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"Children of Lir" by Emily E. Weichbrod

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It took over a year to finish this...but I think it is finally done! Lir was lord of the sea in Ancient Ireland, in the time of the Tuatha de Dannan. He had four children. His first wife died while giving birth to the two youngest children, however, and Lir eventually married her sister, Aoife. Aoife became jelouse of her sister's children, however, and turned them into swans. They were cursed to swim as swans for 900 years, 300 years each on different lakes. To end the spell, they had to hear the bell toll for the new God of Ireland. At the end of the 900 years, a holy man visited the lake and spoke to the swans. Upon learning of the curse and how to break it, he tolled teh bell of the church and the curse was broken. But as the children returned to human form, they also began to age the 900 years spent prior and died soon after the spell was broken. This is ment to be at the point of transformation.

*Edited to fix contrast problems




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26 Oct 2006:-) Marta Fabianek
I like this picture very much. I like the story of the Children of Lir and have done a painting of it ages ago - and have been thinking about a second one ever since but never came up with the right way to set the motives...
I love the way you've done them.

:-) Emily E. Weichbrod replies: "Thank-you 2"
1 Dec 200645 E.J.
Ah, yes. A tragic story indeed. There is a band called 'Beyond The Pale' That did a song about this story, It's one of my favourites. Except I didn't know the ending where they turn back into humans. But if you like Celtic music, you might try looking them up! Rock On! =3

:-) Emily E. Weichbrod replies: "Thank-you 2 The last part of the story seems ot be a newer addition after the Christianization of Ireland."
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'Children of Lir':
 • Created by: :-) Emily E. Weichbrod
 • Copyright: ©Emily E. Weichbrod. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Folklore, Irish, Legend, Lir, Swans, Transformation, Welsh
 • Categories: Anthropomorphic (Furries), Lycanthrope, Were-folk, etc, Magic and Sorcery, Spells, etc., Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters, European Traditions, Mythology
 • Techniques: Coloured Pencils, Watercolour
 • Submitted: 2007-12-10 02:41:41
 • Views: 3263
 • Resolution: 425x600

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