Fúamnach (Fuamnach)

In the Tochmarc Étaíne narrative Fúamnach is introduced as the first wife of the Tuatha Dé Danann noble Midir. The text reports that she was fostered to the filidh and wizard-druid Bresal Etarlám, from whom she learned magical arts; her identity and skills are narrated within the social world of Tuatha Dé Danann fosterage, courtship, and rivalry.

The surviving narrative sources supply no sustained physical description beyond identifying her as a woman of the Tuatha Dé Danann and as Midir's wife (referred to in the text as 'Fúamnach bean Midir'). No details of dress, age, or other bodily features are provided in the supplied accounts.

The tale explicitly presents Fúamnach as a learned practitioner of Tuatha Dé Danann magic, trained by the filidh Bresal Etarlám. Specific acts attributed to her include striking Étaín with a wand of scarlet rowan (cáerthann) to transform her into a pool of water and conjuring a 'mighty wind' that blows Étaín through the air for seven years (and later a second wind forcing another seven years of wandering). These actions show skilled transmutation and wind-magic applied from a named magical lineage. Her effective sorcery nonetheless proves vulnerable to counteraction by other Tuatha Dé Danann figures: Aengus follows her to Bresal's raith, slays Bresal, and beheads Fúamnach, carrying her head back to the Brug.