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Fictional character
Medb
Ulster Cycle character
Queen Maev by J. C. Leyendecker
In-universe information
Occupation
Queen
Spouse
Ailill mac Máta
Nationality
Irish
Medb (Old Irish:[mʲeðv]), later spelled Meadhbh (Middle Irish:[mʲɛɣv]), Méabh(a) (Irish:[ˈmʲeːw(ə)]) and Méibh (Irish:[mʲeːvʲ]),[1] and often anglicised as Maeve (/meɪv/MAYV), is queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Her husband in the core stories of the cycle is Ailill mac Máta, although she had several husbands before him who were also kings of Connacht. She rules from Cruachan (now Rathcroghan, County Roscommon). She is the enemy (and former wife) of Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster, and is best known for starting the Táin Bó Cúailnge ("The Cattle Raid of Cooley") to steal Ulster's prize stud bull Donn Cúailnge.
Medb is strong-willed, ambitious, cunning and promiscuous, and is an archetypal warrior queen.[2] She is believed by some to be a manifestation of the sovereignty goddess.[3][4][5] Medb of Connacht is probably identical with Medb Lethderg, the sovereignty goddess of Tara.[4]
^Ua Laoghaire, Peadar (1915). Táin Bó Cuailnge. p. 2.
^Fraser, Antonia (1990). The Warrior Queens. Canada Ltd, 20801 John Street, Markham, Ontario L3R 1B4: Penguin Books: Penguin books. pp. 15, 16, 17. ISBN 0-1400-8517-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí. Myth, Legend & Romance: An encyclopaedia of the Irish folk tradition. Prentice Hall Press, 1991. pp. 294–295
^ abMonaghan, Patricia. The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore. Infobase Publishing, 2004. p.319
^Koch, John T. Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2006. p.1282
Medb (Old Irish: [mʲeðv]), later spelled Meadhbh (Middle Irish: [mʲɛɣv]), Méabh(a) (Irish: [ˈmʲeːw(ə)]) and Méibh (Irish: [mʲeːvʲ]), and often anglicised...
spelt Meadhbh in Early Modern Irish (pronounced [mʲɛɣv]), Meḋḃ or Meaḋḃ in Middle Irish, and Medb in Old Irish (pronounced [mʲeðv]). It may derive from a...
Macha, the hero Cú Chulainn, and their conflict with the Connachta and queen Medb. The longest and most important tale is the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge (Cattle...
and narrowly lost. After seeing that, Medb was determined to see Finnbhennach fight the bull-calf's sire. When Medb discovered that owning Finnbhennach...
in Archaic Irish and preserved in the name of the Corcu Loígde Macha Medb (Medb Lethderg) Mongfind The Morrígan, Badb, Nemain - also known as "The Thee...
mac Máta had stolen Fergus's sword when he caught him in flagrante with Medb. Fergus carved a dummy wooden sword to disguise the fact he was unarmed.: pp...
newer, accentual and rhyming verse forms. The 73-line poem Conailla Medb Míchuru ("Medb enjoined evil contracts") is preserved, along with a later prose...
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on the origin of the name. A popular theory holds that Mab derives from Medb (pronounced "Maive"), a legendary queen from 12th-century Irish poetry; scholar...
Medb ingen Indrechtach (Possibly Maeve), Queen of Ailech, 8th century. Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press...
had been built by / for Medb. Another story states that Cruachan had been ruled by the queen's sister, Clothru, before Medb herself had her killed. Vivid...
historical traditions. He is best known as the father of the legendary queen Medb of Connacht. Eochu was son of Finn, son of Fionnlogh, son of Rogen Ruad,...
King's daughter in marriage. Conchobar marries several of Eochu's daughters. Medb, later queen of Connacht, is the first. She bears him a son called Amalgad...
Macha (now Navan Fort near Armagh), and had a fierce rivalry with queen Medb and king Ailill of Connacht and their ally, Fergus mac Róich, former king...
series of Connacht champions, Medb sends for Ferdiad, but he only agrees to fight Cú Chulainn after Findabair, Ailill and Medb's daughter, has seductively...
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Cuailnge, that while Ailill may wear the crown of Connacht, it is his wife Medb who is the real power, and she needs to affirm her equality to her husband...
After the Stowe version of the "Tain", Medb's men run forward to kill the Donn bull after his fight with Medb's "white-horned" bull, whom he kills. On...
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