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Celtic God Bres

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Bres was a Celtic fertility god, the son of the Fomorian prince Elatha and the goddess Eriu. Bres married the goddess Brigid. Bres was a tyrannical ruler, which proved his undoing.
In exchange for his life, Bres taught agriculture and made Ireland fertile.

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