Queen Maeve

March 13, 2013 — Celtic, feminism, Irish, Queen Maeve

Tara is the magical center of the Emerald Isle. Maeve is the goddess of Tara. A self affirming magical Irish legend, Maeve was the sensual primal woman. Her name means intoxicated woman. She rules sovereignty as well as sexuality. As a symbol of the sovereign, she temporarily married the Kings of Ireland, and rejected those not up to the job.  She is perhaps all legend and may have been a real queen.

Celtic women did not suffer the same unequal status as other Euro women.  They held property and went to war. Queen Maeve granted sexual favors to the most valiant members of her army as part of standard operating procedures. She, like Cleopatra, was said to have had a multitude of lovers.  Her husband had extramarital activity also.  They went to war with each other over a bull.  She felt the need to have exactly as much property as her husband, and allowed her lusty passion to turn to war.  Her story, not recorded, but passed down in Celtic mythology, warns that hot passion can go either way.  This wild, drunken, sexy queen had her way with Ireland, and perhaps still does.