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Salmon of Knowledge

Parchment-style artwork of Fionn mac Cumhaill cooking the Salmon of Knowledge by the River Boyne, Irish folktale scene.

The Salmon of Knowledge: Irish Folktale Teaching Wisdom, Fate, and Destiny

Long ago, when the green hills of Ireland were cloaked in morning mist and the rivers shimmered like silver threads, there lived a wise old druid named Finegas. For seven long years, he lived beside the winding River Boyne in County Sligo, where legend whispered of a wondrous creature, the Salmon of Knowledge. This salmon, it was said, had eaten

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