Irish Mythology
The Tuatha de Danaan
pre-12th century—present. Old Irish | Modern Irish, folklore.
Although the pigs were killed and eaten one day, they would be alive again and fit for eating the next day.
When the Tuatha de Danaan, the people of the Goddess Dana, were defeated by the Celtic invaders of Ireland, they escaped by retreating into the hills and the secret places of Ireland where no one could find them; although they themselves could still see everything that was going on.
To sustain themselves they had pigs that they slaughtered every evening and though they were killed and eaten one day, would be alive and fit for eating again the next day,
and this would go on forever.