MOG RUITH WAS A POWERFUL BLIND DRUID USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROVINCE OF MUNSTER

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Among Mog Ruith was his powers, he's said to have been able to grow to an enormous height and to dry up lakes and raise storms with his breath.

He wore a hornless bull-hide and a bird mask, and flew in a machine called the roth ramach, the "oared wheel. Stories about Móg Ruith are set in various periods of Irish history.

Some say he lived during the reign of High King Cormac mac Art in the 3rd century AD, while others put him in Jerusalem during the time of Christ.

According to the Lebor GabálaÉrenn, he died during the reign of Conmael, nearly two thousand years before Cormac's time. Perhaps due to this array of times and settings, poets attributed the druid with extraordinary longevity (he lived through the reign of nineteen kings).

His powers and long lifespan have led some to conclude he was a sun or storm God.

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