Conand (other)
Conand may refer to: * Conand (mythology) In Irish mythology, Conand (a.k.a. Conann and Conaing), was a leader of the Fomorians who lived in a tower on Tory Island. He oppressed the followers of Nemed, demanding a huge tribute of their produce and children. Eventually Nemed's people ros ..., a leader of the Fomorians, in Irish mythology * Conand, Ain, a ''commune'' in France {{Disambig ...
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Conand (mythology)
In Irish mythology, Conand (a.k.a. Conann and Conaing), was a leader of the Fomorians who lived in a tower on Tory Island. He oppressed the followers of Nemed, demanding a huge tribute of their produce and children. Eventually Nemed's people rose up and killed him, destroying his tower. After his death, Morc, another Fomorian massacred Nemed's surviving followers. Conand's Tower According to the ''Lebor Gabála Érenn'' Conand mac Febair (son of Febar) and Morc mac Deled (son of Dela) imposed a heavy tax on the clan of Nemed, demanding two-thirds of their wheat, milk, and offspring, which were due every Samain at the plain called Mag Cetne. The oppressed attacked from the sea with a host of 30,000 headed by three champions, grandsons and great-grandsons of Nemed, and overcame Conand and his host of 30,000 at Conand's Tower (later called Torinis Cetne). Morc subsequently arrived with a fleet of sixty ships to retake the tower from the people of Nemed, and mutual annihilation ...
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