Definition of Morrigu

1. Noun. Celtic war goddess.

Exact synonyms: Morrigan
Geographical relationships: Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland
Generic synonyms: Celtic Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morrigu

Morohashi
Morone
Morone americana
Morone interrupta
Moroni
Moronis
Morori
Morpeth
Morphean
Morpheus
Morquio
Morquio's disease
Morquio's syndrome
Morquio-Ullrich disease
Morrigan
Morrigu
Morris
Morris chair
Morris column
Morris columns
Morrison
Morristown
Morrow's honeysuckle
Mors
Morse
Morse code
Morse function
Morse functions
Morse theory
Mort

Literary usage of Morrigu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cuchullin Saga in Irish Literature: Being a Collection of Stories by Cuchulain, Eleanor Hull (1898)
"For that ford in which his brother fell was unclean to him.2 So they fought at the upper ford, and then it was that out of the sidhe came the morrigu, ..."

2. Studies in the Arthurian Legend by John Rhys (1891)
"So it is not improbable that the cow was one of the favourite forms of the morrigu, or at any rate that it was so closely associated, or even identified ..."

3. Our Ancestors: Scots, Piets, & Cymry, and what Their Traditions Tell Us by Robert Craig Maclagan (1913)
"As we have identified the morrigu or Great Queen with the moon, ... The morrigu has a good deal said about her tresses, * Revue Celtique, ip 48. ..."

4. The Gael: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Preservation and Cultivation of (1903)
"The force, the meaning, the quality, the very essence and genius of the Irish original, "The Appearance of the morrigu," is done away with In Lady Gregory's ..."

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