Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Scottish Mythology - Oisin / Old Man of Cury

Oisin

The last of the Fianna warriors in Ireland, Oisin was a marvelous poet and singer who was also skilled and courageous in battle. St Patrick tried to convert Oisin to Christianity but he wanted no part of a Heaven in which there was no fighting or hunting.


Old Man of Cury

He saved the life of a stranded Mermaid and she granted him three wishes in return. He was a wise old man who never accepted her offer of visiting her underwater.


Reference: "Abbey Lubbers, Banshees & Boggarts. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies" by Katherine Briggs.

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