Editing Beag

{{Short description|One of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology}}
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In [[Irish mythology]], '''Bec''' (modern Irish ''Beag'', meaning "small") was one of the [[Tuatha Dé Danann]]. She was known for having a [[Holy well|magic]] [[Water well|well]], that would grant wisdom with one drink and foretelling for a second.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=afGqZnab19wC&q=Beag&pg=PA342|title=Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danann and of the Fianna|author=Augusta Gregory|date=June 2012|isbn=9781775458432|accessdate=27 October 2018}}</ref> The well was guarded by her three daughters. When [[Fionn mac Cumhaill]] approached the well to ask for a drink, her daughters tried to prevent him from getting the water; "one of them threw water over him to scare him away and some of it went into his mouth. From the water he gained wisdom."<ref name="Ellis">{{Citation |last=Ellis |first=Peter Berresford |author-link=Peter Berresford Ellis |title=A Dictionary of Irish Mythology |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |place=Oxford |year=1987 |page=40 |isbn=0-19-282871-1}}</ref>

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{{Irish mythology (mythological)}}

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[[Category:Irish goddesses]]
[[Category:Tuatha Dé Danann]]


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