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| − | * '''Dermot:''' Diarmuid; in the Finnian tradition of Irish mythology, Diarmuid and Gráinne are the counterparts of Tristan and Isolde; Diarmuid was the nephew of the Irish hero [[Fionn mac Cumhail|Finn Mac Cool]]; Gráinne, the daughter of the High King, had been promised to Finn, but when she saw that he was too old she cast a love spell on Diarmuid and the two eloped; they ran away but Finn's pursuit prevented them from spending two consecutive nights in the same place; megalithic monuments in Ireland are still referred to as "the bed of Grainne and Diarmuid" → [[redtom]] on the same page | + | * '''Dermot:''' Diarmuid; in the Finnian tradition of Irish mythology, Diarmuid and Gráinne are the counterparts of Tristan and Isolde; Diarmuid was the nephew of the Irish hero [[Fionn mac Cumhail|Finn Mac Cool]]; Gráinne, the daughter of the High King, had been promised to Finn, but when she saw that he was too old she cast a love spell on Diarmuid and the two eloped; they ran away but Finn's pursuit prevented them from spending two consecutive nights in the same place; megalithic monuments in Ireland are still referred to as "the bed of Grainne and Diarmuid" → [[be redtom]] on the same page |
Latest revision as of 13:42, 15 November 2010
- be damned!
- by Dermot!
- Dermot: Diarmuid; in the Finnian tradition of Irish mythology, Diarmuid and Gráinne are the counterparts of Tristan and Isolde; Diarmuid was the nephew of the Irish hero Finn Mac Cool; Gráinne, the daughter of the High King, had been promised to Finn, but when she saw that he was too old she cast a love spell on Diarmuid and the two eloped; they ran away but Finn's pursuit prevented them from spending two consecutive nights in the same place; megalithic monuments in Ireland are still referred to as "the bed of Grainne and Diarmuid" → be redtom on the same page
