Beag

{{Short description|One of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology}}

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In Irish mythology, Bec (modern Irish Beag, meaning "small") was one of the Tuatha Dé Danann. She was known for having a magic well, that would grant wisdom with one drink and foretelling for a second.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=afGqZnab19wC&q=Beag&pg=PA342|title=Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danann and of the Fianna|author=Augusta Gregory|date=June 2012|isbn=9781775458432|accessdate=27 October 2018}} The well was guarded by her three daughters. When Fionn mac Cumhaill approached the well to ask for a drink, her daughters tried to prevent him from getting the water; "one of them threw water over him to scare him away and some of it went into his mouth. From the water he gained wisdom."{{Citation |last=Ellis |first=Peter Berresford |author-link=Peter Berresford Ellis |title=A Dictionary of Irish Mythology |publisher=Oxford University Press |place=Oxford |year=1987 |page=40 |isbn=0-19-282871-1}}