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Frodo Baggins · 04-25-2003, 06:21 AM

Actually Lore-master The Tuatha de Danaan were a real race. After they were ruined by theur conquerors the Fomorians they eventually mixed with them. The Fomorians were a breed of dark haried Celts from the Iberian Peninsula that may very well have had their origins in Phoenecia. Of course the name Tuatha de Danaan "people of the goddess Danu" is mythical. It seems that these fair people with light hair were quite familiar with arts of healing and magic. Of course, in the legends, both the Fomorians and the Danaans had Druids, and things got a bit nasty when a Fomorian and Danaan druid got in a fight.
It is said that the fair haired Celts are descended of these fair haired people, whoever they were. while the dark haired Celts are descended of the Iberian Fomorians.
History becomes legend and legend becomes myth, and just like a the rather unknown Arthur dux Bellorum and Uther Pendragon who were blown up into the great Arthur of Camelot, the de Danaas got blown out of proportion by the poetical liscence of bards and poets.

[ April 25, 2003: Message edited by: Frodo Baggins ]

04-25-2003, 06:21 AM	#13
Frodo Baggins Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Bag-End, Under-Hill, Hobbiton-across-the Water Posts: 606	Actually Lore-master The Tuatha de Danaan were a real race. After they were ruined by theur conquerors the Fomorians they eventually mixed with them. The Fomorians were a breed of dark haried Celts from the Iberian Peninsula that may very well have had their origins in Phoenecia. Of course the name Tuatha de Danaan "people of the goddess Danu" is mythical. It seems that these fair people with light hair were quite familiar with arts of healing and magic. Of course, in the legends, both the Fomorians and the Danaans had Druids, and things got a bit nasty when a Fomorian and Danaan druid got in a fight. It is said that the fair haired Celts are descended of these fair haired people, whoever they were. while the dark haired Celts are descended of the Iberian Fomorians. History becomes legend and legend becomes myth, and just like a the rather unknown Arthur dux Bellorum and Uther Pendragon who were blown up into the great Arthur of Camelot, the de Danaas got blown out of proportion by the poetical liscence of bards and poets. [ April 25, 2003: Message edited by: Frodo Baggins ] __________________ "I'm your huckleberry....that's just my game."