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Figures in
Irish mythology include the following:
Mythological Cycle
Tuatha Dé Danann
Notable figures
Aengus - god possibly associated with love, youth and poetic inspiration
Áine - goddess of love, summer, wealth and sovereignty
Banba ,
Ériu and
Fódla - patron goddesses of Ireland
Bodb Derg - king of the Tuatha Dé Danann
Brigid - daughter of
the Dagda ; associated with healing, fertility, craft and poetry
Clíodhna - queen of the
Banshees
The Dagda - supreme god and king of the Tuatha Dé Danann
Danu -
mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann
Dian Cecht - god of healing
Étaín - heroine of
Tochmarc Étaíne
Lir - god of the sea
Lugh - legendary hero and
High King of Ireland
Maine mac Darthacht - owner of a cloak fastened by eight stones
Manannán mac Lir - god of the sea, like his father Lir
Nuada Airgetlám - first king of the Tuatha Dé Danann
Ogma - warrior-poet, said to have invented the
Ogham alphabet
Trí Dée Dána - three gods of crafting
The Triple Goddess
Badb - war goddess who caused fear and confusion among soldiers, often taking the form of a crow
Macha - goddess associated with war, battle, horses and sovereignty
The Morrígan - goddess of battle, strife and fertility
Lesser figures
Fir Bolg
Fomorians
Milesians
Ulster Cycle
Major characters
Ailill mac Máta - king of
Connacht and husband of Medb
Conchobar mac Nessa - king of
Ulster
Cú Chulainn - mythological hero known for his terrible battle frenzy
Deirdre - tragic heroine of the Ulster Cycle; when she was born it was prophesied that she would be beautiful, but that kings and lords would go to war over her
Donn Cuailnge - Brown Bull of Cooley, an extremely fertile stud bull over whom the war known as the
Táin Bó Cúailnge was fought
Fergus mac Róich - former king of Ulster, now in exile
Medb - queen of Connacht, best known for starting the Táin Bó Cúailnge
Ulster characters
Connacht characters
Ulster exiles
Other characters
Fenian Cycle
The Fianna
Fionn mac Cumhaill - legendary hunter-warrior and leader of the
Fianna
Caílte mac Rónáin - warrior of the Fianna who could run at remarkable speed and communicate with animals, and was a great storyteller
Conán mac Morna - warrior of the Fianna, often portrayed as a troublemaker and a comic figure
Cumhall - leader of the Fianna and father of Fionn mac Cumhaill
Diarmuid Ua Duibhne - warrior of the Fianna and lover of Fionn's betrothed, Gráinne
Goll mac Morna - warrior of the Fianna and uneasy ally of Fionn mac Cumhaill
Liath Luachra - Fionn's foster mother and a great warrior
Liath Luachra - tall, hideous warrior of the Fianna who shares his name with Fionn's foster mother
Oisín - son of Fionn mac Cumhaill, warrior of the Fianna and a great poet
Oscar - warrior son of Oisín and
Niamh
Fionn mac Cumhaill - legendary hunter-warrior and leader of the
Fianna
Caílte mac Rónáin - warrior of the Fianna who could run at remarkable speed and communicate with animals, and was a great storyteller
Conán mac Morna - warrior of the Fianna, often portrayed as a troublemaker and a comic figure
Cumhall - leader of the Fianna and father of Fionn mac Cumhaill
Diarmuid Ua Duibhne - warrior of the Fianna and lover of Fionn's betrothed, Gráinne
Goll mac Morna - warrior of the Fianna and uneasy ally of Fionn mac Cumhaill
Liath Luachra - Fionn's foster mother and a great warrior
Liath Luachra - tall, hideous warrior of the Fianna who shares his name with Fionn's foster mother
Oisín - son of Fionn mac Cumhaill, warrior of the Fianna and a great poet
Oscar - warrior son of Oisín and
Niamh
Fionn mac Cumhaill - legendary hunter-warrior and leader of the
Fianna
Caílte mac Rónáin - warrior of the Fianna who could run at remarkable speed and communicate with animals, and was a great storyteller
Conán mac Morna - warrior of the Fianna, often portrayed as a troublemaker and a comic figure
Cumhall - leader of the Fianna and father of Fionn mac Cumhaill
Diarmuid Ua Duibhne - warrior of the Fianna and lover of Fionn's betrothed, Gráinne
Goll mac Morna - warrior of the Fianna and uneasy ally of Fionn mac Cumhaill
Liath Luachra - Fionn's foster mother and a great warrior
Liath Luachra - tall, hideous warrior of the Fianna who shares his name with Fionn's foster mother
Oisín - son of Fionn mac Cumhaill, warrior of the Fianna and a great poet
Oscar - warrior son of Oisín and
Niamh
Other characters
Other