At the beginning of the 21st Century monsters still roam the remote, and sometimes not so remote, corners of our planet. It is our job to search for them. The Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ] is - we believe - the largest professional, scientific and full-time organisation in the world dedicated to cryptozoology - the study of unknown animals. Since 1992 the CFZ has carried out an unparalleled programme of research and investigation all over the world. Since 2009 we have been running the increasingly popular CFZ Blog Network, and although there has been an American branch of the CFZ for over ten years now, it is only now that it has a dedicated blog.

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

BEITHIR - ANCIENT GAELIC CREATURE

In modern Gaelic beithir can mean a bear.  Gaelic th is pronounced h.  It was sometimes used more vaguely to mean a wild animal.  In Ireland it was used figuratively to mean a champion warrior.  It has, however, been used in Scottish Gaelic to mean another creature.

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