Scáthach
Irish · deity · ulster cycle · Recorded classification
Domains
- war
Powers
- teaches the warrior-feats (cless), the salmon-leap and the hero's craft of arms
- prophesies Cú Chulainn's destiny through the imbas forosnai (the great knowledge that illumines)
Epithets
- Scáthach the Shadowy One / She Who Casts a ShadowJames MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (1998), s.v. Scáthach (secondary)
- Scáthach Búanand Scáthach the Victorious / the Lasting (war-instructress byname)Tochmarc Emire (primary)
Relations
- mentor: Cú ChulainnTrained Cú Chulainn in Alba and gave him the Gáe Bulg. The existing irish_cuchulainn entry names Scáthach as his mentor in prose and marks the entry pending.Tochmarc Emire (primary)
- sibling: AífeSister and rival of Aífe; both are daughters of Árd-Greimne of Lethra.Aided Óenfhir Aífe (primary)
Sources
- existence: Tochmarc Emire (The Wooing of Emer) (primary); Aided Óenfhir Aífe (The Death of Aífe's Only Son) (primary)