Fúamnach, or Fuamnach, is Midir's first wife and a witch of the Tuatha Dé Danann in the medieval Irish text Tochmarc Étaíne ("The Wooing of Étaín"). The...
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and silver. Midir takes Étaín as his wife. However, Midir's first wife, Fúamnach, out of jealousy, turns her into a pool of water, out of which, as it evaporates...
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marries Étaín, Midir's rejected first wife Fúamnach becomes jealous and casts a series of spells on her. First Fúamnach turns Étaín into a pool of water, then...
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Midir's wife Fuamnach turns Étaín into a beautiful fly. Returning Étaín into her human form at night, Aengus makes her his lover until Fuamnach discovers...
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swan and cursed by her stepmother Flidais - goddess of cattle and milking Fuamnach - witch of the Tuatha Dé Danann Iuchar - son of Tuireann and murderer of...
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the Fomorian leader Balor and the mother of Lugh Fand Finnabair Flidais Fuamnach Gráinne Grian Lí Ban Loígde - attested as Logiddea in Archaic Irish and...
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away by Midir's jealous first wife Fuamnach. In her insect form she becomes the companion of Aengus, until Fuamnach once again drives her away, and she...
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husband of Fúamnach but falls in love with Étaín, and receives the help of his foster-son Aengus (also Oengus) to make her his new bride. Fuamnach's vengeance...
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of Lir, into swans to be rid of them. Likewise, in the Tochmarc Étaíne, Fuamnach jealously turns Étaín into a butterfly. The most dramatic example of shapeshifting...
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(Fann) Flidais (Flidas, Fliodhais, Fliodhas) Fódla (Fódhla, Fóla, Fótla) Fuamnach Lí Ban The Morrígan Badb (Badb Catha, Badhbh) Macha Nemain Beira Cailleach...
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god, Midir. As punishment for her jealousy towards Midir's first wife Fuamnach, she had been reborn as a human. High King Eochaid having heard of Étaín's...
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