[Christine’s Halloween Monster and Faery List]

Kings: M

Meargach (Mad, Insane)
Of the Green Spears. Consort of the goddess Áille. (58)

Mechi (Root)
God, patron of serpents, and son of the Mórrígán. He appears as a slender man with short black hair. He was slain by the Ogma’s son Mac Cécht: Son of Sun because it was prophesied that he would bring disaster to Ireland. He has three hearts with three serpents inside them which would devastate the land when full grown. (6, 58)


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