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Maine Milscothach

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One of the seven Maines, sons of Ailill and Medb in the Ulster Cycle; or one of two or three different characters in the tale of Togail bruidne Da Derga.


    See also: The seven Maines
    The seven Maines
    (time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle, Conaire Mór, Conchobar mac Nessa)
    In the Ulster Cycle, the seven Maines (na secht Maine) are a collective designation for the seven, or eight, sons of Medb and Ailill, all of whom are named Maine: Maine Máithremail and Maine Aithremail, Maine Míngor and Maine Mórgor, Maine Andóe, Maine Milscothach and/or Maine Mó Epert, and Maine Conda(s)gaib/Cotagaib Uile.
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    OʼConnor, Ralph, The destruction of Da Derga's hostel: kingship and narrative artistry in a mediaeval Irish saga, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
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