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In
Irish mythology,
Fódla (also given as
Fótla, later
Fódhla or
Fóla), daughter of
Ernmas of the
Tuatha Dé Danann, was one of the tutelary
goddesses of
Ireland. Her husband was
Mac Cecht.
With her sisters,
Banba and
Ériu, she was part of an important triumvirate of goddesses. When the
Milesians arrived from
Spain, each of the three sisters asked the
bard Amergin that her name be given to the country. Ériu (
Éire, and in the dative 'Éirinn', giving English '
Erin') seems to have won the argument, but the poets hold that all three were granted their wish, and thus 'Fodhla' is sometimes used as a literary name for Ireland, as is '
Banba'. This is similar in some ways to the use of the poetic name '
Albion' for
Great Britain.
In the
Tochomlad mac Miledh a hEspain i nErind: no Cath Tailten, Fótla is described as the wife of
Mac Cecht, reigning as Queen of
Ireland in any year in which
Mac Cecht ruled as king. The text goes on to relate that as the
Milesians were journeying through Ireland, Fótla met them ‘with her swift
fairy hosts around her’ on Naini Mountain, also called the mountain of Ebliu. A footnote identifies the Naini Mountain of Ebliu as the Slieve Felim mountains in
County Limerick. The soil of this region is
peaty luvisol.
According to
Seathrún Céitinn she worshipped the
Mórrígan, who is also sometimes named as a daughter of Ernmas.
In
De Situ Albanie (a late document), the
Pictish Chronicle, and the
Duan Albanach,
Fotla (modern
Atholl,
Ath-Fotla) was the name of one of the first
Pictish kingdoms.
The
LÉ Fola (CM12), a ship in the
Irish Naval Service (now decommissioned), was named after her.
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