Origin of the Fir Bolg ("Men of the Sacks"); so-called because as slaves they were forced to carry earth in sacks (builg)

Motif

Origin of the Fir Bolg ("Men of the Sacks"); so-called because as slaves they were forced to carry earth in sacks (builg).

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Distribution and differentiation of peoples. · Origin of different classes – social and professional. · view the constellation · filed as A1657.2

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of slaves.

Filed beside it

Origin of subject tribes (aithech-thuatha)

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