Is it probable that, like most myths, it is allegorical? The Fomorians represent the ugly, harsh, cruel forces of nature: wild beasts, blight, cold winters, plagues, etc. The Tuatha De represent the skills needed to overcome the dark forces (hence, they were all craftsmen of some type). The stories teach lessons about how those crafts are used to deflect and/or defeat the darker powers of nature inherent in the island (but viewed as cruel and otherly). That is why the Tuatha De became the aes sidhe, and the Irish invoke their memory to combat their contemporary woes. Interestingly, as the Sidhe became increasingly identified with natural forces, they began developing darker characteristics as well.

It feels like all of these massive, deformed, multi-limbed beings of power and destruction - coupled with their small, stronger, more human-shaped counterparts in legend - seem to represent the human outlook of the universe: first, there was chaos, lack of direction, and raw, untapped energy that simply existed; second, everything calmed down, gained form, stability, and though less powerful than before, its potential had a purpose - a reason for being. Fascinating!

Oooh yeah Adrien von Ziegler, excellent choice in music man

Fomorians, Titans and Jötunns who have a war against another powerful race. These myths and legends across Europe seem to have very similar lore. I like it.

I like that you used the balor from kingdoms of Amalur: reckoning

"they were all slain...." Nice touch, saying this while 2000AD's Slaine artwork was on screen.

I would love to see a video on the Celtic hero Cú Chulainn

This is awesome! I would like to see myths and legends on Polynesian/Southeast Asian cultures too. Or Hawaiian even. Thanks for these videos. They are in-depth and very informative.

Please do more on Irish mythology! I love my heritage and would love to hear more of my ancestral brethren’s lore.

2:38 Can I just mention that the two dudes in the middle lower part of this picture are the two coolest looking dudes ever. There's the one guy with the wild red hair and a bitchin' mustache, and the guy in a helmet that looks like it was modeled after the Avenged Sevenfold logo.

I love that you used Adrian's music.

I always took Tuatha and Fomorians as 2 alien races who were trying to settle in Ireland. The way Balor is shown, makes me think of laser-weapon...I believe the whole coming of Tuatha to Ireland was described almost one to one as a huge spaceship landing in a valley. The advancements they had was also pretty cool, bionics, regeneration, weapons of great power...

Michael Moorcock used these guys as the villains of the Corum Chronicles. Well, a version of them called the Fhoi Myore.

There is a MMORPG that revolves around the war and relations between the Tuatha De Danann and the Fomorians, and specifically the introduction of the Milesians. It's called Mabinogi online. In the game the stories based on Welsh/Celtic tales, names and events are skewed with some minor characters given prominent roles or significant characters become names of places or items instead; vice versa.

Where do you get all this great art? Almost all I ever find is third rate anime/comic sketches. This is my new favorite channel- keep up the great work!! Edit: I imagine the Fomorians sort of like Japanese oni, maybe with a touch of Satyr. Of course I've only recently been getting into Irish Mythology :)

I have had a strong suspicion for some time that the formorians may also have referred to the people the Celts forms already living in ireland when they arrived. They must have met the decedent's of those who built the dolmens and newgrange.

Exploring phonetics and phonology it is interesting to explore the root meanings of the names in Irish mythology. Like: Fintan - protector and light yellowish brown. Nemed - sent out on a mission. De Danann - of Impressive excellence. Aos Sidhe - good at secrecy or being hidden. Milesians - small, supple and agile. Fomorians - large ones of the Orion constellation. Partholon - who work together as a unit/whole. (community). Cichol Gricenchos the meaning 'of withered feet' reminds me of Acromegaly. People with this condition often walk with a gait that gives the impression of sore legs or feet.

I just realized the game kingdoms of amular the reckoning has like all the Celtic mythology monsters and people even if it's just names like the tuatha or the balor

My Nan always said that the Fomorions where the descendants of Noah via his son Hamm. This always made me happy because our family, the McGee's were a rowdy and ultimately against the grain of society sort. Heck my great grandma was a bootlegger and forager

I have been bin watching your videos since march, including same videos over and over because they ARE AWESOME!!! And your voice is hypnotic!!!!

And I thought Fomorian was just a nonsense word DE made up for Vay Hek's super weapons in Warframe.

Loving these Irish Mythology videos. I wrote a twelve-paged research paper my senior year in high school about this topic, so it's refreshing to see someone else's knowledge on the topic.

Love your content, very informative. I like how you cover a variety of cultures and beliefs. Irish mythology is something I’ve honestly never really looked into, but now I’m going to lol

Could formorians be Neanderthal? Or maybe a society of coastal, sailor cave Men?

