Bláthnad

Bláthnad: Her name means ‘Little Flower’, and she was carried off by Cú Chulainn and Cú Roí, together with a cauldron and three cows, in a raid into Scotland. Cú Chulainn fails to live up to his promise that Cú Roi would have first choice of the booty, however, so the latter takes all. Bláthnad subsequently betrays Cú Roi, however, in much the same way as did Blodeuwedd, and Cú Roi is murdered. His poet, Fercherdne, avenges his death by throwing his arms around Bláthnad as she is standing on the edge of a cliff, and takes both of them to their deaths below.

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