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Badb
[ bov ]
noun
, Irish Mythology.
- a spirit who, delighting in war, incited armies to fight and appeared to warriors about to be defeated.
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Thereupon Cuchulain drew 2his2 sword from the sheath of the Badb, to cut away the weapons and lighten the shield that was on him.
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Badb: the war-fury, or goddess of war and carnage; she was wont to appear in the form of a carrion-crow.
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In this case the Badb watches over Cormac as his doom comes.
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And Badb and Macha and the Morrigu called out that they would go along with them.
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And it was said that red Badb was glad and many women were sorry at that battle.
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