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Tochmarc Étaíne - The Wooing of Étaín Flashcards

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The Wooing of Étaín in Irish

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Tochmarc Étaíne

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Tochmarc Étaíne in English

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The Wooing of Étaín

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

Whose son is Aengus

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Dagda and Boand

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

Who was Aengus raised by

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Midir

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

How was Midir hurt? What compensation did he demand?

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blinded
compensation - marrying a btf woman

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

How does Aengus win over Étaín for Mildir?

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tasks: clearing plains, diverting rivers, paying her weight in silver & gold

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

Who turns Étaín into a puddle of water?

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Fúamnach, Mildir’s first wife

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

What does Étaín turn into?

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  1. puddle
  2. purple fly (7 years + 7 more)
  3. drank by Étar, born by her
  4. swan
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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

Étaín’s second husband

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Eochu Airem

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

Eochu Airem’s bro

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Ailill

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

Who takes Ailill’s appearance?

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Midir

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

what motivates Midir to win fischell with Eochu

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they play for the kiss & embrase of Étaín

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

When does Midir return to Étaín, what happens

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a year after winning,
they turn into swans

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

When Eochu comes to take back Étaín he’s met with…

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50 identical women + chooses his daughter

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

What’s Eochu’s ending?

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Impregnates his daughter, dies

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

Carnival connotations

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

geographical mythos

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12 rivers and fields

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Tochmarc Étaíne - The wooing of Étaín

Étaín is symbolic to

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