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Dechtire


In Irish legend, the sister of Conchobar, the king of Ulster. With the god Lug, she had a son named Cuchulainn.

Cuchulainn is often considered Gawaine’s Irish counterpart, and Lug may be the origin of Lot. Dechtire, therefore, is, loosely, the counterpart of Anna or Morgause.