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Heroines Emer
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Name: Emer ní Forgail
Race: Fomorian
Father: Forgal the Wily
Paternal Aunt: Scenmend
Sister: Fiall
Brothers:
Cond
Ibur Seibur
Catt
Husband: Cúchulainn
Emer was the daughter of Forgal the Wily a Fomorian King. Cúchulainn sought her hand in marriage but she laughed at him and called him a beardless boy and that he should come back to her when he had more deeds to his name.
Her father Forgal on hearing that Cúchulainn was seeking the hand of his daughter decided to try and get rid of him, so he went to King Conchobar and he suggested that Cúchulainn be sent to study with the warrior woman Scathach on the Isle of Skye as few returned from there alive.
Cúchulainn of course goes and trains on the Isle of Skye and becomes a skilled warrior.
He returns and steals Emer from her father's stronghold killing all the warriors that come after him.
They live happily together after that until Cúchulainn has an affair with Fann a fairy-queen from the Underworld. Which makes Emer jealous so Cúchulainn realises that it is Emer he loves more and gives up Fann.
Stories, Myths and Legends associated with Emer
The Wasting Sickness of Cúchulainn
The Feast of Bricriu and the War of the Women
Bricriu's Feast (short version)
The Courting of Emer by Lady Gregory
