English word senses marked with topical category "Irish mythology"

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• Achall (Proper name) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the daughter of Cairbre Nia Fer; committed suicide after her brother Erc was killed by Conall Cernach.
• Athirne (Proper name) Athairne the Importunate, a poet and a satirist of the court of Conchobar mac Nessa in the Ulster Cycle and foster-father of Amairgin mac Echit.
• Aífe (Proper name) Either of two figures of Irish mythology:; A female warrior from Alba (Scotland), the daughter of Airdgeimm and sister of Scáthach, who became Cú Chulainn's lover; featured in the Ulster Cycle.
• Aífe (Proper name) Either of two figures of Irish mythology:; One of the wives of Lir, who turned her stepchildren into swans; featured in Oidheadh chloinne Lir ("Fate of the Children of Lir").
• Balor (Proper name) A king of the Fomorians, supposed to have lived on Tory Island. Son of Buarainech. Husband of Cethlenn. Father of Ethniu.
• Banba (Proper name) A patron goddess of Ireland.
• Bebhionn (Proper name) A goddess of birth in Irish mythology.
• Blaí Briugu (Proper name) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, a wealthy Ulster warrior who kept a hostel. He was killed by Celtchar for sleeping with the latter's wife Brig Bretach.
• Boann (Proper name) The Irish goddess of the river Boyne.
• Briccriu (Proper name) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology: a warrior, poet, and troublemaker who once held a lavish feast for Conchobar mac Nessa and the heroes of Ulster in his house at Dún Rudraige.
• Brig Bretach (Proper name) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the wife of Celtchar. Her husband Celtchar killed Blaí Briugu for sleeping with her as Blaí Briugu was required to do so by the latter's geas.
• Brigid (Proper name) The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
• Buarainech (Proper name) The father of Balor, the King of the Fomorians.
• Celtchar (Proper name) A leading figure in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology: an Ulster warrior described as tall, grey, and ugly, and who wields a spear called Luír Cheltchair, and who killed Blaí Briugu after the latter slept with his wife Brig Bretach.
• Cethern (Proper name) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, an Ulster warrior (son of Fintan) who assists Cúchulainn in the Táin Bó Cúailnge.
• Cethlenn (Proper name) The wife of Balor of the Fomorians, and, by Balor, the mother of Ethniu; also a prophetess.
• Cimbáeth (Proper name) One of the three High Kings of Ireland, who ruled in rotation with Áed Ruad and Díthorba, each ruling seven years in turn and ruling for three seven year period. He died of plague at Emain Macha.
• Claíomh Solais (Proper name) The "Sword of Light", one of the Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann which belonged to Núadu.
• Cú Chulainn (Proper name) The pre-eminent hero of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle, almost undefeatable due to his spear the Gae Bulg, but cursed to reach an early grave; son of Lugh and Deichtine.
• Cú Roí (Proper name) A king of Munster and sorcerer who was killed by Cúchulainn and avenged by his son, Lugaid mac Con Roí, who was subsequently killed by Conall the Victorious.
• Dagda (Proper name) An important god in Irish mythology, portrayed as a father figure, king, and druid.
• Danu (Proper name) A hypothesised goddess of Irish mythology.
• Deichtine (Proper name) Female name. In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the mother of Cúchulainn and sister of Conchobar mac Nessa.
• Deirdre (Proper name) The foremost tragic heroine in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
• Dian Cecht (Proper name) A god of healing. The healer for the Tuatha Dé Danann and the father of Cian.
• Donn Cuailnge (Proper name) The Brown Bull of Cooley: an extremely fertile stud bull over whom the Táin Bó Cúailnge was fought.
• Díthorba (Proper name) One of the three High Kings of Ireland, who ruled in rotation with Áed Ruad and Cimbáeth, each ruling seven years in turn and for three seven-year periods.
• Elatha (Proper name) A king of the Fomorians and the father of Bres by Ériu of the Tuatha Dé Danann, as well as Delbaeth, Ogma, Elloth (grandfather of Manannán mac Lir), and the Dagda by an unnamed mother.
• Eochaid Feidlech (Proper name) The High King of Ireland in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, who deposed the former High King Fachtna Fáthach at the battle of Battle of Leitir Ruadh.
• Eochaid Sálbuide (Proper name) The king of Ulster prior to the events of the Ulster Cycle in Irish mythology. Father of Ness. He was deposed as High King by Eochaid Feidlech.
• Erc (Proper name) A member of the conspiracy that killed Cúchulainn, but was killed by his second cousin Conall the Victorious. Son of Cairbre Nia Fer and brother of Achall.
• Ethniu (Proper name) The daughter of the Fomorian king Balor, wife of Cian and the mother of Lugh and Delbáeth, and the grandmother of Cúchulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill.
• Fachtna Fáthach (Proper name) The High King of Ireland in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology who was deposed by Eochaid Feidlech at the Battle of Leitir Ruadh.
• Fand (Proper name) A fairy and the wife of Manannán mac Lir and later the lover of Cúchulainn.
