Tor Mór was a tower without doors and only windows, where Balor of the Evil Eye locked his daughter Ethniu away: she was destined to give birth to the child that would slay the Fomorian chief, and so he fearfully locked her away. Yet destiny has its way. #LegendaryWednesday
#Celtic#FolkloreThursday: Balor lasted long in #Irish folklore, where he appears as a pirate living on #ToryIsland, off the northwest coast, and struggling against those who would steal his magical cow.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
Tory Island, photocredits 1. Neu-Kelte
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