Dindshenchas 10: Tocmarc Étaíne 2 – The Re-Born Identity
Étaín and Midir: illustration by Kathy Moore
As Étaín grows up to be the most beautiful woman in Ireland – again – she is wooed and won by no less than the king of all Ireland. But no story can be that simple!
Join the Story Archaeologists as they seek out the improbable causes of the “sick-lying” of Étaín’s new brother-in-law.
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Music: “Tam Lin” by Gian Castello.
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without a Queen there wasn’t a royal house. Etain pours healing waters on the brother. Maeve pours mead and selects who would be King. It’s the Queen that makes the King. That explains Helen of Troy to me, they had to get the Queen back or not be King