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Fachtna I

 
Celtic Mythology: Fachtna I

Chief physician of Eochaid Airem who diagnosed the illness of Eochaid's brother Ailill Anglonnach in Tochmarc Étaíne [The Wooing of Étaín]. He knew that no doctor could cure Ailill's distress, his love for Eochaid's wife Eacute;taín, and so recommended that she give herself to him.

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Celtic Mythology. A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Copyright © James MacKillop 1998, 2004. All rights reserved.  Read more