Fand
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Fand ("tear", "teardrop of beauty") or Fann ("weak, helpless person'") is an otherworldly woman in Irish mythology. The two forms of her name are not phonetic variants, but two different words of different meaning and the history of her name is debated.
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- Instance of
- water deity
- Gender
- female
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- unmarried partner
- Cú Chulainn
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- Appearance in ''Serglige Con Culainn''
- Other appearances in early literature
- Appearances in modern literature
- See also
- References
Fand ("tear", "teardrop of beauty") or Fann ("weak, helpless person'") is an otherworldly woman in Irish mythology. The two forms of her name are not phonetic variants, but two different words of different meaning and the history of her name is debated.
==Appearance in Serglige Con Culainn== Fand appears most prominently in the Ulster Cycle tale, Serglige Con Culainn ("The Sickbed of Cúchulainn") as the daughter of Áed Abrat, sister of Lí Ban and one Angus, and wife of Manannán.
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