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23rd March 09, 09:06 PM
#8
 Originally Posted by Nighthawk
You remember correctly. All Celtic fairy folk were at the least miscreant, if not downright sadistic. I've been reading a lot of books on Celtic mythology lately... They had a very vivid system of superstition.
What's more odd is some of the stories about the ancient beliefs clashing with the spread of Christianity. One could assume that those legends were propaganda of the spread, though who really knows. Perhaps the tuath De danin (who I know I prob. spelled wrong) really did leave after a priest told them they had no soul and were not welcome under the new religion.
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