Bandia an fhlaithis

Is téarma acadúil é Bandia an Fhlaithis, a fheictear de ghnáth i Léann Ceilteach, cé go bhfuil an smaoineamh céanna ann i nósanna eile faoin ainm hieros gamos.^[1] Is bandia í, ina samhail den tuath, a bhronnann flaitheas ar rí á phósadh nó as caidreamh collaí a bheith aici leis.

Tagann roinnt scéalta dá leithéid leis an móitíf Loathly Lady (D732 sa Motif-Index le Stith Thompson).^[2][3][4][5] Cáintear é áfach as a rá go bhfuil gach bean láidir ina bandia flaithis.^[6]

1. ↑ James MacKillop, A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998), s.v. Sovereignty, Lady.
2. ↑ Victoria Simmons, 'Sovereignty Myth', in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, eag. John T. Koch (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2005), s.v.
3. ↑ cf. Proinsias Mac Cana, ‘Aspects of the theme of king and goddess in Irish literature’, Études Celtiques, 7 (1955-56), 76-114, 356-413, 8 (1958-9), 59-65.
4. ↑ cf. J. Doan, 'Sovereignty Aspects in the Roles of Women in Medieval Irish and Welsh Society', Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, 5 (1985), 87-102.
5. ↑ Breatnach, R. A. (1953). "The Lady and the King a Theme of Irish Literature". Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review 42 (167): 321–336. JSTOR 30098456. 
6. ↑ Sessle, Erica J. (1994). "Exploring the Limitations of the Sovereignty Goddess through the Role of Rhiannon". Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 14: 9–13. JSTOR 20557270.