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Irish mythology is populated by a number of female druids, or ''druidesses'', who often share the magic and prominent roles of their male counterparts. Bodhmall and Tlachtga are two such examples.〔MacKillop, James (1998). ''Dictionary of Celtic Mythology''. London: Oxford. ISBN 0-19-860967-1.〕 Bodhmall, featured in the Fenian Cycle, is one of Fionn mac Cumhaill's childhood caretakers and Tlachtga, the daughter of the druid Mug Ruith according to Irish tradition, has attached to a hill, possibly the Hill of Ward, which was the site of prominent festivals in Tlachtga's honour in the Middle Ages. Another female druid was Biróg,〔John O'Donovan (ed. & trans.), ''Annala Rioghachta Éireann: Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters'' Vol. 1, 1856, pp. 18–21, footnote ''S''〕 a druidess of the Tuatha De Danann who plays a key role in a folktale recorded by John O'Donovan in 1835, where the Fomorian warrior Balor, to frustrate a prophecy that he would be killed by his own grandson, imprisons his only daughter Eithne in the tower of Tory Island, away from any contact with men.〔T. W. Rolleston, ''Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race'', 1911, pp. 109–112; Augusta, Lady Gregory, ''Gods and Fighting Men'', 1094, pp. 27–29〕 Though sometimes classed as a sorceress rather than druidess, Bé Chuille – daughter of the woodland goddess Flidais of Tuatha Dé Danann – features in a tale from the Metrical Dindshenchas where she joins three other of the Tuatha Dé to defeat the evil Greek witch Carman.〔〔(Gwynn, Edward (Ed) (1906). ''The Metrical Dindshenchas'' volume 3 )〕 ==Further female druids== ''Relbeo'' – Nemedian druidess featured in The Book of Invasions, daughter of the King of Greece and mother of Fergus Lethderg〔 and Alma One-Tooth.〔O'Boyle, p. 150.〕〔http://www.donaldcorrell.com/tales/invasions.html〕 ''Dornoll'' – Druidess in Scotland, who normally trained heroes in warfare, particularly Laegaire, Conall and Cu Chulainn. Daughter of Domnall Mildemail.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Druidess (Celtic mythology)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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