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Étaín

Étaín or Édaín (Modern Irish spelling: Éadaoin) is a figure of Irish mythology, best known as the heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne (The Wooing of Étaín), one of the oldest and richest stories of the Mythological Cycle. She also figures in the Middle Irish Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel). T. F. O'Rahilly identified her as a sun…

Name, Genealogy & Tochmarc Étaine

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Aliases
Édaín, Eddin, Jédin
Children
Étaín Óg
Family
Ailill
Gender
female
Spouses
Eochaid Feidlech, Midir

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Name

Genealogy

Tochmarc Étaine

Dindsenchas

Togail Bruidne Dá Derga

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Étaín

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples181
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Étaín

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related to Secondary sources · 43
Étaín → Baldness, Beards, Celtic Mythology, Celtic Studies, Charles-Edwards, Combination, Communication, Dictionary, Dobbs, Dublin, Early Irish Attitudes, Early Irish Literature, Early Irish Narrative, Essays, Gunter Narr Verlag, Hair, Hildegard, Honour, In Ogma, In Tranter
related to Primary sources · 30
Étaín → CELT, Das Freien, DIAS, Dublin, Dá Derga's Hostel, Early Irish Myths, Edition, Edward, Eleanor Knott, Ernst, Etain, Ganz, Gwyn, Harmondsworth, In Irische Texte, Mediaeval, Modern Irish Series, Recension II, Revue Celtique, Ráth Crúachain
related to Genealogy · 28
Étaín → Ailill, Carpre, Conaire Mor, Cormac, Cormac Cond Longas, Da Derga's Hostel, Dian Cécht, Eadon, Elsewhere, Etain, Fomorians, Here, High King Eochaid Feidlech, High King Eterscél, In, In Tochmarc, Mess Buachalla, Moytura, Second Battle, She
related to Silver basin · 20
Étaín → BC, Britain, Central Europe, Dobbs, Each, Fled Bricrenn, Fúamnach's, Hallstatt, In, Ir, Ireland, Irish, Margaret Dobbs, Medb, Midir's, Moreover, She, Such, The, Ulster
related to Tochmarc Étaine · 20
Étaín → But Fúamnach, Conchobar, Etaine, Eventually, First Fúamnach, Fúamnach, He, Ireland, Irish, Many, Midir, Midir's, Nessa, She, Since, The, The Wooing, Tuatha Dé Danann, Ulster, When Midir
related to Name · 18
Étaín → Adaon, Aedín, Aideen, Bé Find, Echraide, Edain, Etaoin, Fair Woman, Gaulish Epona, However, In Tochmarc, IPA-label-small, It, Midir, Old Irish, She, The, Welsh Rhiannon
related to Dindsenchas · 9
Étaín → Dindsenchas, Eochaid Airenn, Midir's, Rath Esa, Ráth Crúachan, The, The Dindsenchas, Tochmarc, Two
related to External links · 3
Étaín → Da Derga's Hostel, Destruction, The Wooing
see also · 2
Étaín → Irish, List
Aliases · 1
Étaín → Édaín, Eddin, Jédin

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midir irish eochaid ailill tochmarc togail bruidne derga fly daughter king wife one becomes étaíne also high fúamnach marries

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ÉtaínAliasesÉdaín, Eddin, Jédin1.00infobox
ÉtaínChildrenÉtaín Óg1.00infobox
ÉtaínFamilyAilill1.00infobox
ÉtaínGenderfemale1.00infobox
ÉtaínSpousesEochaid Feidlech, Midir1.00infobox
Étaínis adaughter of Ailill0.90text
the Welsh Rhiannoninstance ofsuggesting links with horse deities and figures0.80text
the Gaulish Eponainstance ofsuggesting links with horse deities and figures0.80text
Étaínrelated to DindsenchasTwo0.60section
Étaínrelated to DindsenchasTochmarc0.60section
Étaínrelated to DindsenchasDindsenchas0.60section
Étaínrelated to DindsenchasThe Dindsenchas0.60section

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