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"Aoifa" by Sarah Seefried

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Aoifa by Sarah Seefried

That's a scetch of a woman from a Celtic legend: Aoifa Sometimes known as Aoife, was the daughter of ArdGreimne and an Irish warrior princess in the Land of Shadows, an otherworld kingdom. Her sister Scathach instructed the Ulster hero Cuchulainn in the arts of war. But when the sisters went to war Scathach was frightened to take the hero with her into battle in case Aoifa killed him. Undeterred by Aoifa's repuation as a fighter Cuchulainn challenged her to single combat. Before the fight took place Cuchulainn asked Scathach what Aoifa loved best and Scathach told him that above all else she treasured her chariot. At first the combat went as expected in Aoifa's favour, but Cuchulainn distracted her attention at a critical moment by calling out that her chariot horse was in trouble. Afterwards, Aoifa became Cuchulainn's lover and bore him a son named Conlai. It was however, the boy's fate to be killed by his own father.

Date	Name	Comment
30 Jul 2005	Caitlin E Hay	Loading... Her thumb on the hand holding the shield looks like it's on the wrong side of the hand. Sarah Seefried replies: "blush Yes I know. the problem was, that I wanted to draw the hand in a totaly different position and forgot to choose some details, when I did it with ink. Good eyes, my dear."

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'Aoifa':

• Created by:

Sarah Seefried
• Copyright: ©Sarah Seefried. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Aoifa, Celtic, Chuchulainn
• Categories: Royalty, Kings, Princes, Princesses, etc, Warrior, Fighter, Mercenary, Knights, Paladins, Woman, Women
• Techniques: Black Ink
• Submitted: 2005-04-10 17:25:35
• Views: 727
• Resolution: 447x782