Editing Medb (section)

==Medb's seven sons==
[[File:Maeve&druid.jpg|thumb|upright|''Queen Meave and the Druid'' by [[Stephen Reid (artist)|Stephen Reid]], from [[Eleanor Hull]]'s ''The Boys' Cuchulainn'' (1904)]]

Medb and Ailill had seven sons, all called Maine. They originally all had other names, but when Medb asked a [[druid]] which of her sons would kill Conchobar, he replied, "Maine". She did not have a son called Maine, so she renamed all her sons as follows:

* Fedlimid became Maine Athramail ("like his father")
* Cairbre became Maine Máthramail ("like his mother")
* Eochaid became Maine Andoe ("the swift") and was also known as Cich-Maine Andoe or Cichmuine<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/revueceltique16pari#page/56/mode/1up|title=Revue celtique|year=1870|publisher=Paris}}</ref>
* Fergus became Maine Taí ("the silent")
* Cet became Maine Mórgor ("of great duty")
* Sin became Maine Mílscothach ("honey-speech")
* Dáire became Maine Móepirt ("beyond description")

The prophecy was fulfilled when Maine Andoe went on to kill Conchobar, son of Arthur, son of Bruide – not Conchobar, son of Fachtna
Fathach, as Medb had assumed the druid meant.<ref name="CathBoinde"/>