Daughter of King Under-Wave

Role: woman · First appears: The Fianna · Diarmuid · The Daughter of King Under-wave · Part 1

The daughter of King Under-Wave welcomed Diarmuid and Finn with food, servants, and whatever they wished for, and offered them a choice of what they might take away. When she returned home, she and Diarmuid joyfully took one another’s hands. Later, Diarmuid brought her three drops of blood in a drink to heal her sickness; “at the third draught she was healed,” and his love for her ended.

Relationship record

Life events

• Diarmuid heals the daughter of King Under-Wave, and his love for her ends.(The Fianna · Diarmuid · The Daughter of King Under-wave · Part 3)
  • With: Diarmuid
  • “So Diarmuid did as he bade him, and he brought the water and the cup and the drops of blood to the woman, and she drank them, and at the third draught she was healed. And no sooner was she healed than the love he had for her was gone, and he turned away from her.”

The Fianna · Diarmuid · The Daughter of King Under-wave · Part 1

• protégé: Diarmuid (She provides Diarmuid with a house, food, and servants.) “They went up then to the house, and it was ready for them, with food and servants; and everything they could wish for they had it.”
• protégé: Finn (She lets Finn take one of Diarmuid's greyhound pups.) “That is no great thing to ask,” she said; “and whichever one you choose of them you may bring it away.”

The Fianna · Diarmuid · The Daughter of King Under-wave · Part 2

• parent: King Under-Wave “The daughter of King Under-Wave is come home,”
• with Diarmuid (Reunion and mutual affection; no specific lasting relation is stated.) “O come here to me,” said the daughter of King Under-Wave, and Diarmuid went over to her, and they took one another's hands, and were very joyful at that meeting.”
• patron: Diarmuid (Diarmuid offers the drops to help heal her.) “‘I have got those three drops here in this napkin,’ said Diarmuid, ‘and take them now in a drink and you will be healed of your sickness.’”

The Fianna · Diarmuid · The Daughter of King Under-wave · Part 3

• parent: King Under-Wave “And when you come where the woman is, it is what you have to do, to put that water in the cup, and one of the drops of blood in it, and she will drink it, and the same with the second drop and the third, and her sickness will be gone from her from that time.”
• courtship with Diarmuid “it is to heal the daughter of King Under-Wave that you have given your love to.”

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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.