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'''''muireartach''''' • On the Hebrides, the Norwegian word [[Margygre|márgygr]] has been Gaelicised to Muireartach<ref>[https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/cultural/institute-for-northern-studies/research/conferences/previous-conferences-/the-finnfolk/ A. Jennings, 2010. The Finnfolk. Text of a public talk Dr Andrew Jennings gave at the Shetland Museum 25th of March 2010.]</ref>. Like in Norwegian mythology, this is a hideous female with a fish tail.
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:Scotland<br />
:Scotland
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:On the Hebrides, the Norwegian word [[Margygre|márgygr]] has been Gaelicised to Muireartach<ref>[https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/cultural/institute-for-northern-studies/research/conferences/previous-conferences-/the-finnfolk/ A. Jennings, 2010. The Finnfolk. Text of a public talk Dr Andrew Jennings gave at the Shetland Museum 25th of March 2010.]</ref>. Like in Norwegian mythology, this is a hideous female with a fish tail.
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* [[Margygre]] (Norway)
* [[Margygre]] (Norway)

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muireartach • On the Hebrides, the Norwegian word márgygr has been Gaelicised to Muireartach[1]. Like in Norwegian mythology, this is a hideous female with a fish tail.

Country of origin
Scotland
Counterparts

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