It's because of these Irish roots that we have plenty of Halloween-worthy Irish legends and myths. The Celts believed ... de Danann are oppressed by the Fomorians. After the high king gives ...

Breas raised an army of Fomorians based in the ... de Danann were defeated and consigned to mythology. Legend has it that they were allowed to stay in Ireland, but only underground.

In Irish mythology, the Fomorians were a race of ferocious monsters who for a time contested power with the more enlightened, magic-making Tuatha Dé Danann. The most infamous Fomorian was Balor ...

2. BALOR // ONE-EYED GOD OF DEATH In Irish mythology, Balor was the king of the Fomorians, a race of giants who were said to be early settlers of Ireland. Balor, much like the cyclops ...

Similarly, Greek mythology is all about the Celtic gods of life and light, who wage a constant struggle against the Fomorians, ancient gods of death and darkness. In the Greek myth of the ...