#Nemain (Neman, Neamhan; “the venomous”) is one of a trio of gloomy #Irish war goddesses called the three Mórrígna. Nemain’s name seems to mean “battle panic” or “frenzy of war.” So frenzied did she make warriors that they sometimes mistook their friends for enemies, resulting in tragedies of the kind today called “friendly fire,” in which a man is killed by his own comrades. She is described only briefly in various texts as confusing warriors with her weird cries. Like other war goddesses, she was imagined to take the form of a crow, which like other carrion eaters was often seen hovering over battlefields, waiting for a meal. Because her name may be connected to the Celtic word for an outdoor shrine, nemeton, she may represent the duty of warriors to protect sacred sites.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Favorite goddesses: Nemain—Celtic Goddess of Panic and War. She can kill 100 men with just one single battle cry.
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