Mess Búachalla
Mess Búachalla (the cow-herder's foundling) is the mother of the
Eterscél
. One night, in Eterscél's house, she is visited by an unknown man who flies in her skylight in the form of a bird, and she has his son, Conaire Mór, who is brought up as Eterscél's son.
References
- ^ Jeffrey Gantz (trans.), Early Irish Myths and Sagas, Penguin Classics, 1981, pp. 37-59
- ^ Banshenchas: the Lore of Women at Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia Archived 2008-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Gantz, 1981, pp. 60-106