Discussion
Started reading a book on Saint Íta and so far I'm finding that she lines up with my expectations of the long-proposed missing Allmother archetype of the Morrigan.
It's been proposed for a long time that the Morrigan, whose husband An Dagda has the epithet "Ollathair" or "Great Father", and whose own name means "Great Queen", may be "Danu", the mother-goddess who gives the Tuatha Dé Dannann their matronymic name.
But the mythic Morrigan lacks this whole side, presenting only as an Ur-Fury.
I haven't read enough yet but I'm already seeing strong clues of a few things I've been expecting:
* Hints that she is the mother of moon/immortality god Midir/Saint Brendan
* An association with sea travel and the shore
* Battle associations
* Possible ambivalent relationship with the "enemy" or "anti-gods" - In Saint Íta this is "those mean pagans", in original probably the Fómhuire.
Looking forward to developing this more. The Morrigan is huge in #Pagan and #Neopagan circles.
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