Cliodhna, in Irish Celtic mythology, is a deity of Sidh (the Other World of Celts), who personifies beauty and love. It has three magical birds (cranes or crows, according to the versions of the legend), who eat only wonderful apples and whose songs have the power to provide eternal sleep, or to cure the sick.
She left her residence "Tir Tairngire" (Land of Promises - another name of Sidh), for love for Ciabhán, a human, who will perish drowned in the port of Glandore in a gigantic wave, sent by the god Sovereign Manannan Mac Lir. Cliodhna, who had been immersed in a magical sleep, is brought back by the wave into the Land of Promises. The tide at this place is now called "Tonn Chlíodhna", the Cliodhna wave.
This story is reminiscent of that of Conle, the son of King Conn Cetchathach, whose bansidh fell in love, and who managed to drag him into the Other World, despite the efforts of Druid Corann.
Folklore has made it the fairy queen of the province of Munster. Notemodify the code Bibliography edit code
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