Deirdre

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character in Irish mythology mythological figure tragic heroine

Deirdre is a tragic heroine of Irish Celtic mythology, famed for her great beauty and the sorrowful love story that leads to her and her lovers’ downfall.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Deirdre of the Sorrows	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	character in Irish mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ tragic heroine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Deirdre of the Sorrows NERFINISHED ⓘ Deirdre of the Sorrows of Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	tale "Longes mac nUislenn" (The Exile of the Sons of Uisliu) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Naoise NERFINISHED ⓘ Sons of Uisliu NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulaid NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulster Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
betrayedBy	Conchobar mac Nessa NERFINISHED ⓘ
betrothedTo	Conchobar mac Nessa NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	suicide ⓘ
culture	Celtic NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish ⓘ
diesBecauseOf	grief ⓘ
fleesWith	Ainnle NERFINISHED ⓘ Ardan NERFINISHED ⓘ Naoise NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
genre	heroic legend ⓘ
influencedWork	play "Deirdre of the Sorrows" by J. M. Synge NERFINISHED ⓘ play "Deirdre" by W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ various Irish ballads and songs ⓘ
inLoveWith	Naoise NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Old Irish NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy	one of the most famous heroines of Irish legend ⓘ
lover	Naoise NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythology	Irish mythology ⓘ
narrativeTradition	oral tradition ⓘ
notableFor	great beauty ⓘ tragic love story ⓘ
notableTrait	loyalty to Naoise ⓘ sorrow ⓘ
parent	Fedlimid mac Daill NERFINISHED ⓘ Maga NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfExile	Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
prophecy	her beauty would bring sorrow and destruction ⓘ
raisedBy	Conchobar mac Nessa NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInStory	central tragic protagonist ⓘ
symbolizes	doomed beauty ⓘ tragic love ⓘ
theme	fate and prophecy ⓘ jealousy and betrayal ⓘ tragic love ⓘ
timePeriodOfMyth	pre-Christian Ireland ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ulaid (ancient people) → associatedWith → Deirdre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deirdre of the Sorrows

Ronin → character → Deirdre ⓘ

Deirdre Angela Shaw → givenName → Deirdre ⓘ

Deirdre Flynn → givenName → Deirdre ⓘ

Celtic mythology → hasHero → Deirdre ⓘ

Sunflower → hasPart → Deirdre ⓘ

Bruce Johnston → notableWork → Deirdre ⓘ

J. M. Synge → notableWork → Deirdre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deirdre of the Sorrows

Irish Literary Revival → notableWorkProduced → Deirdre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deirdre of the Sorrows

Bruce Johnston → songwriterOf → Deirdre ⓘ

J. M. Synge → wrote → Deirdre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deirdre of the Sorrows