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*goat noises*

-Fomorian, the ancient ones-
An ancient and monstruous race of beings who were Ireland's first settlers in ancient Irish mythology. Their origins and exact nature varies drastically depending on the story, sometimes described as originating from the sea itself, or coming from distant lands to Ireland as sea raiders. Their appearance is varied, some fomorians being described as beautiful and very human-like, and others with bull and goats heads, skeleton bodies, multiple rows of teeth and so on. Their relationship with the pantheon of Irish gods, the Tuatha Dé Danann is complex, with a lot of gods having some fomorian parentage or some relationship to them, while also acting as their fierce enemies at times. When the Tuatha Dé arrived in Ireland the fomorians were already in there for a long time, and so were a group of people called the Fir Bolg, who did battle with the gods. The Tuatha Dé emerged victorious, but at the cost of their king, Nuada, losing his arm, and alongside it, his right to rule his people. The half-fomorian warrior Bres is chosen as their new king, but he ends up oppressing the Tuatha Dé, putting them under rule of the fomorian tribe, humiliating them and asking huge ammounts of tributes in their honor. Bres is eventually deposed, but returns with an army led by the terrible fomorian king Balor, who wages war on the gods. After a fierce battle, Balor is prophetically defeated by the heroic god Lugh, his own grandson, and the fomorians are driven back.
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Part of a college project themed around Irish mythology I'm working on.

Portraying the Fomorians with goat heads is already part of popular culture, appearing as such in games like Castlevania and the Megaten series, so I didn't try to stray from that. It's just creepy and it works!
But considering their sea origin I tried to incoporate some fish-like and marine aspects to it's lower body as well. The goat head and the thorns represent the land, and the amphibian legs covered in barnacles represent the sea! A monster of both worlds.

The eye motif is a reference to their leader, Balor of the evil eye. He's still going to have his day to shine here!

Hope you all liked it, I'm going to post Ogma with this one as well, so check him out too! And until next time!

Description

*goat noises*

-Fomorian, the ancient ones-
An ancient and monstruous race of beings who were Ireland's first settlers in ancient Irish mythology. Their origins and exact nature varies drastically depending on the story, sometimes described as originating from the sea itself, or coming from distant lands to Ireland as sea raiders. Their appearance is varied, some fomorians being described as beautiful and very human-like, and others with bull and goats heads, skeleton bodies, multiple rows of teeth and so on. Their relationship with the pantheon of Irish gods, the Tuatha Dé Danann is complex, with a lot of gods having some fomorian parentage or some relationship to them, while also acting as their fierce enemies at times. When the Tuatha Dé arrived in Ireland the fomorians were already in there for a long time, and so were a group of people called the Fir Bolg, who did battle with the gods. The Tuatha Dé emerged victorious, but at the cost of their king, Nuada, losing his arm, and alongside it, his right to rule his people. The half-fomorian warrior Bres is chosen as their new king, but he ends up oppressing the Tuatha Dé, putting them under rule of the fomorian tribe, humiliating them and asking huge ammounts of tributes in their honor. Bres is eventually deposed, but returns with an army led by the terrible fomorian king Balor, who wages war on the gods. After a fierce battle, Balor is prophetically defeated by the heroic god Lugh, his own grandson, and the fomorians are driven back.
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Part of a college project themed around Irish mythology I'm working on.

Portraying the Fomorians with goat heads is already part of popular culture, appearing as such in games like Castlevania and the Megaten series, so I didn't try to stray from that. It's just creepy and it works!
But considering their sea origin I tried to incoporate some fish-like and marine aspects to it's lower body as well. The goat head and the thorns represent the land, and the amphibian legs covered in barnacles represent the sea! A monster of both worlds.

The eye motif is a reference to their leader, Balor of the evil eye. He's still going to have his day to shine here!

Hope you all liked it, I'm going to post Ogma with this one as well, so check him out too! And until next time!