Heroic Romances of Ireland

Fachtna

Role: chief physician of Eochaid Airemm · First appears: The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1

Life events

  • In the Egerton version, Fachtna diagnosed Ailill's sickness as envy or love.(The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1)
    • With: Ailill Anglonnach
    • “one or other of these two evils oppresseth thee, the pangs of envy, or the pangs of love”

The Courtship of Etain · Egerton Version · Part 1

  • employer: Eochaid Airemm “Then Fachtna, the chief physician of Eochaid, was summoned to give aid to Ailill, and he laid his hand upon his chest, and Ailill heaved a sigh.”

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