Celtic Otherworld XIII

Marion is concerned about the Detective agency that has opened across the street. Neamhain wasn’t always the third member of the Morrígna. Originally the leader was Anand, not Badb. In this case it’s not “mór” meaning big, greater or older, but an obsolete Gaelic prefix “mor” meaning terror, so Morrígna means Terror Queens. Morrígan is the singular Terror Queen.

Notes:
The cover is based on “The Valkyrie’s Vigil” by Edward Robert Hughes.

Anand is also variously called Anu, Nainsí or the Morrígan in old manuscripts. The Morrígna are listed as Anand, Badb and Macha or Badb, Macha and Neamhain in manuscripts. Anand (Nainsí/Anu) is also described as taking the form of a grey crow. The Hoodie Crow (grey and black) is similar to the all black Carrion Crow, The ranges in the British Isles or Europe  hardly overlap. Macha of the horses is a different character.

The Welsh prefix as in Morwenna or Morgan is to do with the sea, it’s not related to the Irish prefixes.

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