Crochen the Ruddy

Role: handmaiden of Etain · First appears: The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2

Life events

• In the Egerton version, Mider carried Etain and her handmaiden Crochen the Ruddy away from the assembly.(The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2 · 📍 Fremain)
  • With: Mider Etain
  • “Thither also came Mider, and he searched through that assembly to find out where Etain might be; and he found Etain, and her women around her, and he bore her away with him, also one of her handmaidens, called Crochen the Ruddy:”
• In the Egerton version, Mider declared that the plain would bear Crochen's name forever.(The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2 · 📍 the plain of Croghan)
  • With: Mider
  • “‘For evermore,’ said Mider, ‘shall thy name be over all this plain:’ and hence cometh the name of the plain of Croghan, and of the Fort of Croghan.”

The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 2

• with Mider (Mider carries Crochen away with Etain.) “and he bore her away with him, also one of her handmaidens, called Crochen the Ruddy: hideous was the form in which Mider approached them.”

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Extracted from the original text of Heroic Romances of Ireland. Made with Rho MD.