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Queen Medb, Seductress and Queen of Connaught, 90mm scale miniature.
Medb was a queen living in approximately the 1st century B.C. She is
most famous as a protagonist in the story of the Cattle Raid of Cooley
(The Táin Bó Cuailnge) and adversary of Cuchulainn the
legendary Celtic hero. She was named after the Celtic Goddess of Intoxication.
She married a series of powerful men, Conchobar Mac Nessa of Ulster,
a Connaught chieftain called Ailill and finally Ailill Mac Ross,
a son of the King of Leinster. She also took Fergus Mac Roich (foster-father
of Cuchulainn) as a lover because of his huge sexual appetite matched hers.
She lived in Co. Sligo in Connaught and there are many monuments which are linked
to her name. She was slain by Furbaide Ferbend (son of Conchobar Mac
Nessa) while she was bathing in a lake on an island in Lough Ree, Co. Roscommon
because she had murdered his mother.
The figures are painted by experienced Irish artists and were designed by internationally
famous miniature designer Alan Dickinson. Also available as Antique and Vibro
Metallic versions.
Other figures in this range includes:
- Cuchulainn,
A mighty warrior, 'Hound of Ulster'.
- Emer,
lover of Cuchulainn.
- Etain,
Irish Queen wooed by a Fairy Prince.
- Morgan
Le Fey, enchantress and enemy of legendary Arthur of Camelot
- Branwen,
woman that was the centre of a war between Welsh and Irish clans.
- Boudicca,
Queen of the Iceni, lead a rebellion against Roman rule in Britain.
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