Medb
Irish · deity · ulster cycle · Recorded classification
Children
Domains
- sovereignty
Powers
- confers the kingship of Connacht; no man may be king at Crúachan but her husband
- musters and commands the four provinces of Ireland in the cattle-raid
Epithets
- Medb She Who Intoxicates (cognate with 'mead')James MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (1998), s.v. Medb (secondary)
- Medb Lethderg Medb of the Red Side, sovereignty goddess of TaraJames MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (1998), s.v. Medb Lethderg (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: Ailill mac MátaWife of Ailill mac Máta, king of Connacht.Táin Bó Cúailnge (primary)
- mother of: FindabairMother of Findabair by Ailill.Táin Bó Cúailnge (primary)
- enemy: Cú ChulainnInstigator of the Cattle Raid of Cooley against Ulster, held at the fords by Cú Chulainn. The existing irish_cuchulainn entry names Medb in prose and marks the entry pending.Táin Bó Cúailnge (primary)
- lover: Fergus mac RóichTook the exiled Fergus mac Róich as lover and as leader of her host. The existing irish_fergus entry names Medb as his lover in prose.Táin Bó Cúailnge (primary)
Sources
- existence: Táin Bó Cúailnge, Book of Leinster (primary); Lebor Gabála / Cycle of the Kings genealogies of Connacht (primary)