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

"We will go into the battle with you," said they; "and each of us will ward off from you a hundred of the Fomorian warriors."

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

M. D'Arbois assumes that Tethra, a Fomorian, is lord of Elysium, and that after his defeat by the Tuatha Déa, he, like Kronos, took refuge there, and now reigns as lord of the dead.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.

Shapes of Death and Horror, Fomorian apparitions, guarded the entrance.

From The Coming of Cuculain by O'Grady, Standish

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

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)