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The Irish have several words for female druids, such as bandruí ("woman-druid"), found in tales such as Táin Bó Cúailnge; [50] Bodhmall, featured in the Fenian Cycle, and one of Fionn mac Cumhaill's childhood caretakers; [51] and Tlachtga, [52] daughter of the druid Mug Ruith who, according to Irish tradition, is associated with the Hill of ...
Iseldir, Druid chieftain and temporary guardian of the Cup of Life in the TV series Merlin. Atticus O'Sullivan, real name Siodhachan O Suileabhain, last of the druids in The Iron Druid Chronicles series. Keyleth, the druid portrayed by Marisha Ray in the long-running web series Critical Role.
Slave women were mostly war booty, female property given up by insolvent debtors, [37] or foreign captives and could be employed within the household or sold for profit. As slaves, women had an important economic role on account of their craft work, such that in Ireland, the word cumal ('slave woman', Old Welsh : aghell and caethverched ) was ...
She is a druid and the sister of Fionn's father Cumhall, and both she and her female partner Liath Luachra are known as great warriors. Bodhmall's story appears in The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn. When Cumhall is slain by Goll mac Morna, his wife Muirne fears for their son's safety.
Deirdre was the daughter of the royal storyteller Fedlimid mac Daill.Before she was born, Cathbad, the chief druid at the court of Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster, prophesied that Fedlimid's daughter would grow up to be very beautiful, but that kings and lords would go to war over her, much blood would be shed because of her, and Ulster's three greatest warriors would be forced into exile ...
Zana (Abkhaz: Зана, romanized: Zana) was a woman who lived in the second half of the 19th century in Abkhazia, South Caucasus.According to legend, she was an Almas ("forest woman") of great proportions entirely covered in hair, captured by hunters in the forests of Abkhazia in the mid-19th century.
The six largest and most influential of which were the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (including 57% of world Druids), Ár nDraíocht Féin (12%), the Ancient Order of Druids in America (8%), the British Druid Order (6%), The Druid Network (4%), the New Order of Druids (2%), each of which offers either Druidry curriculum materials or online ...
Satyress is the female equivalent to satyrs. They are entirely an invention of post-Roman European artists, as the Greek satyrs were exclusively male and the closest there was to female counterparts were the nymphs , altogether different creatures who, however, were nature spirits or deities like the satyrs.