Motif
Triad of war goddesses
triad_of_war_goddesses
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family War Deity and War Goddess. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / LITERAL TRANSLATION / THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION; lines 12213-12244 confidence: high
“The Morrigan, one of the three goddesses of war, was the chief of them: they were Morrigan, Badb, and Macha.”
The passage explicitly presents Morrigan, Badb, and Macha as the three goddesses of war, with Morrigan as chief.
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