Fomorian

American  

[foh-mawr-ee-uhn] / foʊˈmɔr i ən /

Also Fomor

noun

Irish Legend.

1. one of a race of pirates or sea demons who raided and pillaged Ireland but were finally defeated: sometimes associated with the hostile powers of nature.

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Example Sentences

They seemed a resplendent Fomorian phantom against the stars.

From The Coming of Cuculain by O'Grady, Standish

Fomor, a gigantic warrior, a giant; its primitive meaning is "a sea-robber," commonly called a Fomorian.

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

These battles are a parable—objective representations of a fact in the mental history of the ancient Irish—typifying the invisible war waged between Partholanian and Fomorian deities for the spiritual sovereignty of the Gael.

From Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. by O'Grady, Standish

"May ill luck follow thee," said one of the Fomorian leaders, in a voice loud and wrathful, "until thou get one of them, either a milch cow or a dry cow!"

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

Stronghold of Fomorian power, 101; invaded by Nemedians, 101 Tradaban´, The Well of.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)