Fuamnach

Fuamnach [ 'fuamnax ], also Fúamnach , is a member of the Túatha Dé Danann in the Celtic mythology of Ireland .

mythology

Fuamnach is in the story Tochmarc Étaíne the daughter or granddaughter of Iarbonel , the foster daughter of Bresal and the first wife of Midir . When Midir falls in love with Étaín , she tries to use her magical powers to destroy them. She transforms her rival into an ethereal being, then a seagull and finally a bee, all of which are carried away by the wind. After several entangled events that lasted for years, Fuamnach is finally beheaded by Oengus mac Og , who saved Etain and loves her.

The name Fuamnach is said to be derived from the word fumain ("head, neck scarf"), which gives the wearer its magical power.

See also

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

literature

• Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 .
• Ingeborg Clarus : Celtic Myths. Man and his otherworld. Walter Verlag 1991, ppb edition Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2000, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-491-69109-5 .
• Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ingeborg Clarus: Celtic myths. Man and his otherworld. Walter Verlag 1991, ppb edition Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2000, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-491-69109-5 , p. 104.