Badb

[ bov ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Irish Mythology.

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

Thereupon Cuchulain drew 2his2 sword from the sheath of the Badb, to cut away the weapons and lighten the shield that was on him.

Badb: the war-fury, or goddess of war and carnage; she was wont to appear in the form of a carrion-crow.

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

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

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

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