Tethra

Chief of the semi-divine Fomorians, nephew of Forgall Manach, who comes to be seen as a king of the Otherworld. Seen as a Fomorian, Tethra wields the sword Orna savagely but is none the less killed at the Second Battle of Mag Tuired [Cath Maige Tuired]. Before the writing of the Mythological Cycle, wherein this literary characterization was created, Tethra was evidently a divinity, probably of the sea. In later texts Tethra re-emerges as deity, now of the happy Otherworld, sometimes as the consort of Badb in place of Néit.

In Irish mythology, Tethra of the Fomorians ruled Mag Mell after dying in the Second Battle of Mag Tuiredh.^{[citation needed]}

Etymology

Tethra may be derived from the Proto-Indo-European *tet(e)ro- meaning 'quacking sound'.^[1] It also means scald-crow [4] or Roynston's crow in Old Irish. [5]

References

1. ^ Julius Pokorny: 1079. Cf. also [1] [2] [3].

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