Airmed

In the mythic aftermath of the Second Battle of Magh Tuiredh (Moytura), the healer Miach is killed by their father Díán Cécht. From Miach's body a profusion of healing herbs springs forth; Airmed weeps over her brother's grave, gathers and arranges the herbs on her cloak, and becomes the remembered custodian of the full lore of those plants. Díán Cécht scatters the plants out of jealousy, leaving only Airmed with the living memory of their secrets.

Primary sources give only brief scene-based details: Airmed is described as sitting at Miach's grave, weeping, collecting the healing plants that arose from his body, and spreading them on her cloak. Modern artistic retellings sometimes depict her with a yellow cloak, but the core tradition provides no sustained anthropological description (height, complexion, or age).

Airmed is portrayed as the keeper and organiser of healing herbs and as the sole rememberer of the complete herbal lore after Díán Cécht scatters the plants. She participates with Díán Cécht, Miach, and others as an enchanter whose incantation sung over the well of Sláine aided in restoring the wounded or resurrecting the dead. Her grief is narratively linked to the emergence of the herbs, tying emotional response to regenerative effect.