111:ĂtaĂn to roam another seven years without setting foot on land. ĂtaĂn finally arrived at a house in Ulster, where she fell into the cup of the (anonymous) wife of the warrior Ătar. As she emptied her cup, she swallowed ĂtaĂn and miraculously gave (re-)birth to ĂtaĂn as her own daughter (the tale goes on to say that ĂtaĂn grew up and met a mysterious horseman who had been looking for her).
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Second, on a visit to Midir (escorted by Lug, the Dagdae and Ogmae), FĂșamnach announced that she would drive ĂtaĂn away from him and employed a spell which she had learnt from her fosterfather: she conjured up a mighty wind which blew ĂtaĂn through the air for the duration of seven years, after which
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