Editing Ériu (section)

== Family ==
Different texts attribute differing personal relationships to Ériu. Ériu's sisters are consistently named as Banba and Fódla, who are members of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the three sisters share a trio of brothers as husbands. In the ''[[Banshenchas]]'', Ériu is described as the wife of Cetar, while Banba and Fódla are named as the wives of Etar and Detar, respectively.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Banshenchus|url=http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/banshenchus.html|access-date=2022-01-03|website=www.maryjones.us}}</ref> More commonly, she is named as the wife or lover of [[Mac Gréine]] ("Son of the Sun"), a grandson of the [[The Dagda|Dagda]], although in the ''Banshenchas'', her husband is simply named ''Grian'' ("Sun").<ref>''[[Lebor Gabála Érenn]]''. Online translation at [http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/lebor4.html#62 www.ancienttexts.org]</ref><ref name="Rolleston">{{cite book|author=T. W. Rolleston|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Idy7AQAAQBAJ&q=eriu&pg=PA134|title=Celtic Myths and Legends|date=24 July 2012|publisher=Dover Publications|isbn=9780486265070|place=New York|page=132|author-link=T. W. Rolleston}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Ériu is also portrayed as the lover of [[Elatha]], a prince of the [[Fomorians]], with whom she produces a son named [[Bres]], and as the mistress of Bres's enemy - the hero [[Lugh]]. Both [[Elatha]] and Ériu are described in some sources as the children of [[Delbaeth]], indicating they may be half-siblings.<ref>{{cite web|author1=A. D. Rees |author1-link=Alwyn D. Rees |author2=B. R. Rees |author2-link=B. R. Rees|date=1961|title=Celtic heritage : ancient tradition in Ireland and Wales|url=https://archive.org/stream/celticheritagean00rees#page/32/mode/2up|publisher=Thames and Hudson}}</ref> Elsewhere Ériu is named as the daughter of Fiachra,<ref name=":0" /> and her mother is named as Ernmas. Her foster-father in the Rennes ''[[Dindsenchas]]'' is named as Codal the Roundbreasted, and it is said that when he fed Ériu on a peak called ''Benn Codail'', it caused the land in Ireland to heave toward the sky, and it would have kept rising until the entire land would have been the peak or otherwise until the sun would have scorched Ériu and the wind pierced her ears.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/revueceltique16pari|title=Revue celtique|date=1870|place=Paris |publisher=University of Toronto}}</ref>