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== Notes == | |||
* Tír na nÓg translates to "Land of the Young" is the name of the [[Wikipedia:Celtic_Otherworld|Celtic otherworld]] in [[Wikipedia:Irish_mythology|Irish mythology]]. | |||
** It is described as the home of the [[Wikipedia:Tuatha_Dé_Danann|Tuatha Dé Danann]] or "the folk of the goddess [[Wikipedia:Danu_(Irish_goddess)|Danu]]", the gods of pre-Christian Ireland, who engage in poetry, music, entertainment. | |||
* The world itself in-game is composed of multiple mythologies belonging not only of Celtic origins but also of many other European myths and tales. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Balor}}, in Irish mythology, was the leader of the [[Wikipedia:Fomorians|Fomorians]], a group of malevolent supernatural beings, but he was defeated by his own grandson who was part of the Tuatha Dé Danann. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Barguest}} is primarily of Nothern English folklore, described as a large black bear or dog that serves as an omen of death. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Cu Sith}}, {{Transient icon|Leanan Sidhe}}, and {{Transient icon|Cait Sith}} are supernatural beings of Celtic origin and depending on the region is spelled differently; often called "sith" when in the Scottish Gaelic language or "sídhe" in the Irish language. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Fisher King}} comes from the story [[Wikipedia:Perceval,_the_Story_of_the_Grail|Perceval, the Story of the Grail]] by a French poet though the character's roots may have Celtic origins. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Krampus}} is a Central European creature that punished children who misbehave on the Christmas season. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Leib}} is a deity in Sami mythology and worshipped by the Sami people inhabiting the cultural region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula within the Murmansk Oblast of Russia. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Melusine}} has stories that vary in multiple parts of Europe though is usually connected to and associated with the northern and western parts of France. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Yule}} origin in Tir na nOg is through his connection as being one of Santa Claus' reindeer, who is often noted as a Westernized depiction of St. Nicholas or Sinterklaas, a legendary figure in some European countries. | |||
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