Cessair

Cessair[1] or Cesair (Modern Irish: Ceasair, meaning 'sorrow, affliction') is a character from a medieval Irish origin myth, best known from the 11th-century chronicle text Lebor Gabála Érenn. According to the Lebor Gabála, she was the leader of the first inhabitants of Ireland, arriving before the Biblical flood.[2] The tale may have been an attempt to Christianize an earlier pagan myth.[2]

  1. ^ "Cessair". Nameberry. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Cesair 1," A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. James McKillop. Oxford University Press, 1998.