[Christine’s Halloween Monster and Faery List]

Queens: C

[Fearn:Alder Ogham]

Clutoida, Clûd (Light) Clotho ní Nyx, Clothra Nár, Clothru, Clodaua, Náir (Modesty, The Spinner) Nairne, Nairna (Lives at the Alder Tree River) Moires, Mires, Parcae, Matres Griselicae (Women) Comla (Being) Imogen, Innogen, Inogen (Navel) Gladez, Gladys Claudia (Delicate Flower) Chlaus Haistic (What Is Full of Points) Chluas Haistig (Flat Ear) Luaths Lurgann (Ashes Speedy Foot) Luath (Speedy)

Agape the fay. She had three sons at a birth, Priamond, Diamond, and Triamond. Being anxious to know the future lot of her sons, she went to the abyss of Demogorgon, to consult the Three Fatal Sisters. Clotho showed her the threads, which “were thin as those spun by a spider.” She begged the Fates to lengthen the life-threads, but they said this could not be; they consented, however, to this arrangement—

When ye shred with fatal knife
His line which is the shortest of the three,
Eftsoon his life may pass into the next;
And when the next shall likewise ended be,
That both their lives may likewise be annext
Unto the third, that his may be so trebly wext.
—Spenser: Faërie Queene, iv. 2 (1590).

Rejoice, thrice-blessed Gladys,/ daughter of King Brychan,/ wife of holy Gwynllyn and mother of Saint Cadoc./ We praise you, Gladys and Gwynllyn. – Troparion of St Gladys and St Gwynllyn tone 5

Sisters : Eithne: Seed, Éli: Sun, Fedelm: Nine Times Beautiful , Fial, Mugain: Golden One , Medb: Mead & Olwen: White

(pron KLOH-da, KLOOD-uh, KLOE-rah, KLADAU, GLAH-des, LOO-a) Corvidae: Grain Knowledge Triple Goddess of Gréoulx-les-Bains, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. Fomorian giantesses of Fate and daughters of Merlin [Others say Pandrasos of Greece]. She is the daughter of Lumm Lonn, a fast runner, aunt of Finn, and married to the god Da Choca: Two Roosters. She was called to Balor’s court to fight against the Túatha Dé Danann gods in the Second Battle of Magh Tuiredh: Second Battle of the Plain of Frost. In Greek mythology she is one of the Moerae, three sisters who decide fate: Clotho, Lachesis & Atropus. Lachesis sings of the things that were, Clotho of those that are, and Atropus the things that will be. Atropus is said to be the eldest, the best and the shortest of the sisters. She cuts the threads of life with a pair of scissors. Clotho is the ‘spinner’, and Lachesis the apportioner of lots. They take away fever and offerings of almond bread, honey, spring water, silver coins, and fresh flowers gathered by a red thread are made.

They wear long dresses and their hair is either coiled and held back by an Alice band and a veil or parted in the middle falling to ringlets on their shoulders. Clothra drowned her sister Eithne: Seed while she was pregnant. Her son is Lugaid Riab nDerg: Raven of the Red Stripes. The River Clyde is named after her. Clona: Clonmel, Ireland, Clodaua: Kladau, West Prussia. Claddagh, Galway. The claddagh ring of Galway has a crown for sovereignty placed on top of a heart for love, and encircling hands holding the heart for friendship. These rings are given as gifts from one person to another. A heart turned out means you are available and a heart turned in means you are taken – married or engaged.

In Shakespeare she has flowing blonde hair. 7th C. St. Gladez is the mother of St. Kado. Her feast day is March 29th. She is the wife of Brute, mythical Trojan king of Britain. Her three sons with him are: Albanact [Scotland], Locrin [England] & Kamber [Cambria: Wales] Albion is the son of Neptune in other stories who gets into a fight with Herculês over sea ownership.

Powerful witch who stole two of Queen Sciana Breaca: Trout’s childen when they were a year old and took them to her enchanted tower. Fionn Mac Cumhaill: White God and the sons of Bawr Sculloge: Grune Ceanavaltha: young bearded man, Bechunach: thief, Chluas Guillin: Guillin’s ears were called to Sciana Breaca: Trout island to watch over the third child when it became sick at a year old. They reached the island with two magical hazel trees that had turned into a boat and mast. Chluas Haistig: What Is Full of Points put a druidic sleep on them and stole the third child from its own bedchamber. They reached her iron tower with the spaces between them filled by iron plates. A pale blue flame went out from it on every side, and it kept turning, turning, and never stood at rest. Cluas Guillin uttered a magic charm to put Chluas Haistic to sleep and to stop the tower from rotating. It was done according to his incantation, and Bechunah took his cord-ladder and threw it upwards until it caught on the pike of the steep circular roof. He climbed up.

Looking in through the opening, he beheld the dread woman lying on the floor weighed down with the magic sleep. the floor stained with the blood which was still flowing from her torn shoulder, and the three children crying, and striving to keep their feet out of it. – Beanriogain na Sciana Breaca

The children were snatched and as they got in the boat the spell faded. The tower rotated and Chluas Haistic was in pursuit in a black cape and boat. She was felled by an arrow from Fionn’s boat. (47, 58, 71, 73, 102, 108, 120, 182, 188, 210, 232)


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