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Étaín

deity sky Irish single tradition · 3

Étaín or Édaín (Modern Irish spelling: Éadaoin) is a figure of Irish mythology, best known as the heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne (The Wooing of Étaín), one of the oldest and richest stories of the Mythological Cycle. T. F. O'Rahilly identified her as a sun goddess.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
500 CE
Attested period
500 – 1500
Historical notes
Figures in Middle Irish texts.

Relationships

co occurs with
Eadon, Sulevia, Olwen, Brighid, Ainé, Grian, Sulis
parent of
Étaín Óg
allied with
Rhiannon, Epona
manifested by
Bé Find
child of
Étar
consort of
Midir
enemy of
Fúamnach

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (3)
  1. Étaín
  2. Celtic deities
  3. Goldberry

Source passages

“Dobbs also notes the episode's possible relevance to Fúamnach's malevolent spells and Étaín's and Midir's transformation into the shape of swans.”

#15798 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Similarly, Étaín has at times been considered to be another theonym associated with the sun; if this is the case, then the pan-Celtic Epona might also have been originally solar in nature, although Roman syncretism pushed her toward a lunar role.”

#26103 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“…as well as Étaín, a deity in Irish mythology associated with light.”

#46045 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free