Tethra

Tethra

In Irish mythology, Tethra of the Fomorians ruled Mag Mell after dying in the Second Battle of Mag Tuiredh.Fact|date=February 2007

Etymology

Tethra may be derived from the Proto-Indo-European "*tet(e)ro-" meaning 'quacking sound'. [Julius Pokorny: 1079. Cf. also [http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/PCl-MoE.pdf] [http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/MoE-PCl.pdf] [http://www.indo-european.nl/cgi-bin/query.cgi?root=leiden&basename=%5Cdata%5Cie%5Cceltic] .] It also means scald-crow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badb] or Roynston's crow in Old Irish. [http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/sengoidelc/duil-belrai/lorg.php?facal=scaldcrow&tairg=Focal+B%C3%A9arla]

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