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I am drawing a few characters from celtic mythology at the moment, to illustrate a part of my band's website where we tell about Irish mythology. My band is Celtachor, and all our track are about... well, Irish mythology

This is Amergin.

Amergin, Druid of The Gael.

Amergin the Druid was one of the sons of Miled and one of the Gael.

He helped lead the Sons of the Gael to Ireland, to avenge Ith, their brother who had found death when he once came to the island, killed in treachery. The Tuatha, when they saw the Gael’s ships coming, covered the island in a deep mist, but the trick didn’t stop them and the Gael eventually landed at Inver Sceine in Munster.

They marched to Slieve Mis where they met one of the three queens of the Tuatha De Danann. Amergin went to speak with her, her name was Banba, wife of Mac Cuill. Shortly after they went to Slieve Eibhline and met another Queen of the Tuatha. She was Fodhla, wife of Mac Cecht, Son of the Plough. Finally they came to the hill of Uisneach and the final queen revealed herself. She came to them and said "I am Eriu, wife of Mac Greine Son of the Sun."

The Sons of the Gael then traveled to Teamhair, where Cermait's three sons lived (Cermait was a son of the Dagda).This is where they held their kingship and their court, they were constantly arguing over their tremendous wealth that their father had left them. The bickering nearly reach to the point of fighting to its end. The Sons of The Gael were puzzled, watching all this quarrelling among the Tuatha who had enough wealth to share for all.

Amergin told them to give up Ireland kingship immediately, or they would fight them and take it from them.

Cermait's sons refused to battle and asked for Amergin to make them an offer, adding that if the offer was not a fair one, the sons would kill them all with their spells and enchantments.

This was Amergin offer: his men would go back with him to Inver Sceine, back into their ships and go nine waves from the shore. If the Tuatha de Danann could make trouble and hinder his men from landing back onto the island, they would all return back to their own country and would never return. But if they managed to return to the shore, the Tuatha would give up the kingship, and be under the Gael leadership. The Tuatha accepted the challenge.

As soon as the Sons of the Gael left in their ships past nine waves, the Men of Dea raised a great wind against them. The wind was wild and unnatural, and spread the ships apart. Amergin knew that this wind would not end things well. Arranan, another son of Miled, died when the wind hit him and sent him to his death with his entire ship. The same fate applied to Donn, who was in command of another ship, and many of his men died swept away into the sea.

In all five of the sons of Miled were destroyed by the spell storm and the enchantments that had been cast by the Men of Dea. But three survived. Amergin, Heber and Heremon.

After hearing Donn cry of treachery, Amergin rose up and cast another wind back with a enchantment of the winds and sea and he said.

"That all who are in the great sea may they now reach land!

That all who survive find a place in the plains, hills, mountains and valleys of Ireland. To drink from its lakes rivers and streams and to eat from the forests full of fruit and nuts.

That all shall have their gatherings and their races on this island and that a king of their own, will rule in Teamhair.

And that the sons of Miled may be seen on the land and that their men and women may honor the great Eriu.”

After this the wind died, and the sea went silent.

Amergin put his foot on the shore of Ireland and he said.

"I am the force in the wind.

I am the strong waves of the sea.

I am the horns of the bull.

I am the eagle wings spread.

I am the blazing sun.

I am a oak in the wood.

I am a boar from the hunt.

I am a salmon in the water.

I am a lake deep and endless.

I am the word of knowledge.

I am the sword and spear in battle.

I am the one who puts fire in its head.

Who spreads light in the gathering on the hills?

Who can tell the ages of the moon?

Who can tell the place where the sun rests? "

Description
I am drawing a few characters from celtic mythology at the moment, to illustrate a part of my band's website where we tell about Irish mythology. My band is Celtachor, and all our track are about... well, Irish mythology

This is Amergin.

Amergin, Druid of The Gael.

Amergin the Druid was one of the sons of Miled and one of the Gael.

He helped lead the Sons of the Gael to Ireland, to avenge Ith, their brother who had found death when he once came to the island, killed in treachery. The Tuatha, when they saw the Gael’s ships coming, covered the island in a deep mist, but the trick didn’t stop them and the Gael eventually landed at Inver Sceine in Munster.

They marched to Slieve Mis where they met one of the three queens of the Tuatha De Danann. Amergin went to speak with her, her name was Banba, wife of Mac Cuill. Shortly after they went to Slieve Eibhline and met another Queen of the Tuatha. She was Fodhla, wife of Mac Cecht, Son of the Plough. Finally they came to the hill of Uisneach and the final queen revealed herself. She came to them and said "I am Eriu, wife of Mac Greine Son of the Sun."

The Sons of the Gael then traveled to Teamhair, where Cermait's three sons lived (Cermait was a son of the Dagda).This is where they held their kingship and their court, they were constantly arguing over their tremendous wealth that their father had left them. The bickering nearly reach to the point of fighting to its end. The Sons of The Gael were puzzled, watching all this quarrelling among the Tuatha who had enough wealth to share for all.

Amergin told them to give up Ireland kingship immediately, or they would fight them and take it from them.

Cermait's sons refused to battle and asked for Amergin to make them an offer, adding that if the offer was not a fair one, the sons would kill them all with their spells and enchantments.

This was Amergin offer: his men would go back with him to Inver Sceine, back into their ships and go nine waves from the shore. If the Tuatha de Danann could make trouble and hinder his men from landing back onto the island, they would all return back to their own country and would never return. But if they managed to return to the shore, the Tuatha would give up the kingship, and be under the Gael leadership. The Tuatha accepted the challenge.

As soon as the Sons of the Gael left in their ships past nine waves, the Men of Dea raised a great wind against them. The wind was wild and unnatural, and spread the ships apart. Amergin knew that this wind would not end things well. Arranan, another son of Miled, died when the wind hit him and sent him to his death with his entire ship. The same fate applied to Donn, who was in command of another ship, and many of his men died swept away into the sea.

In all five of the sons of Miled were destroyed by the spell storm and the enchantments that had been cast by the Men of Dea. But three survived. Amergin, Heber and Heremon.

After hearing Donn cry of treachery, Amergin rose up and cast another wind back with a enchantment of the winds and sea and he said.

"That all who are in the great sea may they now reach land!

That all who survive find a place in the plains, hills, mountains and valleys of Ireland. To drink from its lakes rivers and streams and to eat from the forests full of fruit and nuts.

That all shall have their gatherings and their races on this island and that a king of their own, will rule in Teamhair.

And that the sons of Miled may be seen on the land and that their men and women may honor the great Eriu.”

After this the wind died, and the sea went silent.

Amergin put his foot on the shore of Ireland and he said.

"I am the force in the wind.

I am the strong waves of the sea.

I am the horns of the bull.

I am the eagle wings spread.

I am the blazing sun.

I am a oak in the wood.

I am a boar from the hunt.

I am a salmon in the water.

I am a lake deep and endless.

I am the word of knowledge.

I am the sword and spear in battle.

I am the one who puts fire in its head.

Who spreads light in the gathering on the hills?

Who can tell the ages of the moon?

Who can tell the place where the sun rests? "