Banba

Family: Tuatha de Danaan · Role: daughter of the Dagda · First appears: The Gods · The Coming of the Tuatha de Danaan · The Fight with the Firbolgs · Part 1

The Gods · The Coming of the Tuatha de Danaan · The Fight with the Firbolgs · Part 1

• parent: Dagda “And the greatest among their women were Badb, a battle goddess; and Macha, whose mast-feeding was the heads of men killed in battle; and the Morrigu, the Crow of Battle; and Eire and Fodla and Banba, daughters of the Dagda, that all three gave their names to Ireland afterwards; and Eadon, the nurse of poets; and Brigit, that was a woman of poetry, and poets worshipped her, for her sway was very great and very noble.”

The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 1

• married with Mac Cuill “Amergin, one of the sons of Miled, spoke to her then, and asked her name, and she said it was Banba, wife of Mac Cuill, Son of the Hazel.”

Also listed in Tuatha de Danaan — Minor Figures

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