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Visual depiction of Midir

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Vol. II · Polytheism · trickster

Midir

Irish otherworld lord


a radiant figure from the hills of Brí Léith, his three magical cranes guarding his realm and his love for Étaín spanning many lifetimes

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
trickster

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 5) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.