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Morrigan

Morrigan

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An Irish goddess of war and death who often appears as a crow
  • proper noun
  • Literature
translation icon : Morrigan
  • The Morrigan, whose name likely means 'death queen', appears to the hero Cu Chulainn as an old woman on the road.

Examples

  • (n38) The Morrigan could also be young and beautiful.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The Morrigan was able to foretell the outcome of battle.

    Academic text (2000)

  • - She was as kind as Brigantia, but could fight like the Morrigan.

    Die by the Sword (2020)

  • Afterward, the Morrigan prophesied to the Dagda, telling him of the battle to come and how she would help him to win it.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Her Celtic equivalents are the Scottish Cailleach and the Irish Morrigan.

    Blog text (4)

  • Frike, meet the Morrigan.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • In sleeping with the Dagda, the Morrigan imbued him with her divine energy, and he was enabled to lead the Tuatha De to victory.

    Academic text (2000)

  • In the Battle of Moytura, the Morrigan helped the ancient Irish Tuatha De Danann to defeat their enemy, the Fomorians.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Likely, it was that he had been as comfortable with the Trinity as his remote ancestors had been with Morrigan, Macha, and Bobd, the goddesses of war.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • In Irish mythology, Morrigan is a powerful goddess associated with war and fate.

Synonyms

Morrigu
vsMorrigan
  • Literature
9.9

A Celtic goddess of battle, fate and death

is the Irish version who appears as a crow and in multiple forms

Surface Forms

Morrigan main

Etymology

Morrigan comes from old Irish words mór 'great' and rígan 'queen', so she is the 'great queen' in myth; that's why she is a powerful figure of war and fate who often appears as a crow or a shape-shifter.