Why, ye wall-eyed auld Fomorian, if ye'd been in charge of the Cattle Raid of Cooley, the Brown Bull would still be chewin 'cud in his meaddy!. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Makeshift Rocket - Poul Anderson] Reference
Why, ye wall-eyed auld Fomorian, if ye'd been in charge of the Cattle Raid of Cooley, the Brown Bull would still be chewin' cud in his meaddy!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
Then there is the threat of Fomorian war on the horizon, and as the high-priestess of a warrior Goddess, Shannon must lead the people of Partholon into battle. From Wordnik.com. [Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books] Reference
Fomorian women bowed their heads in slumber; the little children crept to their mothers 'laps; the old men nodded; and the young warriors drooped in their seats and closed their eyes: one after another all the. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference
When they heard that, gently, gently, the Fomorian women bowed their heads in slumber; the little children crept to their mothers 'laps; the old men nodded; and the young warriors drooped in their seats and closed their eyes: one after another all the Fomorians sank into sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling] Reference
Fomorian sea-king or pirate, and he repaired to his court. From Wordnik.com. [An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800] Reference
Of Fomorian descent on the mother's side, he joined his father's people, the Tuátha. From Wordnik.com. [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.] Reference
In the mythological cycle he is the deliverer of the De Danaans from the Fomorian oppression. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow House of Lugh] Reference
Bres, the half-Fomorian former king of the Tuatha Dé, alone and unprotected on the battlefield, and Bres begs for his life. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Gods, took refuge with his father the Fomorian king beyond the western sea; who gave him an army with which to reconquer his lost dominions. From Wordnik.com. [The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19] Reference
All the while the Demon Dactyl, Bestesbulzibar, and his dark force of goblins, powries and Fomorian giants are intent on taking over the world. From Wordnik.com. [All articles at Blogcritics] Reference
Lug faces Balor, who opens his terrible, poisonous eye that kills all it looks upon, but Lug shoots a sling-stone that drives his eye out the back of his head, wreaking havoc on the Fomorian army behind. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
My New project (titled "Shadow-Root") Is a Dark Urban Fantasy webcomic telling the story of Branwen MacBalor, A Fomorian warrior in Modern times who is slowly becoming embroiled in a battle against a powerful "Evil". From Wordnik.com. [COMIXTALK] Reference
These battles are a parable -- objective representations of a fact in the mental history of the ancient Irish -- typifying the invisible war waged between Partholanian and Fomorian deities for the spiritual sovereignty of the Gael. From Wordnik.com. [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.] Reference
So we see Bres of that dual lineage: with magic from his Danaan mother, and blackness from his Fomorian father: the Atlanteans, inheriting mind from the Manasaputra, but turning their divine inheritance to the uses of chaos and night. From Wordnik.com. [The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19] Reference
Satire of Cairbré -- Termination of the Fomorian Dynasty. From Wordnik.com. [An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800] Reference
Danaans; in character he was Fomorian altogether. From Wordnik.com. [The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19] Reference
Forces: Titans, Giants, Ogres, Fomorian, Dragons, Wyverns, Archons. From Wordnik.com. [D / RPG News] Reference
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