Fomor

The people of the North are thought to know more about the supernatural than anybody else, and one remembers that the good gods of the Celts, the children of Danu, and the evil gods of the Celts, the Fomor, came from the North in certain legends.

Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000

The evil powers that came out at Samhain lived the rest of the time in the cave of Cruachan in Connaught, the province which was given to the wicked Fomor after the battle of Moytura.

The Book of Hallowe'en Ruth Edna Kelley

A long time afterwards -- perhaps 1000 B.C. -- the Fomor, sea-demons, after destroying nearly all their enemies by plagues, exacted from those remaining, as tribute, "a third part of their corn, a third part of their milk, and a third part of their children."

The Book of Hallowe'en Ruth Edna Kelley

Thus they came to Manneville and, skirting the town, came to Fomor

Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship James Branch Cabell 1918

As in the Fomor days the sunbright chieftain came,

The Child of Destiny A. E. 1913

Fomor, the dark powers who were opposed to the hosts of light, the Tuatha De Danaan.

>Note on Celtic Mythological Allusions A. E. 1913

These forms must be conquered and so Oisin battles with Fomor and releases the power --

AE in the Irish Theosophist George William Russell 1901

But in the sphere beyond their power has to be conquered, and here Oisin wars with the giant Fomor.

AE in the Irish Theosophist George William Russell 1901

Oisin travels across the ocean; after warring with a giant Fomor he passes into Tir-na-noge, where for a hundred years he lives with Niam and has all that heart could wish for.

AE in the Irish Theosophist George William Russell 1901

There was danger for ships that went near that island, for the Fomor would come out and take them.

Gods and Fighting Men Lady Gregory 1892