Cethlionn

Cethlionn also Cethlenn ( Old Irish ) or Cethleann ( neuirisch is) a legend shape of Celtic mythology Ireland .

mythology

Cethlionn was the wife of King Balor of the Fomori and the mother of Ethniu . Having prophetic gifts, she warned her husband that he would lose his life in the second battle of Mag Tuired against the Túatha Dé Danann . In that battle she inflicted an injury on the Dagda , and Balor fell through Lugh as she had prophesied.

The Irish city ​​of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh (Northern Ireland) bears her name ( Inis Cethlinn , "Cethlenn's Island").

See also

• List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
• Myths and legends from Ireland
• Celtic women

literature

• Paul-Marie Duval : Les Dieux de la Gaule. Éditions Payot, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-228-88621-1 .
• Albert Grenier: Les Gaulois. Petite bibliothèque Payot, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-228-88838-9 .