Editing Emer (section)

==Cultural references==

===Literature===
Emer is the subject of [[William Butler Yeats]]' play ''The Only Jealousy of Emer''. This play is one of his five famous Cú Chulainn pieces, and is written with heavy stylistic influences from the Japanese [[Noh]] theatre. The story is taken, with some alterations, from [[Augusta, Lady Gregory|Lady Gregory]]'s saga-story of the same name in her collection ''Cuchulain of Muirthemne'' (1902). ''Jealousy'' premiered in Amsterdam in 1922, under the direction of [[Albert van Dalsum]] with masks created by the sculptor [[Hildo Krop]]. It did not play on the Irish stage until May 1926, when it was staged by the Dublin Drama League at the [[Abbey Theatre]].

Emer is mentioned in Yeats' poem "The Secret Rose": 
"and him
Who met Fand walking among flaming dew
By a grey shore where the wind never blew,
And lost the world and Emer for a kiss;"

Emer is described in ''[[Angela's Ashes]]'' by [[Frank McCourt]] as "The Greatest Pisser" in reference to the manner in which she won Cuchulain's hand in marriage. She is also referenced as part of the Táin-based imagery in [[Máirtín Ó Cadhain]]'s ''The Withering Branch''.

In November 1943, Scottish Gaelic poet [[Sorley MacLean]] published his first individual collection of poems, ''[[Dàin do Eimhir]] agus Dàin Eile'' (Poems to Eimhir and Other Poems). The ''Dàin do Eimhir'' sequence was one of the most important works published in Gaelic in the 20th century.

Emer is the protagonist of [[David Duchovny]]'s 2018 novel ''Miss Subways'' which draws inspiration from the myth.

===Other references===
The [[LÉ Emer (P21)]], a former ship in the [[Irish Naval Service]], was named after her.