10 Creatures of Irish Mythology Ireland's long history is full of ancient mythology and folklore. Ancient Society of Ireland, Druids and Celtics, believe in the power of magic, and many of these beliefs spread to the legend of the modern world in many countries. The story of the soldier with all the knowledge about the world, fairies and leprechauns on a farm owner who hid their gold at the end of the rainbow adds to the mysterious allure of Ireland.

10 Creatures of Irish Mythology

Ireland's long history is full of ancient mythology and folklore. Ancient Society of Ireland, Druids and Celtics, believe in the power of magic, and many of these beliefs spread to the legend of the modern world in many countries. The story of the soldier with all the knowledge about the world, fairies and leprechauns on a farm owner who hid their gold at the end of the rainbow adds to the mysterious allure of Ireland.

10. Banshee

Banshee is the woman who brought death as a sign to someone. Sometimes you see a Banshee as an old woman dressed in rags, sometimes you see it as a young and beautiful and sometimes you see it as a woman who was washing clothes with blood stains.

Every time he looked, he cried with a terrible voice, and according to legend, this crying will bring death to family members who heard it. King James I of Scotland thought he was approached by a Banshee. Shortly afterward, he died at Earl, Atholl.

9. Pooka

The Pooka is a certain kind of fairy hunchback who created havoc in the world. Pooka appears at night in rural and coastal areas of Ireland. On a good day, Pooka will cause damage to agriculture, destroying fences and disturbing the animals. On a bad day, Pooka would stand outside the farmhouse and call people who were inside the house with their names.If anyone is hooked out, Pooka will take them away. Pooka also likes to mess with the ship pulled away from Ireland, and blamed for many shipwrecks along the rocky shore.

8. Changelings

According to legend, fairy women often give birth to children with disabilities. Because the sound is more pleasant fairy babies, they will go into the world and replace it with healthy human babies, and leave the Changeling. When Changeling looks like a human baby, he did not have the same emotional characteristics. Changeling was pleased when misfortune and sadness in the house.

Changeling Legend has lasted for centuries. William Shakespeare talks about her role in Changeling, "A Midsummer's Night Dream." "Three hundred years later, Scarlett O'Hara believed Rhett Butler's illegitimate child was a changeling in" Gone with the Wind. "

7. Dagda's Harp

In Irish mythology, Dagda was a high priest who has a large and beautiful harp. During the war, an enemy tribe stealing Dagda harp and took him to an abandoned castle. Dagda followed the tribe and was called to go where the lute. Dagda came to the harp and he began to play chordnya. Lute music was issued a sobering and everyone in the palace began to cry. Dagda hit another chord and play the harp, Music Mirth and all the soldiers began to laugh. Dagda then played the final chord and harp music issued lull everyone, so the Dagda could escape with his magical harp without getting hurt.

6. The Children of LIR

LIR children's story comes from the Irish mythological cycle. Winch is the ruler of the sea.He has a wife and four children. When the LIR's wife died, he married the sister of his wife, Aoife. Aoife jealous LIR with children and want to get rid of them. One day, Aoife to take the kids to the lake. While they swim, he mengucakpkan spell on them and transform the children into swans LIR. The children remain a swan because mantersa her magic, until they heard the sound of church bells.

Geese swim from lakes, rivers and streams through many years of waiting for the bell sounds, until St. Patrick came to Ireland and the children can be free from the curse after 900 years later.

5. St. Patrick

For most people, St. Patrick is the one who brings good day and green beer to pubs around the world. In fact, St. Patrick was not promoted to St. until many centuries after his death, and he's not Irish. St. Patrick was born in England in a wealthy family. During his childhood, he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Ireland. For many years in slavery, he converted to Christianity, and after his release, he spent the rest of his life teaching the Irish about Christianity, but he was soon forgotten after his death.

Not until years later, the pastor began to tell the story of St. Patrick who have forced all the snakes out of Ireland. Something that can never be done because there was never any snakes in Ireland.

4. Shamrock

3 green leaves of the Shamrock more than the unofficial symbol of Ireland and one of the marshmallows in Lucky Charms. Shamrock has a meaning for most of the historic culture of Ireland. The Druids believed that the Shamrock is a sacred plant that could ward off evil.Celtics Shamrock believed to have mystical properties because of three heart-shaped leaves of plants. Celtics believe that 3 is a sacred number. Some Christians also believe Shamrock has a special meaning, three leaves representing the Trinity.

3. Finn MacCool

Finn MacCool is a warrior mythology who appears in Irish legend. One popular story tells of a salmon who knows all the knowledge in the world. Finn decided to eat salmon to get knowledge. As he was cooking fish, juice spray out and burn the fingers Finn. Finn put his thumb into her mouth to stop the pain instantly and directly to master the knowledge that belongs to the salmon. Since then, anytime Finn sucked his thumb, he gained knowledge of whatever he was looking for.

2. Faeries

Faeries exist in some form in mythology around the world, but there is a special form of the Fairies (Fairy) from Ireland. Fairies in Irish society is considered very alive, and far from perinya Peter Pan, Tinker Bell. Irish fairies can take any shape he wants, but usually will choose a human form. They are said to be beautiful, strong and hard to resist, which is unfortunate because most of the Irish fairies is told often bring misfortune and bad luck to people who go.

1. Leprechaun

Leprechaun is probably the most widely known type of this type of fairies living in Ireland. Leprechaun legend has existed in Ireland since the Middle Ages. Traditionally, a Leprechaun is a fairy high and often appear to man as a parent, a far cry from the modern view of the fairy (small like a kid in a green dress).

According to legend, leprechauns like to collect the gold, which they store in a pot and hide it in the end of the rainbow. If humans managed to catch a Leprechaun, elf must grant three wishes this man before he can be released.