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{{Short description|Irish mother goddess}}
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'''Ernmas''' is an [[Irish mythology|Irish]] [[mother goddess]], mentioned in ''[[Lebor Gabála Érenn]]'' and "[[Cath Maige Tuired]]" as one of the [[Tuatha Dé Danann]]. Her daughters include the trinity of eponymous Irish goddesses [[Ériu]], [[Banba]] and [[Fódla]], the trinity of war goddesses the [[Badb]], [[Macha]] and [[Mórrígan]], and also a trinity of sons, [[Glonn (deity)|Glonn]], [[Gnim]], and [[Coscar]].
Her other sons are [[Fiacha mac Delbaíth|Fiacha]] and [[Ollom]].<ref>Macalister, R. A. Stewart. "Lebor Gabála Érenn". Part IV. Irish Texts Society, Dublin, 1941. § VII, First Redaction.</ref> Ernmas was killed during the first battle of Mag Tuired and is called a "she-farmer" in the ''Lebor Gabála Érenn''.<ref>Gray, Elizabeth A., ed. "Cath Maige Tuired: The Second Battle of Mag Tuired". Irish Texts Society, Dublin, 1982. §12.</ref><ref name="Jones">{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Mary |title=Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of Invasions |url=http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/lebor4.html#55 |website=Celtic Literature Collective |access-date=26 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715225248/http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/lebor4.html#55 |archive-date=15 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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