"The Fomorians were an ancient sea-faring race it is thought that they originally came from Northern Africa or Asia as they are described as having dark hair and dark skin in the original accounts. The name 'Fomor' literally means 'beneath the sea' from the Gaelic faoi-mhuir. Today scholars believe that 'Mor' means 'phantom' or 'spirit' and therefore proves that the Fomorians were considered to be Gods with magical powers."
I guess I've made a mess of your wine thread, sorry.
No no...not at all. I'm a beer and whiskey man myself, so this was always about paleoethnography for me.
Every good Celtic wonder tale worth its ale naturally meanders in tangential spirals....:)
Refers to hair color. Rossa for red-hair, bawn for fair-haired. I believe it applied mainly to the Spanish sailors who shipwrecked and settled in Ireland after the attempted invasion of England. Though the fomorians make for nice tales, I wouldn't read too much pre-history into the stories.