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fir gorm

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | | Â© A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

fir gorm, na fir ghorma. ScG translation of Blue Men of the Minch.

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