Mugain
Sign in to saveMugain, daughter of Eochaid Feidlech, () (sugg. pron. /Moógen Ait-en-hai-rech/ (Leahy); mod. pron. /MOO-in/), is a legendary queen in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology; characterized as the "Strumpet wife of Conchobar mac Nessa", the king of Ulster. Also styled Mumain, she had a son with him named Glaisne. She was also a sister of Medb by paternity.
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Mugain, daughter of Eochaid Feidlech, () (sugg. pron. /Moógen Ait-en-hai-rech/ (Leahy); mod. pron. /MOO-in/), is a legendary queen in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology; characterized as the "Strumpet wife of Conchobar mac Nessa", the king of Ulster. Also styled Mumain, she had a son with him named Glaisne. She was also a sister of Medb by paternity.
Her epithet, Aitinchairchech, literally means "having gorse-like body hair", or perhaps more specifically pubic hair.