Queen Maeve

Queen Maeve was a very powerful woman who is strong-willed with extreme battle skills. Maeve was the Queen of Connacht, Ireland. She was feared and loved among the people of her province. It was said that no man could rule the lands of Connacht without her consent; for she alone represented its dominance and abundance. Women of the ancient Celts were held in superior regard compared to their correspondents through out the rest of the world. The women's rights equaled those of men. They owned property and occupied powerful positions within their society. Queen Maeve was once considered a historical queen, but due to the fact that the Celts did not keep written records of their history and legends, she is now considered mythological.

Maeve Queen of Connacht, her name means "she who intoxicates". A goddess of war. Maeve has other supernormal traits: she has animal attributes, in the form of a bird and a squirrel who perch on her shoulder; she can run very fast; and she is able to deprive men of their strength simply by her presence. She is one of the Earthbound Goddesses of sovereignty in Irish mythology. Maeve represents the darker side of the Mother Goddess. She is also considered to be a goddess of fertility and war. Maeve has a sacred grove known as Bile Meibe.

Maeve was one if the five daughters of Eochardh Feidhleach. It is said that Maeve murdered her sister Clothra while she was pregnant with her son Furbaide. The baby boy survived his mothers death. When Furbaide grew up, he took revenge on Maeve with a slingshot of hard cheese while she was bathing in a lake.

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