An Chraobh Airgid

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Fuamnach

Fuamnach

Midir’s first wife, who turned Étaín into a fly.

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Jealous of Étaín, she worked with the druid Bressal Etarlam to put her out of Midir’s house in the shape of a fly, and twice raised a wind to blow her across Ireland. Aengus followed her and struck off her head. Lebor na hUidre also records another ending: that she and Midir were both slain in Brí Léith by the aid of Manannán, and Brí Léith burned.

Kin and bonds

In the tales

  • The Wooing of Étaín A fly on the wind drops into a golden cup and is born again, remembering nothing. A thousand years on, her first husband comes to Tara to play for a kiss.

See also

  • Brí Léith Ardagh Hill (Slieve Golry). Midir’s síd, which Eochaid Airem dug open to win back his queen.
  • Manannán mac Lir “Son of the sea”: lord of the Otherworld across the water.

Sources

Medieval manuscript. Written down by Irish scholars between the eighth and seventeenth centuries.

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