Nemain

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In Irish mythology, Nemain (or Nemhain) was a goddess of war, and possibly an aspect of the Morrígan. Her name means 'panic' or 'frenzy', and causing it among warriors was her specialty: in the Táin Bó Cuailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley) between Ulster and Connacht many warriors died because of the panic she created. She and her sister Fea were the wives of the god Neit. She sometimes appeared as a weeping washer by a river, washing the clothes or entrails of a doomed warrior.

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