The goddess Macha is an ancient Irish and Celtic goddess of sovereignty and the land associated with Ireland. According to Irish mythology, Macha is often depicted as an aspect of the goddess Morrigan or Morrigu, an ancient Irish goddess of war, fate and prophecy. Don't forget to check out our playlist if you enjoy Irish and Celtic mythology.
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As the goddess of the land and sovereignty, Macha once punished the men of Ulster, or more precisely she issued a curse upon them. Based on some ancient tales from Ireland, the terrible curse of Macha was what led to the debility of the Ulstermen in the years that ensued. In the traits of a human, the Irish goddess Macha came down to earth to live with a man named Cruinniuc, who later boasted about her to the king Connor. To make right of her husband's silly boast, Macha was forced to race against horses while being pregnant with twins to save her husband's life, which she won in the agony of labor pains.
For failing to use their strength to protect her against it, the goddess Macha cursed the warriors of Ulster for nine times and nine generations that their strength will be useless to them in their time of greatest need, when danger would threat the survival of the province of Ulster, men of Ulster would suffer the pains of childbirth and would last for four nights and five days.
Macha's curse will later strike the Ulstermen in the Ulster cycle with weakness, in the epic of the Cattle raid of Cooley when queen Maeve tried to invade Ireland. Only a single warrior, the halfgod Cu Chulainn was able to resist the opposing army on his own.
The capital of Ulster would become to be known as Emain Macha, which
translates into ''The twins of Macha'', and will later be called Navan Fort, with ''Navan'' being the Anglicized form of Emain.




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