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Tailtiu or
Tailltiu (Old
Irish pronunciation: [ˈtalʲtʲu];
modern spelling: Tailte) is the name of a
presumed goddess from
Irish mythology. The goddess's...
- of his foster-mother
Tailtiu. She was said to have died of
exhaustion after clearing the
plains of
Ireland for agriculture.
Tailtiu may have been an earth...
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Nemain - also
known as "The Thee Morrígna" Mór
Muman (Mugain)
Niamh Sadhbh Tailtiu Tlachtga Abarta Abcán
Abhean Aed
Aengus (Óengus, Macán)
Ailill Aillen Aí...
- his verse, then his
people landed and
defeated the
Tuatha Dé
Danann at
Tailtiu. When
Amergin was
called upon to
divide the land
between the
Tuatha Dé...
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festivals are held. They
include Macha of
Eamhain Mhacha, Carman, and
Tailtiu,
among others.
Warrior goddesses are
often depicted as a
triad and connected...
- Érenn, Cian
gives the boy to
Tailtiu,
queen of the Fir Bolg, in fosterage. In the Dindsenchas, Lugh, the foster-son of
Tailtiu, is
described as the "son...
- five to
Tailtiu and
pursue a
beautiful fawn
which would appear to them there, and the one who
outran it
would be king. They
chased it from
Tailtiu to Howth...
- Éber Donn in command. They
defeated the
Tuatha Dé
Danann in the
Battle of
Tailtiu. Éber Donn had been killed, and the High
Kingship was
divided between Érimón...
- of
Tailtiu.
Amergin divided the
kingship between Érimón, who
ruled the
northern half, and Éber Finn, the southern. A year
after the
Battle of
Tailtiu, Éber...
- the Hill of Ward in
County Meath, and its
celebrations rivaled those at
Tailtiu. The
major ceremony held at
Tlachtga was the
lighting of the
winter fires...
