Morrígan

Old Irish

Etymology

From mór (“great”) +‎ rígan (“queen”). Some posit an (otherwise unattested) Old Irish mor cognate with Old English mare as in nightmare, with the compound meaning "phantom queen".

Proper noun

Morrígan f

1. (Irish mythology) The Mórrígan

See also

• Badb
• Macha
• Nemain

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Morrígan, morrígu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language