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In Irish mythology
Irish mythology

The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology....
, Banbha, sometimes written as Banba in English, daughter of Ernmas
Ernmas

Ernmas is an Irish mythology mother goddess, mentioned in Lebor Gab?la ?renn and "Cath Maige Tuired" as one of the Tuatha D? Danann. Her daughters include the trinity of eponymous Irish goddesses ?riu, Banba and F?dla, the trinity of war goddesses the Badb, Macha and the M?rr?gan , and also a trinity of sons, Glonn, Gnim, and Coscar....
 of the Tuatha Dé Danann
Tuatha Dé Danann

The Tuatha D? Danann are a race of people in Irish mythology. In the invasions tradition which begins with the Lebor Gab?la ?renn, they are the fifth group to settle Ireland, conquering the island from the Fir Bolg....
, is the patron goddess
Goddess

A goddess is a female deity. Often deities are part of a polytheism system that includes several deities in a pantheon .Common associations of goddesses are the Earth goddess, the Mother Goddess, Love goddess, and the hearth goddess, reflecting historical gender roles....
 of Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
.

She was part of an important triumvirate of goddesses.According to Seathrún Céitinn she worshipped Macha
Macha (Irish mythology)

Macha is a presumed goddess of ancient Ireland, associated with war, horses, sovereignty, and the sites of Armagh and Emain Macha in County Armagh, which are named after her....
, who is also sometimes named as a daughter of Ernmas. The two goddesses may therefore be seen as equivalent. Céitinn also refers to a tradition that Banbha was the first person to set foot in Ireland before the flood, in a variation of the legend of Cessair
Cessair

In Irish mythology, Cessair was the leader of the first inhabitants of Ireland before the Bible Deluge , in what may be a Christianisation of a legend that pre-dates the conversion, but may alternatively be the product of post-conversion pseudohistory....
.

In the ‘Tochomlad mac Miledh a hEspain i nErind: no Cath Tailten’ , it is related that as the Milesians
Milesians

* In Irish mythology, the Milesians were the descendants of M?l Esp?ine, the final invaders of Ireland who defeated and displaced the semi-divine Tuatha D? Danann....
 were journeying through Ireland, ‘they met victorious Banba among her troop of faery magic hosts’ on Senna Mountain, the stony mountain of Mes.






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In Irish mythology
Irish mythology

The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology....
, Banbha, sometimes written as Banba in English, daughter of Ernmas
Ernmas

Ernmas is an Irish mythology mother goddess, mentioned in Lebor Gab?la ?renn and "Cath Maige Tuired" as one of the Tuatha D? Danann. Her daughters include the trinity of eponymous Irish goddesses ?riu, Banba and F?dla, the trinity of war goddesses the Badb, Macha and the M?rr?gan , and also a trinity of sons, Glonn, Gnim, and Coscar....
 of the Tuatha Dé Danann
Tuatha Dé Danann

The Tuatha D? Danann are a race of people in Irish mythology. In the invasions tradition which begins with the Lebor Gab?la ?renn, they are the fifth group to settle Ireland, conquering the island from the Fir Bolg....
, is the patron goddess
Goddess

A goddess is a female deity. Often deities are part of a polytheism system that includes several deities in a pantheon .Common associations of goddesses are the Earth goddess, the Mother Goddess, Love goddess, and the hearth goddess, reflecting historical gender roles....
 of Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
.

She was part of an important triumvirate of goddesses.According to Seathrún Céitinn she worshipped Macha
Macha (Irish mythology)

Macha is a presumed goddess of ancient Ireland, associated with war, horses, sovereignty, and the sites of Armagh and Emain Macha in County Armagh, which are named after her....
, who is also sometimes named as a daughter of Ernmas. The two goddesses may therefore be seen as equivalent. Céitinn also refers to a tradition that Banbha was the first person to set foot in Ireland before the flood, in a variation of the legend of Cessair
Cessair

In Irish mythology, Cessair was the leader of the first inhabitants of Ireland before the Bible Deluge , in what may be a Christianisation of a legend that pre-dates the conversion, but may alternatively be the product of post-conversion pseudohistory....
.

In the ‘Tochomlad mac Miledh a hEspain i nErind: no Cath Tailten’ , it is related that as the Milesians
Milesians

* In Irish mythology, the Milesians were the descendants of M?l Esp?ine, the final invaders of Ireland who defeated and displaced the semi-divine Tuatha D? Danann....
 were journeying through Ireland, ‘they met victorious Banba among her troop of faery magic hosts’ on Senna Mountain, the stony mountain of Mes. A footnote identifies this site as Slieve Mish in Dingle
Dingle

Dingle is a town in County Kerry in Republic of Ireland on the Atlantic Ocean coast some west-south-west of Tralee and west-north-west of Killarney....
, County Kerry
County Kerry

County Kerry is a southwestern county in Republic of Ireland. Informally referred to as The Kingdom, it forms part of the provinces of Ireland of Munster....
. The soil of this region is a non-leptic podzol . If the character of Banbha originated in an earth-goddess, non-leptic podzol may have been the particular earth-type of which she was the deification.

The LÉ Banba (CM11)
LÉ Banba (CM11)

L? Banba was a in the Irish Naval Service . She was named after Banba, a legendary queen of the Tuatha D? Danann and a poetic name for Ireland....
, a ship in the Irish Naval Service
Irish Naval Service

The Irish Naval Service is the navy of Republic of Ireland and is one of the three standing branches of the Irish Defence Forces . Its main base is in Haulbowline, County Cork....
 (now decommissioned), was named after her.

Initially, she could have been a goddess of war as well as a fertility goddess.