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

At the second battle, Nuada loses his life; at the first, though his forces are victorious, his hand was cut off by the Fomorian Sreng, for even when victorious the gods must suffer.

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

The Tyranny of the Fomorians Elatha recognised the ring, and gave his son an army wherewith to reconquer Ireland, and also sent him to seek further aid from the greatest of the Fomorian kings, Balor.

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

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

From The Coming of Cuculain by O'Grady, Standish

They seemed a resplendent Fomorian phantom against the stars.

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