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Ireland's long history is full of ancient mythology and folklore. Ancient Society of Ireland, Druids and Celtics, believe in the power of magic, and a lot of confidence is spreading to the legends of the modern world in many countries. The story of the soldier with all the knowledge about the world, fairies and leprechauns on farm owners who hide their gold at the end of the rainbow adds a mysterious Irish charm.
10. Banshee
Banshee is a woman who brings death as a sign to someone. Sometimes you see a Banshee as an old woman dressed in rags, sometimes you see it as a young and beautiful and sometimes you see it as a woman who was washing clothes with blood stains.
Every time he looked, he cried with a terrible tone, and according to legend, these cries will bring death to a family member who heard it. King James I of Scotland thought he was approached by a Banshee. Shortly thereafter, he died in Earl, Atholl.
9. Pooka
The Pooka is a certain kind of hunchback fairy who created chaos in the world. Pooka appears at night in rural and coastal areas of Ireland. On a good day, Pooka will cause damage to agriculture, destroying the fence and disturb animals. On a bad day, Pooka will stand outside the farm house and call people who are in the house with their name.
If anyone is hooked out, Pooka will take them away. Pooka also like to disrupt the vessel by pulling away from Ireland, and blamed for many shipwrecks along the rocky coast.
8. Changelings
According to legend, fairy women often give birth to children with disabilities. Because the sound more pleasant fairy babies, they will go into the world and replace it with healthy human infants, and leave the Changeling. When Changeling looks like a human baby, he does not have the same emotional characteristics. Changeling feel happy when misfortune and sadness happen in that house.
Changeling legend has lasted for centuries. William Shakespeare spoke about her role in Changeling, "A Midsummer's Night Dream." "Three Hundred years later, believed Scarlett O'Hara, Rhett Butler's illegitimate child was a Changeling in" Gone with the Wind. "
7. Dagda's Harp
In Irish mythology, Dagda was a high priest who has a large and beautiful harp. During the war, an enemy tribe Dagda stole the harp and took her to an abandoned castle. Dagda followed tribe and was called to go where the lute. Dagda came to the harp and he began to play chordnya. Lute music-wrenching it out and everyone in the palace started to cry. Dagda hit another chord and play a harp, Music Mirth and all the soldiers began to laugh. Dagda then played the final chord and harp music issue to euthanize all the people, so that Dagda could escape with his magical harp without injured.
6. The Children of lir
The story of the children come from LIR Irish mythological cycle. Lir is the ruler of the sea. He has a wife and 4 children. When my wife LIR died, he married the sister of his wife, Aoife. Aoife was jealous with LIR children and want to get rid of them. One day, Aoife took the kids to the lake. While they swim, he mengucakpkan spell on them and change the LIR children into swans. The children remain a swan because mantersa his magic, until they heard the sound of church bells.
Swan swam from lakes, rivers and streams through many years of waiting for the bell sounds, until St Patrick came to Ireland and the kids can be free from the curse after 900 years later.
5. St Patrick
For most people, St. Patrick is the person who brings a good day and green beer to pubs all over the world. In fact, St. Patrick was not appointed as a Saint until centuries after his death, and he was not Irish. St. Patrick was born in England in a wealthy family. During his childhood, he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Ireland. For many years in slavery, he convert to Christianity, and after his release, he spent the rest of his life teaching the Irish about Christianity, but he was soon forgotten after his death.
Not until years later, the pastor began to tell the story of St Patrick which has forced all the snakes out of Ireland. Something that could never be done because there was never any snakes in Ireland.
4. Shamrock
3 leaves of the Shamrock green is more than the unofficial symbol of Ireland and one of the marshmallows in Lucky Charms. Shamrock has become meaningful to the majority of Ireland's historic culture. The Druids believe that Shamrock is a sacred plant that could ward off evil. Celtics Shamrock believed to have mystical properties because 3 heart-shaped leaves of plants. Celtics believe that 3 is a holy figure. Some Christians also believe that Shamrock has a special meaning, 3 leaves represent the Trinity.
3. Finn MacCool
Finn MacCool is a warrior mythology who appears in Irish legend. One popular story tells of a salmon who knew all the knowledge in the world. Finn decided to eat salmon to get knowledge. When he was cooking fish, juice spray out and burn the fingers Finn. Finn insert his thumb into her mouth to stop the pain instantly and directly to master the knowledge that belongs to the salmon. Since then, whenever Finn sucking her thumb, she get whatever knowledge he sought.
2. Faeries
Faeries exist in some form in the mythology around the world, but there is a special form of the Fairies (fairy) from Ireland. Elf in Irish society is considered very much alive, and far from perinya Peter Pan, Tinker Bell. Irish fairies can take any shape he wants, but usually will choose a human form. They say beautiful, strong and hard to resist, which is unfortunate because most of the fairies of Ireland is told often bring misfortune and bad luck to the people who go.
1. Leprechaun
leprechaun is probably the most widely known type of this type of fairy living in Ireland. Leprechaun has existed in Ireland since the medieval legend. Traditionally, the leprechaun is a fairy high and often appear to man as a parent, a far cry from the modern view of the fairy (little like a kid in a green dress).
According to legend, leprechauns like to collect gold, which they keep in a pot and hide it at the end of the rainbow. If the man managed to catch a leprechaun, elf must grant the man three wishes before he could be released.
