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The Morrigu
(or Morrigan) represents the Crone aspect of the Goddess. She was a Celtic
War Goddess who delighted in setting men at war. She fought in battles
herself, and at times hovered like a crow over the warring
men. She was represented as fully armed, carrying two spears in her hand,
and wherever there was war, she was there. Her battle cry is said to be
louder than that of a thousand men. She had a sort of Love-Hate relationship
with Cuchulain, who refused her. Afterwards she fought with him and attacked
him in three different forms. Cuchulain wounded her, and later she came
back to him in the guise of an old woman to have him heal her wounds,
for only he could do so. After that she became his friend and helped him.
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