--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, makeenan <makeenan@M...> wrote:
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> >Hallo!
> >
> >makeenan wrote:
> >
> >> The folowing information is folkloric rather than linguistic:
> >>
> >> Every time I read about the supposed conection between insular
Celtic and
> >> Semitic, I remember the Fomorians.
> >>
> >> Ireland has a large, preliterate history which is almost *never*
taken
> >> seriously as history. Today it is thought of as mythology.
> >>
> >> Curiously, in this history, three previous peoples are mentioned
as having
> >> lived in Ireland before the Milesians (Celtic speakers) arrived.
The Tuatha
> de
> >> Danaan, the Firbolg and the Fomorians. The Fomorians are also
called the
> "Sea
> >> People" and are said to have come from North Africa. ;)
> >>
> >> More grist for the mill!!!!
> >
> >Actually, in my concultural construction, the Tuatha de Danaan and
> >the Fir Bolg figure as "British Elves" and "British Dwarves",
> >respectively. I don't know what to say about the monstrous
Fomorians,
> >though.
>
> The fomorians were not always portrayed as monsters. Sometimes they
are just
> described as dark haired and darker skinned than the Celts. But
they are
> always said to be the first inhabitants of the island.
>
> Duke
Were there British trolls?
The "original inhabitants" were, according to some, giants;
and, rent had eventually to be paid to them.
Doesn't "troll" mean "giant", sort-of more-or-less?
If you have any data that the Fomorians were in any way gigantic,
make them giants; otherwise, if you have any information that they
may have been in any way trollish, make them trolls. Or if you just
feel like making them Tories, make them trolls. Or Morlocks.
Or, if you want them to be Liberals, make them dodoes.
Tom H.C. in MI