I think people are just taking what the Leabhar Gabhala Éireann says as pure fact and ignore any sort of analysis of Ancient Irish Pantheon. OG Irish Pantheon was close to the original Proto Indo European religion, due to the irish isolating themselves in their island, thus their religion was hardly corrupted. The fomhóraigh cannot be seen as the jotnar or the titans, because in the original Indo European religion, such concept was non existant. In Ireland, the fomhóraigh really means "The ones below the sea", as spirits of waters and rivers, like the Aos Sí, who are spirits of hollow mounds. The Gaulish religion does not speak of the concept of fomhóraigh, since it was probable non existant, same among the ancient welsh. The Gods of Ireland, closely resemble their Indo European counterpart. An Daghdha is what we know as the Sky Father, for his name developed from the proto celtic god Dago Devos*, and he is the equivalent with Taranis in Gaul. Tailtiu is basically the Earth Mother Goddess, because her name developed from Talantio* which means "The Earth" and in reality she was the consort of An Daghdha. Conchobhar, Fearghus and Cú Raoi are all euhemerized gods. This means that christian writers, decided to depict these gods as mere legendary kings and heroes, thus stripping their divinity. Conchobhar basically is Zeus, however, he does not hurl lighting, that's the role of An Daghdha. In this case, Conchobhar behaves just like Ódinn or Varunah does. He is a god of kingship and oaths. His name basically developed from Cuno Coboros* which, according to the meaning given by Garreth Olmsted in his book -Gods of the Celts and the Indo Europeans-, it means "He who is victorious because of a hound", thus an allusion to Cú Chulainn, his true son. The name of Cichol aka Cíochal in modern irish, is another name given to Conchobhar, because in Gaul and Brittain, the equivalent to Conchobhar was known as Ciocollos (The Fierce One) or Vellaunos (The seer). Vellaunos and Varunah developed from the IE name of Werunos*.

Bro. I love you covering celtic/irish mythology. You should do more videos!

If anyone in ireland wants to go well into depth on this subject and irish mythology id suggest doing a cultural heritage course

Great Video thank you so much please keep up your amazing work

I see the Fomorians as the Mesolithic peoples of Great Britain and Doggerland who were dark skinned and blue eyed fish eaters because they were lactose intolerant. They were there before the flood (which submerged Doggerland) and made use of underground refugia during the ice age.

Great video. Love Irish mythology 💚 And thank you for crediting Adrian Von Ziegler for the fantastic music track. My favorite. ☘

Vey Hek: "FIRE THE FORMORIAN CANNON!"

Although I don't know much about the Thimorians, I think that they'r a mix of both the Sea & Earth dwelling beaing's. Anyway as always an interesting vid & thanks again for the live feed last night, it was the first time that I'd taken part in a live feed & I hope that you had as much fun as we all did 😊😊😊😊

I love this channel!

PERFECT AS ALWAYS

I know next to nothing about Irish mythology so this is very informative. Would love to hear more.

love your videos thanks

This is so interesting, know I know were the Fomoris in the World or Darkness games, came from. Thanks!

I'm loving the Irish mythology!

Please do a video on the top hero's of Irish mythology Cu Chulainn and Fionn Mac Cumhaill.

It'll be cool if one day you did some African mythology, like Anasi, or Mami Wata or something. Love your videos, I literally just woke up and started watching

Ah the Formidable Fomorians. Great video nice way to end the night.

I really love when you use Moonsong in the beginning of your videos. I love that song

Would you be so kind as to make a video on Lugh? I was born on Lughnasagh, so he has intrigued me for a long time

Very very well done!!!

I'd love to see a video on Blodeuwedd or Arianrhod !

Wow there is some beautiful art in this video.

Great video

Nice video

anyone remember kings of amalur there was this huge one that you had to slay called the balor and the tuatha were like the bad guys

Thank You ☺️

I love that u used Adrian von Ziegler's music! Its so...celtic! 🥰🍀

Came from Warframe, stayed for mythology.

If the relationship between the Irish Gods and the Fomorians is similar to the Gods of Asgard and the Jotnar, do you think that one may have at one point influenced the other?

You could make a series of videos about the Fomorians, telling with more detail each of the stories you mention on this one.

Do a Fijian myth on either Dakuwaqa or some similar God please! :) ours are unheard of, but they're indeed very interesting!

One year later, and even applicable back then, False King Bres is an Archetype many an Irish politician of nowadays follows the example of. We were warned about someone who would always come around eventually sell us out as a nation and people in our mythology, and yet we have become so spiritually illiterate that we weren't even prepared for that danger. This is why Chrisians cannot be the dominant religion for us anymore. Their lessons didn't account for the survival methods required for a people of an island nation, full of rains, sea, mountains and fresh soil. Their lessons are for living within a sparse desert, and they had no love of either nature or man's awareness of evil, or ability to individual good.

In Norse they are called Jötunn, the Native Americans call them Otneyarheh. In Mexico they are called Quinametzin and throughout the Middle East they are known as Nephilim/Amorites/Canaanites/Anakites. Geoffrey Keating said the Fomorians were sea faring descendants of Ham. The Caananites/Amorites were the titanic descendants of Ham. All cultures remember history, even when the story gets changed up a lil.

