Boar Of Ben Bulbain

The Boar of Ben Bulbain is a monstrous creature from Celtic mythology. It was thought to be the body of Gulben, reanimated by his father Roc. It took the form of a sixteen foot long white boar without ears or a tail and lived on Ben Bulbain mountain. It killed many people but was eventually killed by a hunting party led by a man named Fionn, along with Gulben’s half-brother Dermot. When Dermot measured the boar, his foot was pierced with the boar’s poisonous bristles and he died of blood loss.

Citations:

Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.