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In [[Irish mythology]], '''Uaithne''' is the [[harp]] which belongs to [[The Dagda]]. It is sometimes called Dur da Blá, The Oak of Two Blossoms, and sometimes Coir cethar chuin, the Four Angled Music. |
In [[Irish mythology]], '''Uaithne''' is the [[harp]] which belongs to [[The Dagda]]. It is sometimes called Dur da Blá, The Oak of Two Blossoms, and sometimes Coir cethar chuin, the Four Angled Music. |
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After the [[Second Battle of Mag Tuired]] the [[Fomorian]]'s had taken [[The Dagda]]'s harp with them. The Dagda found it in a feasting-house wherein [[Bres]] and his father [[Elathan]] were also. The Dagda had bound the music so that it would not sound until he would call to it. After he called to it, it sprang from the wall, came to the Dagda and killed nine men on it's way. |
After the [[Second Battle of Mag Tuired]] the [[Fomorian]]'s had taken [[The Dagda]]'s harp with them. The Dagda found it in a feasting-house wherein [[Bres]] and his father [[Elathan]] were also. The Dagda had bound the music so that it would not sound until he would call to it. After he called to it, it sprang from the wall, came to the Dagda and killed nine men on it's way.<ref>[[[Lady Gregory]] http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/gafm/gafm07.htm</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:49, 29 July 2010
In Irish mythology, Uaithne is the harp which belongs to The Dagda. It is sometimes called Dur da Blá, The Oak of Two Blossoms, and sometimes Coir cethar chuin, the Four Angled Music.
After the Second Battle of Mag Tuired the Fomorian's had taken The Dagda's harp with them. The Dagda found it in a feasting-house wherein Bres and his father Elathan were also. The Dagda had bound the music so that it would not sound until he would call to it. After he called to it, it sprang from the wall, came to the Dagda and killed nine men on it's way.[1]
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- ^ [[[Lady Gregory]] http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/gafm/gafm07.htm