The Líath Lúcachra was one of the the foster mothers of Finn McCumhail. She was killed by him when he was avenging the death of someone he never knew.
The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes[]
My Life as a Child Outlaw[]
When the Clan Morna comes for Finn, she urges him to go east as she and Bodbmall fend them off. A year after the attack she and Bodbmall tack Finn down as he is with Fíacail and take the boy back to their camp. After they return to the camp she refuses to teach Finn more fighting techniques. When the boy asks about the man who betrayed his father, she reveals she knows nothing about him, not even a name.
Shortly after Finn turns ten, the three spot a heard of deer as they dry out badger hide. She and Bodbmall say they do not want to hunt them, but Finn does so. He returns with two stags and they eagerly watch him butcher the carcasses. When Finn asks them if they want it get married to have an easier life, they laugh and say they enjoy the equality their lifestyle brings them and marriage would ruin it. The Líath Lúcachru brings up his father as an example before Bodbmall scolds her. Soon she goes to the shore to trade for glass and returns after a week long absence to inform Finn and Bodbmall that Clan Morna knows where he is after speaking with villagers at Mag Life. They tell Finn to head to Benntraige as the king will give him work and they hold off the Morna.
After traveling for a few days, Finn comes across a sobbing woman who says her son was killed. Finn decides to avenge her son's death and the woman points him in the direction of the killer and Finn goes off. He finds the man, who looks familiar to him, and, gathering all the fear and rag that has built up in him in his decade of life, confronts the man. The man says he knew Finn would come as Finn throws his spear and impales the man, suddenly the man's form shifts and turns into the Líath Lúcachru.
Some time after, she is separated from Bodbmall and takes the form of a man. She kills someone by the name of Glonda, and is killed by Finn, who is unaware that it is her, shortly after. A shocked Finn soon sees a white bag, the bag that was stolen from his father before he was killed, and realizes that the Líath Lúcachru betrayed his father. With her dying breath, she says she was saving it for him and to seek out his uncle. She dies and Finn buries his foster mother and seeks out his uncle.
Appearance[]
The Líath Lúcachra is an elderly woman with gray hair with glass braided into it.
Personality[]
The Líath Lúcachra is a stern but caring woman.
Abilities[]
- Superhuman Speed: She is a fast runner.
- Superhuman Agility: She is very agile, being able to run through a forest without disturbing the greenery. However she has become less agile in her old age.