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Baíscne

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | 284 words | Copyright

Baíscne, Baoiscne, Baoisgne, Bascna [cf. OIr. baiscne, ‘large tree’, ‘stalwart’ (?)]. A clan, one of the two great families in the Fianna of the Fenian Cycle. Fionn mac Cumhaill headed the Clan Baíscne while Goll headed the other, the Clan Morna.

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