Maeve
C54578
$79.00
Ladies, gold-plated watch. Dustproof
construction, diam. 1" (25mm), Japanese quartz movement, 3 year
battery, stainless steel back.
Claddagh embroidered leather band.
Embossed Claddagh
motif on a champagne dial.
Claddaghs: Silver-plated
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Maeve
Her name means "she who intoxicates". A goddess of war. The sight of Maeve blinds enemies, and she runs faster than the fastest horse.
Goddess of Connacht and Leinster. As the queen of Connacht, her husband was Ailill, and the two had their royal seat at Ruath Cruachan in Co. Roscommon, near the famous Cave of Cruachu which was believed to be an entrance to the otherworld.
She was also known as Medb Lethderg, queen of Leinster, in which case she embodied the sovereignty of Leinster in the same manner as her counterpart in Connacht.
Medb of Connacht figures more prominently
in Irish literature, being one of the protagonists in the The Cattle
Raid of Cooley. In this tale she led an army against Ulster to capture
the famed Brown Bull of Cuailgne. Medb's appearance in battle was said
to have caused the Ulstermen to lose two thirds of their valor, a power
which indicates that Medb functioned as an Irish war goddess. In this
case however, the troubles of the Ulstermen had their origin in the
curse laid upon them by Macha, which
caused their warriors to experience the pains childbirth at the hour
of their greatest peril. Only Cuchulainn
was immune from this curse, and he single-handedly delayed the army
of Connacht until the Ulstermen regained their strength. The Ulstermen
then were able to repulse the army of Connacht. However, the invaders
had already obtained the Brown Bull, and took it back with them to Connacht.
