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Irish · deity · mythological cycle · Recorded classification
An Otherworld (síd) woman, wife of the sea-god Manannán mac Lir; the central female figure of Serglige Con Culainn, in which she draws the ailing Cú Chulainn to the Otherworld as her lover before returning to Manannán, who shakes his cloak of mist between the parted lovers.
Powers
- summons Cú Chulainn to the Otherworld as bird-woman and lover
Relations
- spouse: Manannán mac LirSerglige Con Culainn (primary)
Sources
- existence: Serglige Con Culainn (The Wasting Sickness of Cú Chulainn), Lebor na hUidre (primary)