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The Four Cities

Falias, Gorias, Findias and Murias, where the Tuatha Dé Danann learned their arts.

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In the northern islands of the world, says Cath Maige Tuired, the Tuatha Dé Danann learned lore and druidry and wizardry in four cities, each with its sage: Morfesa in Falias, Esras in Gorias, Uscias in Findias and Semias in Murias. From them came the four treasures: the Stone of Fál from Falias, the Spear of Lugh from Gorias, the Sword of Nuada from Findias and the Dagda’s Cauldron from Murias. Keating puts the cities in Lochlann, and his verse gives Lugh a sword from Gorias and a spear from Finias.

In the tales

  • The Coming of the Tuatha Dé Danann They burned their ships on the shore, and for three days a druid’s mist hid them. Then they sent word to the people who held Ireland: half the land, or a battle.

See also

Sources

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

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