Ériu

deity earth Irish single tradition · 6

Ériu is a sister of Banba and part of an important triumvirate of matron goddesses. Banba is a matron goddess of Ireland and daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

↻ synthesized from 6 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020

Relationships

parent of
Bres
child of
Fiachra, Ernmas, Delbáeth
consort of
Mac Gréine, Lugh
enemy of
Éber Donn

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Sources

Source passages

“Elatha Ériu Ethniu”

#4520 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She was part of an important triumvirate of matron goddesses, with her sisters, Ériu and Fódla.”

#9140 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“With her sisters, Banba and Ériu, she is part of an important triumvirate of goddesses. Ériu (Éire, and in the dative 'Éirinn', giving English 'Erin') seems to have won the argument.”

#9433 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“With her sisters, Banba and Fódla, Ériu forms a triumvirate of goddesses. When the Milesians arrived from Galicia, each of the three sisters asked that her name be given to the country. This was granted to them, although Ériu (Éire) became the chief name in use.”

#11036 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“The first three daughters of Ernmas are given as Ériu, Banba, and Fódla. Their names are synonyms for "Ireland", and they were respectively married to Mac Gréine, Mac Cuill, and Mac Cécht, the last three Tuatha Dé Danann kings of Ireland.”

#12910 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001