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THE SON OF Finn mac Cool, was out hunting one day with his father and their
elite band of warriors, the Fianna. They were joined by a beautiful, fairy-like
woman on a white horse. Her name was Nairn of the Golden Hair and she had
come, ...
THE SON OF Finn mac Cool, was out hunting one day with his father and their
elite band of warriors, the Fianna. They were joined by a beautiful, fairy-like
woman on a white horse. Her name was Nairn of the Golden Hair and she had
come, ...
Page 133
As punishment, her father married her to a dog and they went to live on a nearby
island. Sedna was lonely in her exile and longed to be reunited with her people.
One day, when her dog-husband was away from home, a stranger appeared in ...
As punishment, her father married her to a dog and they went to live on a nearby
island. Sedna was lonely in her exile and longed to be reunited with her people.
One day, when her dog-husband was away from home, a stranger appeared in ...
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Olitat, the son of a woman of the Carolines and the sky father, accidentally saw
his father through a hole in the coconut he was drinking and determined to visit
him. He ascended to the heavens on the smoke from a burning pile of coconut ...
Olitat, the son of a woman of the Carolines and the sky father, accidentally saw
his father through a hole in the coconut he was drinking and determined to visit
him. He ascended to the heavens on the smoke from a burning pile of coconut ...
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