• Fedelm Noíchrothach (Proper name) The daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa who married Cairbre Nia Fer but was unfaithful to him. Cousin of Conall the Victorious. Mother of Erc and Achall.
• Fenian Cycle (Proper name) A body of prose and verse focusing on the exploits of the mythological hero Fionn mac Cumhail and his warriors the Fianna Éireann.
• Ferdiad (Proper name) In Irish mythology, Cúchulainn's best friend and foster-brother.
• Fianna Éireann (Proper name) The Fianna.
• Findchoem (Proper name) Princess of Ulster. Wife of Amairgin mac Echit and sister of Conchobar mac Nessa. Mother of Conall the Victorious.
• Finnbhennach (Proper name) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, an extremely fertile stud bull owned by king Ailill mac Máta. He was originally one of Bodb Dearg's pig-keepers, who fell out with one of his colleagues.
• Fintan (Proper name) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the father of Cethern.
• Firbolg (Noun) The fourth group of people to settle in Ireland, descended from the Muintir Nemid, an earlier group who abandoned Ireland and went to different parts of Europe.
• Flidais (Proper name) A woodland goddess whose chariot is drawn by deer.
• Fomor (Noun) Synonym of Fomorian
• Fomorian (Noun) A member of the semi-divine race that were said to have inhabited Ireland in ancient times.
• Fomorian (Adjective) Of or relating to the race of semi-divine creatures said to have inhabited Ireland in ancient times.
• Fráech (Proper name) The Connacht hero in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology who wooed Findabair and Treblann, but was drowned in a river in a duel with Cúchulainn.
• Fuamnach (Proper name) Midir's rejected first wife, who became jealous of Midir's lover Étaín, casting three spells on Étain, turning her into a pool of water, then into a worm, and then into a fly.
• Gae Bulg (Proper name) The spear of Cúchulainn, given to him by Aife.
• Lebor Gabála Érenn (Proper name) A loose collection of poems and prose narratives recounting the mythical origins and history of an Irish race from the creation of the world down to the Middle Ages.
• Lir (Proper name) A personification of the sea in Irish mythology.
• Lugh (Proper name) A pre-Christian Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past: the son of Cian and Ethniu.
• Luír Cheltchair (Proper name) The spear wielded by Celtchar. Its lust for blood is so great that it has to be dipped in a cauldron of poison to control it.
• Macha (Proper name) The wife of Nemed. She died only twelve days after arriving in Ireland.
• Manannán mac Lir (Proper name) The god of the sea.
• Mesgegra (Proper name) The king of Leinster during the events of the Ulster Cycle. He was killed by Conall the Victorious.
• Midir (Proper name) The son of the Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann who fell in love with Étaín, receiving Aengus's help to make her his new bride.
• Mórrígan (Proper name) An Irish mythological figure widely considered to be a goddess, and usually interpreted as a triple goddess.
• Nera (Proper name) A warrior of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
• Ness (Proper name) An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa.
• Scáthach (Proper name) The female warrior who trains Cúchulainn in the arts of war in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
• Sidhe (Proper name) Mythical hills of Irish and Scottish folklore, home of the sidhe race; fairyland, faerie.
• Tailltiu (Proper name) Alternative form of Tailtiu
• Tailte (Proper name) Alternative form of Tailtiu
• Tailtiu (Proper name) A presumed goddess who was the survivor of the invasion of Tuatha Dé Danann and was the foster mother of Lugh.
• Talti (Proper name) Alternative form of Tailtiu
• Tuatha Dé Danann (Noun) The fifth group of inhabitants of Ireland according to the Lebor Gabála Érenn tradition, thought to represent the gods of the Goidelic Irish. Their Christian redactors have reduced them to historical kings and heroes.
• Táin Bó Cúailnge (Proper name) The central tale in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
• Tír na nÓg (Proper name) The Land of (eternal) Youth; one of the names for the Celtic otherworld (or possibly a part thereof).
• Uathach (Proper name) The daughter of Scáthach and later the lover of Cúchulainn (after a duel with Cochar Crufe).
• Ulster Cycle (Proper name) A large body of prose and verse centering around the traditional heroes of Ulaid and the reign of Conchobar mac Nessa. One of the four major cycles of Irish Mythology.
• banshee (Noun) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
• dullahan (Noun) A black-clad (usually male) horserider in Irish folklore which carries its severed head like a lantern and may be repelled by gold; when it stops riding (or calls out someone's name), someone will die. (Also called the Gan Ceann, Irish for "[one] without a head".)
• fear gortha (Noun) A phantom of hunger, resembling an emaciated man.
• sidhe (Noun) A supernatural creature of Irish and Scottish folklore, living in Sidhe; a fairy.
• Áed Ruad (Proper name) The High King of Ireland who ruled in rotation with his cousins Díthorba and Cimbáeth, each ruling for seven years in turn.
• Étaín (Proper name) The lover of Midir whose rejected first wife Fuamnach became jealous and cast three spells on her, turning her into a pool of water, then into a worm, and then into a fly.

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