Could you PLEASE do a videon on the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, thanks. 😄🐉😘

Nice vid

I've been reading the iron fey series and learned of the fomorians through it

I like how the thumpnail is a boss from the game kingdoms of amalur reckoning

bedtime stories. i love it.

Another account of the war in which Lugh slew his Fomorian Grandfather he knew of his eye and delayed engaging in battle until the exact moment his grandfather opened his eye. It was also told he knew this was a Formarion tactic his Grandfather deployed first followed by a brutal after charge of his army to slay any remaining stunned shocked and wounded; with rarely few worthy warriors left standing. It was by this tactic, precise timing, placing himself across from he by the landscape knew his Grandfather would be, on top of the miraculous feat of the shot led his army he was charged with gathering; by the town he won over by his knowledge and mastership of seemingly all trades and skills alongside his ability to see the full potential of others utilized to there best in a cohesive effort to fight a war in which none under his command died against impossible odds. Truly a God worth delving more into alongside the often mistaken yet separate being Leigh who is another key to this beautiful mystery

The thumbnail is the balor from kingdoms of amalur. It is a species called niskaru. Its a great game

Love the Sláine comics!!

I would like to see videos on creatures such as the banshee, selkie or the kelpies

I love this the video❤️❤️❤️

Do a video on the four treasures of Thuatha Dè Danann

PLEASE DO ONE ON DIONYSUS!!!!!!

Some interesting pronunciations there

Do one for dionysus he is my favorite Olympian please let him go next

Can you do a video on the Sphinx?

Do Cailleach next

I’m interested in learning about goncanagh

Fomorian in irish faoi sounded fwee= under , mor = big / also could be fear -sounded far =man, Fir = men so fir- mor = big men and faoi mor would mean big beneath I would guess it means big men 👍

The World of Darkness / White Wolf rpg games have fomorians

I would love to see a video on Tir Na Nog

Could you do a video on Balor

Can you please do a vedio on tir na nog.

The Fomor in Dresden Files come from the sea, and, is anyone's read peace talks and battle ground, I think the connection is clear at this point

Hey, could you please do a video on leprechauns? Since it's almost Saint Patrick's Day, I thought it would make sense. LOL Thank you for all your great videos. :)

Nice use of Simon Bisleys Slaine art

Love to see some Aztec and and Mayan mythology

*TENNO, THERE WILL BE NOWHERE TO HIDE FROM MY FOMORIANS*

They are a lot like the ancient Norse idea of giants - literally coming in any shape and size, possibly being horribly deformed, possibly being beautiful.

In my opinion the Formorians are a mix of giant beings, beings of the ocean, as well as representations of deadly or chaotic parts of nature

Do a mayan myth please

They kinda remind me of Norse Jotnar. If they came from *acrosss* the sea, rather than *beneath* it, (which would make more historical sense - if the stories have any truth to them) then the Fomorians could have been vikings. Vikings are big and strong, they sailed the sea and invaded other lands, they were fearsome and they were basically pirates.

I'm not too familiar with the Fomorians, however, there is a race of giants that was introduced in Dungeons and Dragons called Fomorian Giants, which are depicted as large, deformed, hulking brutes... so it would seem that they used a little bit of all the descriptions to create the race in the RPG.

Please make more Irish mythology videos please.

Do Cú Chulainn next

I am proud to be born in Ireland. We have the best stories

this either got reccomended to me cuz i watch oldschool legends and lore or i play mabinogi still a little , both make sense and im ok with this

i think of the fomorians as the origional inhabitants of ireland. who have won and lost against several invasions, ultimately loosing their dominance but interbreeding and intergrating into prehistorical ireland cultures. their culture that of the loosing side and therefore demonised. through the myths we can know of them knowing fishing, farming and taxation, the later of which (most probably overtaxation) stirred up enough resistence as to cause a civil war.

Do the banshee

is that adrian von ziegler playing in the backround?

They were probably a group of people from parts unknown that sailed there by accident, didn’t know the way back, settled there and since there was a finite gene pool incest probably became a thing leading to birth defects and “monstrous” appearances but there were still normal people as well which is why the two races were able to interbred

Thumbnail looks like one of the bosses from a game I play

Fomorians vs Titans who would win a full scale war?. Let them fight. Shut up and take my money^^

Here's my thoughts. Formorians were (possibly) the Neolithic Irish, the Tuatha were the Bell Beaker Pre Celtic Indo Europeans (hence the similarities of their gods with other Indo Europeans), and the Milesians were the Celts. It could also be complete myth but I like the idea that the Irish had a small inkling of knowledge of who all lived on that small island. Just think of Newgrange, imagine looking at that as a migratory Celt and wonder what the heck or who the heck built that.