Banba the Spirit of Ireland

Banba the Spirit of Ireland
Classification: Patron Goddess
Associated: Ireland Sovereignty, Trees War
Culture: Celtic
Formed and important trinity with her sisters Ériu, and Fodla are a trinity of sisters.

They were representative of the land, particularly its sovereignty.
Banda was ceremoniously wed to the king as a symbol of the sovereignty.

A fertility goddess of Celtic or Irish myth she was equated to the spring and renewal of the land.

Also a goddess of war capable of changing shape from a girl to a hag or into birds and animals.

O My land! O my love!
What a woe, and how deep,
Is thy death to my long mourning soul!
God alone, God above,
Can awake thee from sleep,
Can release thee from bondage and dole!
Alas, alas, and alas!
For the once proud people of Banba!