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    Tochmarc Étaíne, meaning "The Wooing of Étaín/Éadaoin", is an early text of the Irish Mythological Cycle, and also features characters from the Ulster...
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    Éadaoin) is a figure of Irish mythology, best known as the heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne (The Wooing of Étaín), one of the oldest and richest stories of the...
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  • Retrieved 4 August 2019. Tochmarc Étaíne. The Fate of the Children of Lir Aigidecht Aitherni, tr. John Carey. Tochmarc Étaíne ("The Wooing of Étaín"),...
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  • representing the growing sun taking over from the waning sun. The Tochmarc Étaíne, tells the story of how Bóand conceives Aengus by the Dagda. In the...
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    n-Uisneg Tochmarc Emire Tochmarc Étaíne Tochmarc Ferbe (or Fís Conchobair) Tochmarc Luaine 7 aided Arthirne (second half of the 12th century) Tochmarc Treblainne...
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  • that no human now knows the healing properties of all the herbs. In Tochmarc Étaíne, Dian Cecht healed Mider after the latter lost an eye when struck with...
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    eponymous for Ireland (mainly Ériu) Ernmas Étaín - the heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne Ethniu (Ethliu) - the daughter of the Fomorian leader Balor and the...
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  • wife and a witch of the Tuatha Dé Danann in the medieval Irish text Tochmarc Étaíne ("The Wooing of Étaín"). The text describes her as being intelligent...
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    when he and his bride-to-be switch from bird to human form, and in Tochmarc Étaíne ('The Wooing of Étaín') it is the day on which Óengus claims the kingship...
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    the Children of Lir, into swans to be rid of them. Likewise, in the Tochmarc Étaíne, Fuamnach jealously turns Étaín into a butterfly. The most dramatic...
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  • in Irish mythology. Her origins are somewhat confused. In the tale Tochmarc Étaíne she is the daughter of the High King Eochu Airem and his own daughter...
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    ("Battle of Moytura"), the Aided Chlainne Lir ("Children of Lir") and Tochmarc Étaíne ("The Wooing of Étaín"). The characters appearing in the cycle are...
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    the Tuatha Dé Danann Dian Cecht - god of healing Étaín - heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne Lir - god of the sea Lugh - legendary hero and High King of Ireland...
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  • Eadaoin Ní Challarain, slalom canoer, born 1975. Étaín, heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne, originally a sun goddess. Étaín Fholtfhind, "of the fair hair", a...
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    Oengusai original text from Egerton 1782 at Thesaurus Linguae Hibernicae. Tochmarc Étaíne: The Wooing of Étaín De Gabáil in t-Sída: The Taking of the Fairy Mound...
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  • daughter of Étaín and the former High King Eochu Feidlech (or, in Tochmarc Étaíne, his brother Eochu Airem and his daughter by Étaín), who, because of...
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    divination. Divination with ogham symbols is possibly mentioned in Tochmarc Étaíne, a tale in the Irish Mythological Cycle, wherein the druid Dalan takes...
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    upon their deaths. This is subsequently done. In the Old Irish saga Tochmarc Étaíne ("The Wooing of Étaín"), Eochaid Airem, the high king of Ireland is...
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  • Bé Find ("Fair Woman") is applied to the heroine Étaín by Midir in Tochmarc Étaíne (English: The Wooing of Étaín). The text includes a poem attributed...
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    Cycle: Tochmarc Étaíne ('The Wooing of Étaín'), Serglige Con Culainn ('The Wasting Sickness of Cúchulainn' or 'The Sickbed of Cúchulainn'), Tochmarc Luaine...
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  • Masters to 131–116 BC. He plays an important role in the Old Irish saga Tochmarc Étaíne ("The Wooing of Étaín"), which tells of the lives of the beautiful...
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  • A series of fidchell games form an important episode in the story Tochmarc Étaíne. Lavish, sometimes mystical gwyddbwyll boards appear often in medieval...
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    single year, has suggested comparisons with the Irish language tale Tochmarc Étaíne (The Wooing of Étaín), where King Eochu Airem sets Midir tasks such...
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    degrees. Incest played a key role in British Celtic myth, such as in Tochmarc Étaíne ('The Courting of Étaín') as in other ancient cultures (like Ancient...
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  • Bruidne Dá Derga ("the destruction of Dá Derga's hostel") A version of Tochmarc Étaíne ("the wooing of Étaín") Verba Scáthaige fri Coin Culaind ("The Words...
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  • the lost Book of Druimm Snechta, contains passages interpolated by H Tochmarc Étaíne ["The wooing of Étaín"], a mythological tale featuring Aengus and Midir...
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  • the Celtic origins of the tale, which is based on the Irish story Tochmarc Étaíne. The Immortal Hour was first performed in Glastonbury on 26 August...
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  • further materials have been added, including a king-list, a version of Tochmarc Étaine and further dindsenchas lore. Egerton 1782, f 106r-123vb (ends in hiatus)...
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    Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 1936. viii, 39 pp. Plates 1-146, I-X, 1-2. Tochmarc Étaíne; [edited from Yellow Book of Lecan, col. 985 (Nat. Libr. Ir. 4 : Phillips...
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  • Táin Bó Cúailnge (Recension II), f. 88r-105v, with a gap at f. 98. Tochmarc Étaine (middle part, introducing Togail Bruidne Da Derga), f. 106ra-108vb...
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