[Christine’s Halloween Monster and Faery List]

Kings: D:

Dá Derga (The Red God, Two Reds) Bodb Dearg Mac Daghda, Bôv Dearg, Bove Darrig (Dangerous Red Son of the Good God) / Athirne (Reincarnation) Tanick, Athirne Ailgesach (The Urgent Lustful One) Accallon, Acobhrán (Desirous)
[Dangerous Red’s House](pron. doh yar gah, BOV DARG, Bove-d’Yarrag, TAH-neek) Sun & healing god with a temple at Essarois: Red Eye near Châtillon-sur-Seine. A dedication to him is in Yorkshire. He cures eye diseases. His hostel Bruiden Da Derga (broo’yen dô yar’ga), a famous stronghold on the River Dodder near Dublin Tóg´il Bruidne Dá Derga: The Construction of Two Red’s Hostel, Lebor na hUidre: Book of the Dun Cow The hostel has seven doors, seven roads through it, and seven fire places. Seven cauldrons are in the seven fire-places cooking ox and boar-meat. Contains golden-yellow apples and crimson-pointed nuts of the wood. His goldsmith is Len.

 Bodb is the oldest son of the Dagda: Good God and Boann: White Cow. He takes the form of a young man with long hair rolled in a ball at the back that is covered with a golden cup, crimson fringed cloak, silver brooch, white shield ornamented with linked beasts of red gold, heavy green weapons, and two hounds in a silver chain. He gave his only gleaming eye to his brother Athirne: Reincarnation and went to the lake to wash his eye socket. The lake went red from his blood and is called Derg Derc: Red Eye.

 Athirne: Reincarnation replaced his eyes and sight with that of Eochaidh mac Luchta. His underground palace at Loch Dearg: Lake of the Red Eye an entrance to Tír fo Thuinn: The Land Under Wave. He changed the goddess Aífe into an air demon as punishment for turning her niece and nephews into swans. He assisted Angus in finding Caer Ibormeith: Yew Berry. He is the fairy king of the Sidi of Munster. Sidhe Femen. He & his mother identify a dream. His daughters are the goddesses Sadb: Sweet Goodness, Daireann: Oak, Sladh, Mugain: Great Sun. Places: The Galtee Mountains, Sidh-ar-Femhin, Plain of Cashel (6, 24, 58, 64, 71, 73, 74, 75, 80, 89, 97, 101, 140, 171, 241, 256)

Brothers: Cermait: Honey Mouth Yew, Coll: Hazel, Dían Cécht: Ploughman, Digon: Enough, Cathbad: Grain Cauldron, Grannus: Sun: Apple, Midir: Wren: Holly, Tristan: Oak


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