Fomorian
Americannoun
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He said the planning inspector noted that Fomorian was "an innovative design" that "would help raise the standards of design in the rural area more generally".
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The house has been named Fomorian - meaning a supernatural race of giants in Irish mythology - taking inspiration from the mythical giant Rombald who is told to have lived on Ilkley Moor.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
He led the rebellion of the gods against the Fomorian giants who had previously reduced them to a condition of intolerable slavery.
From The Coming of Cuculain by Standish O'Grady
Lugh was a kind of counterpart to Bres; he was the son of Cian, a Danaan, and a daughter of the Fomorian champion Balor of the Mighty Blows, or of the Evil Eye.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
The story, then, goes that Balor, the Fomorian king, heard in a Druidic prophecy that he would be slain by his grandson.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
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