An Chraobh Airgid

Person

Elatha

Elatha

King of the Fomorians, and father of Bres.

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Son of Delbáeth. He came over a calm sea in a boat of silver to Ériu, a woman of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and gave her a gold ring from his finger, which she kept for their son. When Bres came to him, driven out of his kingship, Elatha told him he should not win by injustice what he could not win by justice, but sent him on to Balor and Indech. After the battle, the Dagda’s harp hung on the wall of the hall where Elatha and Bres sat.

Kin and bonds

In the tales

  • The Second Battle of Mag Tuired A beautiful king who gives nothing, a stranger with every art, an eye no army can face, and a harp that plays sorrow, laughter and sleep.

See also

  • Balor The Fomorian champion whose evil eye no army could face; Lugh’s grandfather.
  • The Dagda’s Harp “Oak of two greens” and “four-angled music”: a harp with two names.
  • Indech King of the Fomorians at the second battle of Mag Tuired.
  • Tuatha Dé Danann The old gods of Ireland.

Sources

Medieval manuscript. Written down by Irish scholars between the eighth and seventeenth centuries.

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