Writing about old celtic goddesses can be very difficult for much has been lost. About the Goddess Nemaine all we really know is that her name means "venomous one." She is considered to be an aspect of Macha, Nemaine Macha, who is an aspect of the Morrigan the goddess of war. Mach is a mother goddess. It is believed that at the end of the battle when the women were keening and her passion for war was spent the Morrigan, battle lust goddess would turn into a drow or raven and descend on the battle field and eat the pain away.

Macha went to the home of a widower with two young children. The place was in shambles it needed a woman. She said nothing. No words of explanation and she began to put it in order and tend to the children and to the widowed man. Soon he had married her and they lived in happiness and peace and were expecting another child. Twins. Now that is the tip off, already they had two daughters from his previous marriage.

Tripple goddesses, such as Macha/The Morrigan/Badb, include the face of the dark moon a lesser known deity that resides in their aspect as mother. She is sometimes refered to as "the dark mother." The venomous one that nurses her children on poison for whatever reason. Or just abandons them. In Arthurian legend you see Morgaine Le Fay, half sister of Arthur leave her son with her aunt because she hates the child when she finds out who his father is and after a very difficult labor.

In the case of Macha... She lives a charmed life with her new family working on their farm and racing her husbands horses out running them daily just for fun. One day her husband has to go to town to sell his prized horses to the king. She hugs him goodbye and finally she speaks, "tell no one of my talent. Tell no one I exist." He swears he will and goes to the city of Ulster to watch the horse races and sell his horses. The horses race and the husband scoffs and finally yells out loud "These horses are old nags, my wife, Macha could easily out run them, even though she is fat and pregnant!"

The king, heard Macha's husband boasting and sent two of his men to where Macha was keeping house very pregnant and just beginning to feel the first pains of labor. They dragged her from her home to the race track where she begged to be allowed to give birth in peace and when she had recovered to race the king's prized horses. But no. Macha was forced to run. After all she had done to ease the pain of her husband and his children...

Something snapped inside her as she out ran the king's horses a transformation of sorts occurred and on the finnish line she gave birth to twins. (Another incarnation of herself.) In pain and agony she screamed for the people of Ulster to help her. After they forced her to race horses while in labor after she had won... No one not even her husband raised a hand to help her.

So Macha cursed Ulster, feeding her people the venom that lived hidden inside of her, "For nine generations every time Ulster is threatened all in Ulster shall become as weak as a woman in child birth!" Then she was gone. Some say she died some say she went down a faerie mound to the other world from whence she had come. For nine generations, her curse did affect all in Ulster bringing it to it's knees.

Nemaine/Macha
Nemaine is considered to be an aspect of Macha who is an aspect of the Morrigan or the goddess of war.

Branwen's Tragedy
In spring, a little bird, a pigeon, appeared with a broken wing in the castle and Branwen was lucky enough to find it.

The Swan Maiden
Their search ends at the home of Bruigh Mac, who claims Caer to be his enchanted daughter turned into a swan.

Medea's Tears
Medea was a princess of Colchis, daughter of king Aeetes, granddaughter of Helios the sun god and a niece of the infamous witch Circe.