Folk of the sidhe-mound under the hill
I hear their music when the wind is still
Fionavar, Fionavar,
You need not fear for pain or woe
Fionavar, the road you go.
The word "weird" has not always been a synonym of "strange". In fact, its original meaning was "destiny" (you may have seen it spelled as Wyrrd). In Shakespeare's play, "Mac Beth", he often refers to the 3 Witches as "the Wyrd Sisters", thus indicating that they have power over the future. But he was not the first, nor the last, to have such theories -- similarities can be traced back to the Nordic Norns (Urd, Verdandy and Skuld) and to the Greek Fates (Clotho, Lacheis and Atropos).
"The Weird of Fionavar" is a book mentioned in O.R, Melling's "the Hunter's Moon". The above poem is an ecerpt of it. From what I've gathered, Fionavar is actually Findabhair (Finn-a-veer), Queen Mabh (Mayv)'s daughter -- the spelling is a derivative, as is the Welsh Gwenhyfar, Lady of Arthurian Legends. Ever since "The Hunter's Moon", I've admired Findabhair, so of course I would use her name as an alias.
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