Bid éicne brecc i llinn lán...

Bid éicne brecc i llinn lán,
Bid rón, bid ela finnbán.

(he will be * a salmon * speckled * in * pool * full / he will be * a seal * he will be * a swan * fair-white)

He will be a speckled salmon in a brimming pool,
He will be a seal, he will be a fair white swan.

A prediction of Mongán’s shape-shifting abilities from “Immram Brain”, one of numerous instances in Early Irish literature of characters taking on, or being reborn into, animal forms.

Topics: Verse