Morrigan • Phantom Queen • Goddess of Death and Prophecy •
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Morrigan was the Irish goddess of death and destiny. Appearing before great battles as the goddess of fate, Morrigan offered prophecy and favor to heroes and gods alike. Morrigan was often called “Phantom Queen,” a title acknowledging her relationship with the dead. As the Phantom Queen, she circled the battlefield as a conspiracy of ravens to carry away the dead. She was at once both a single deity and a triple goddess, made up of Ireland’s most powerful goddesses. Morrigan was first and foremost a goddess of war and death. She was also the goddess of prophecy and fate, and as such saw the future of all things, including the end of the world. She was all-knowing, and would occasionally share her knowledge with others, for a price. Her prophecies were never wrong and her wordings were exact, if somewhat poetic. Her appearance to royalty and warriors also represented the side she favored in a battle. Morrigan’s association with the raven stemmed from the bird’s constant presence on the battlefield. Morrigan was a shapeshifter who took many forms; she would often appear in multiple forms throughout a single story. The most common of these forms were a shapely maiden, a battle ready warrior-queen, an old crone, and a raven. While she could take the form of other animals beyond a raven, Morrigan did so less frequently. Her appearances at the deaths of prominent figures, such as those who fell at the Second Battle of Moytura or the mighty Cú Chulainn, have caused scholars to link her to spirits appearing later in Irish folklore, such as the banshee, or “fairy woman.”
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