Then it was that the morrigan, daughter of ernmas, came from the fairy dwellings, in the guise of an old hag, with wasted knees, long-legged, blind and lame, engaged in milking a tawny, three-teated milch. Mage names may also refer to their mystery and high status; Celtic goddess morrigan sometimes translates as phantom queen. the sea is another common theme.

Then cuchulain saw draw near him a young woman, with a dress of every colour about her and her appearance was most surpassing. Who art thou? cuchulain asked. Daughter of buan ('the. Then it was that the morrigan daughter of aed ernmas came from the fairy dwellings to destroy cuchulain. For she had threatened on the cattle-raid of regomaina that she would come to undo.

For she had threatened on the cattle-raid of regomaina that she would come to undo.