ʻO kekahi o nā huapalapala e hōʻike pinepine ʻia i loko o nā kuʻuna ʻIrelani ʻo ia ka Mōʻīwahine medb, mōʻī wahine i kapa ʻia ʻo Maeve. Ma loko o ka Circle o Ulster, i ka moʻolelo moʻomeheu Irelani, ʻo ia ke mōʻī wahine o Connacht. He nui kāna mau kāne akā ma kāna mau moʻolelo koʻikoʻi kāna kāne ʻo Aillil mc Máta. ʻO ka noho o kona aupuni aia i kēia manawa ʻo Rathcroghan, County Roscommon, a ʻo ia ka ʻenemi ʻoi loa o ka Mōʻī o Ulster, ka protagonist o Táin Bó Cúailgne.
Wahi a ka moʻolelo ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia e kona makuakāne e lilo i wahine na Conchobar mac nesa, ke Aliʻi o Ulster. Hāʻawi ʻo ia iā ia i keiki kāne akā ua haʻalele ʻo ia iā ia no laila hāʻawi aku kona makuakāne i kekahi o kāna mau kaikamahine i ka mōʻī. ʻOiai ʻo ia e hāpai ana, ua pepehi ʻo Medb iā ia a ua hānau ʻia kāna keiki e ka ʻāpana cesarean posthumous. Ua hāʻawi aku kona makuakāne iā ia i aupuni, ʻo Connacht, e lawe ana i ka inoa mōʻī mai Tinni mac Conri nāna, i ka hopena, e lilo i mea aloha na Medb. I loko o kahi hui ma Tara Medb ua hoʻomake ʻia ʻo ia e kāna kāne mua a hana kēia i kahi kaua ma waena o ka High King, kona makuakāne, a me Ulster. ʻO kāna ipo a me kāna kāne mua duel a ua eo ka mua. Ua pau ka noho ʻana o Medb me kahi kāne ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano he kāne a mōʻī. ʻAʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻoiaʻiʻo iā ia, hoʻopunipuni ʻo ia iā ia me kekahi o nā naita, aia kahi duel hou, ua lilo kāna kāne a hoʻololi ʻo ia i ke kāne a me ka mōʻī.
He ʻehiku mau keiki a Queen Medb, ʻo Maine ka inoa. He mau inoa ʻē aʻe kā lākou akā i ke nīnau ʻana i kahi druid o kāna mau keiki ʻehiku e pau ana i ka pepehi ʻana iā Conchobar, ua pane ka druid iā Maine a ʻoiai ʻaʻohe ona me kēlā inoa, ua kapa hou ʻia ka inoa ʻehiku me kēlā inoa. ʻO ka hope loa, ua pepehi ʻo Maine Andoe iā Conchobar. Wahi a ka moʻolelo i kanu ʻia ʻo Medb i loko o kahi lumi pōhaku 12 mika kiʻekiʻe ma ka piko o Knocknarea, County Sligo.
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