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Badb

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[bov] / bɒv /

noun

Irish Mythology.
  1. a spirit who, delighting in war, incited armies to fight and appeared to warriors about to be defeated.


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The Badb and Net's wife and the Nemain called on them that night on Garach and Irgarach; so that a hundred warriors of them died for terror.

From The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic by Faraday, L. Winifred

Badb catha n� feann�g; a badb catha, or royston-crow.’

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans

In this case the Badb watches over Cormac as his doom comes.

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans

And Badb and Macha and the Morrigu called out that they would go along with them.

From Gods and Fighting Men by Gregory, Lady

And it was said that red Badb was glad and many women were sorry at that battle.

From Gods and Fighting Men by Gregory, Lady

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