“For when the Sons of Mil, the ancestors of the Irish people, came to Ireland they found the T
“For when the Sons of Mil, the ancestors of the Irish people, came to Ireland they found the Tuatha De Danann in full possession of the country. The Tuatha De Danann then retired before the invaders, without, however, giving up their sacred island. Assuming invisibility, with the power of at any time reappearing in a human-like form before the children of the Sons of Mil, the People of the Goddess Dana became and are the Fairy-Folk, the Sidhe of Irish mythology and romance.”-W. Y. Evans-Wentz, The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (1911) -- source link
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