Scotland) was an Irish novelist.
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William Ralston Shedden-Ralston
William Ralston Shedden-Ralston (1828–1889), known in his early life as William Ralston Shedden, who later adopted the additional surname of Ralston, was a noted British scholar and translator of Russia and Russian.
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Ysbaddaden
Ysbaddaden Bencawr; "Ysbaddaden, Chief of Giants" (from roots meaning "hawthorn" or "infertile" - or perhaps implying both meanings), is the primary antagonist of the Welsh romance Culhwch and Olwen.
See also
Evil gods
- Abonsam
- Ahriman
- Aipaloovik
- Amatsu-Mikaboshi
- Apep
- Arimanius
- Ba-Pef
- Baal
- Balor
- Camazotz
- Chernobog and Belobog
- Daemones Ceramici
- Dark lord
- Erlik
- Four Perils
- Gonggong
- Guayota
- Hanbi
- Kroni
- Lucifer
- Mara (demon)
- Moloch
- Nyarlathotep
- Pazuzu
- Ravana
- Set (deity)
- Ulupoka
- Unicron
- Vritra
- Wen Shen
- Whiro
- Yaldabaoth
Eyes in culture
- Argus Panoptes
- Balor
- Buda (folklore)
- Cyrillic O variants
- Evil eye
- Eye (Centaur Publications)
- Eye liner
- Eye of Horus
- Eye of Providence
- Eye of Ra
- Eye-cup
- Eyelid glue
- Eyes of Buddha
- God's eye
- Googly eyed doll
- Googly eyes
- Ophanim
- Unown
Fomorians
- Balor
- Battle of Mag Itha
- Bres
- Cath Maige Tuired
- Cethlenn
- Cichol Gricenchos
- Conand (mythology)
- Elatha
- Ethniu
- Fomorians
- Manannán mac Lir
- Sengann
- Tethra
Irish gods
- Abarta
- Abhean
- Aed (god)
- Aengus
- Aoi Mac Ollamain
- Balor
- Bile (Irish legend)
- Bodb Derg
- Brian (mythology)
- Cian
- Conand (mythology)
- Creidhne
- Crom Cruach
- Crom Dubh
- Dian Cecht
- Donn
- Ecne
- Elatha
- Goibniu
- Lir
- Luchtaine
- Manannán mac Lir
- Midir
- Mug Ruith
- Nechtan (mythology)
- Neit
- Nemglan
- Nuada Airgetlám
- Ogma
- Tethra
- The Dagda
Legendary Irish kings
- Íar mac Dedad
- Ailill Aulom
- Ailill Olcháin
- Ailill mac Máta
- Anguish of Ireland
- Aonghus mac Úmhór
- Balor
- Bile (Irish legend)
- Cúscraid
- Cairbre Nia Fer
- Conchobar mac Nessa
- Corc mac Luigthig
- Dáire Cerbba
- Deda mac Sin
- Fergus mac Léti
- Fergus mac Róich
- Fiachu Muillethan
- Lugaid Mend
- Maen
- Tipraiti Tireach
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balor
Also known as Baalor, Balor of the Evil Eye, Balour, Bolar, Buarainech, Eye of Balor, King Balor.
, Lughnasadh, Manannán mac Lir, Marie Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville, Máire MacNeill, Mizen Head, Mythological Cycle, Neit, Nuada Airgetlám, Osiris myth, Perseus, Potion, Prentice Hall, Proto-Celtic language, Ringfort, River Erne, Rockabill, Roderick O'Flaherty, Royal Irish Academy, Russian fairy tale, Saint Patrick, Sling (weapon), Species, Sponge, Tory Island, Tuatha Dé Danann, Viy (story), Welsh mythology, William Hamilton Maxwell, William Ralston Shedden-Ralston, Ysbaddaden.