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Places where this figure set down a horse whip received a name meaning “tree of [this figure.]” At the beginning of one work, this figure bristles at being called “well-off” and reminds her partner that she demanded a spouse without “meanness,” “jealousy,” or “fear.” An older “red-side” version of this figure marries nine successive kings, legitimizing their (15[1])sovereignty. A three-pupiled prophetess repeatedly states that she sees red while looking at the forces of this figure. This figure of the “friendly thighs” (-5[1])is often portrayed with a (15[1])(*) bird and a squirrel on each shoulder, both of which die by slingshot. This figure, whose seven sons all share the (10[1])same name, loses a comparison of possessions because Finnbennach, (10[1])not wanting to belong to a woman, joins her husband’s herd. For 10 points, the Pillow-Talk scene prompts what Queen of Connacht to instigate the Cattle Raid of Cooley? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Medb (“mave”) [or Medba; or Maeve] (Rudolf Thurneysen theorized that the bile Medba, or “tree of Medb,” represents vestiges of a pagan cult to Medb as a goddess.)
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