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Ailbe
Ailbe
1. Daughter of the fairy king Midir. 2. Daughter of the high king Máel Sechnaill [Malachy] (d. 862) and the mother of Cerball, warrior-king of Ossory. 3. Daughter of Cormac mac Airt in Echtrae Cormaic [The Adventure of Cormac] who is granted to the strange warrior as the first of his wishes but later returned. |
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Ailbe." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Ailbe." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Ailbe1.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Ailbe." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Ailbe1.html |
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Ailbe
Ailbe, Ailbhe [cf. Ir. albho-, white; Gaul. Albiorix, world-king]. The name of both men and women in Old Irish narrative, including twelve warriors of the Fianna in the Fenian Cycle and two saints. Incorrectly anglicized as Albert or Bertie.
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Ailbe." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Ailbe." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Ailbe.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Ailbe." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Ailbe.html |
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