Fer Mac
animal_ally earth Irish single tradition · 1
Fer Mac is a parti-colored hound, displaying shades of every color including white, black, and blue. It magically disgorges liquor from its mouth and vomits quantities of gold and silver as needed. Fer Mac was normally huge, of greater size than any hound, but when dispensing liquor from its mouth it dwindled to the size of a "pine marten on a queen's lap".
When
- First attested
- 500 CE
- Attested period
- 500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in Medieval Irish ballads.
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Failinis bathed in, whereas Fer Mac magically disgorged liquor from its mouth. Failinis of the ballad was a "hound of the loveliest color", mighty and wonderful, while Fer Mac was described as parti-colored, displaying shades of every color including white, black, and blue.”
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