NeuKelte on Nostr: #Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: „In Mallow there is a deep cave beneath Castlecor, where ...

#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: „In Mallow there is a deep cave beneath Castlecor, where they say many treasures lie glittering, guarded by a white cat that was once a queen called Aeibhill, until she was enchanted by her sister. Once a year the cat can again become human for a week at midsummer, appearing as a beautiful maiden of twenty.
She is regarded as the guardian spirit of the Dalcassian race, and Queen of the Fairies of North Munster. The King of Ireland, Brian Ború, is reported as saying on the evening of the Battle Clontarf that Aeibhill came to him the previous night and told him he should fall that day.“
Source: Midsummer Bonfire Night | Folk and Fairy Tales from the Emerald Island