<P> There is a burnt mound site in County Tipperary known as Fulacht na Mór Ríoghna (' cooking pit of the Mórrígan'). The fulachtaí sites are found in wild areas, and usually associated with outsiders such as the fianna, as well as with the hunting of deer . There may be a link with the three mythical hags who cook the meal of dogflesh that brings the hero Cúchulainn to his doom . The Dá Chich na Morrigna (' two breasts of the Mórrígan'), a pair of hills in County Meath, suggest to some a role as a tutelary goddess, comparable to Anu, who has her own hills, Dá Chích Anann (' the breasts of Anu') in County Kerry . Other goddesses known to have similar hills are Áine and Grian of County Limerick who, in addition to a tutelary function, also have solar attributes . </P> <P> There have been attempts by some modern authors of fiction to link Morgan le Fay with the Morrígan . Morgan first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini "The Life of Merlin" in the 12th century . In these Arthurian legends, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Morgan is portrayed as an evil hag whose actions set into motion a bloody trail of events that lead the hero into numerous instances of danger . Morgan is also depicted as a seductress, much like the older legends of the goddess and has numerous sexual encounters with Merlin . The character is frequently depicted of wielding power over others to achieve her own purposes, allowing those actions to play out over time, to either the benefit or detriment of other characters . </P> <P> However, while the creators of the literary character of Morgan may have been somewhat inspired by the much older tales of the goddess, the relationship ends there . Scholars such as Rosalind Clark hold that the names are unrelated, the Welsh "Morgan" (Wales being the source of the Matter of Britain) being derived from root words associated with the sea, while the Irish "Morrígan" has its roots either in a word for "terror" or a word for "greatness". </P>

Morrigan phantom queen and triple goddess of fate and war