In Irish mythology, Uaithne (, ) is Dagda's harp, or rather the Dagda's harper, according to a number of modern translators (cf. ).

Attestations

Úaithne figures as the name of Dagda's harper captured by the Fomorians according to the narrative Cath Maige Tuired ("Second Battle of Mag Tuired"). unchanged from Leahy's translation, in turn revised from Crowe's.

Etymology

Úaithne presumably means "Childbirth".

Úaithne is glossed as "Orpheus" in the Irish Glossaries. and Philippe Jouët endorses the interpretation that Dagda's harp indeed means "concordance" or "harmoniousness", which would be consistent with interpreting the byname as "quadrangular harmony".

"An Uaithne" is also the original name of Irish choir Anúna.

Appears in the Symphogear anime series as a relic owned by Carol Malus Dienheim.

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