Oweynagat

E797182

Oweynagat is an ancient cave in County Roscommon, Ireland, traditionally regarded in mythology as a sinister entrance to the Otherworld and associated with the royal site of Cruachan (Rathcroghan).

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Oweynagat canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
cave ⓘ
mythological site ⓘ
access via narrow stone-lined passage ⓘ
associatedWith Cruachan ⓘ
Rathcroghan ⓘ
linked to: Rathcroghan complex
associatedWithDeityOrFigure Cú Chulainn ⓘ
Medb ⓘ
linked to: Queen Medb

Morrígan ⓘ
associatedWithFestival Samhain ⓘ
associatedWithMythology Irish mythology ⓘ
Ulster Cycle ⓘ
associatedWithTheme Otherworld journeys ⓘ
monsters emerging at Samhain ⓘ
connectedTo royal site of Cruachan ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
culturalPeriod Iron Age ⓘ
early medieval Ireland ⓘ
culturalSignificance important focus of local folklore in Roscommon ⓘ
key site in the ritual landscape of Cruachan ⓘ
geologicalContext karst limestone region of central Ireland ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Cave of the Cats ⓘ
Uaimh na gCat (Cave of the Cats) ⓘ
linked to: Uaimh na gCat
hasFeature chamber-like interior ⓘ
stone lintelled entrance ⓘ
subterranean passage ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Uaimh na gCat ⓘ
hasReputationAs entrance to the Otherworld ⓘ
sinister place in Irish mythology ⓘ
hasStructureType natural cave modified by humans ⓘ
souterrain-like passage ⓘ
heritageStatus part of Rathcroghan National Monument complex ⓘ
languageOfName Irish ⓘ
linkedBelief emergence of destructive creatures at Samhain ⓘ
portal between human world and Otherworld ⓘ
locatedIn County Roscommon ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
meaningOfName Cave of the Cats ⓘ
mentionedIn dindshenchas traditions ⓘ
medieval Irish literature ⓘ
nearSettlement Tulsk ⓘ
partOf Rathcroghan complex ⓘ
province Connacht ⓘ
region west of Ireland ⓘ
tourism visited as part of Rathcroghan visitor experience ⓘ
usedFor mythological storytelling and tradition ⓘ
ritual activities (hypothesized) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cruachan → hasComponent → Oweynagat ⓘ
Rathcroghan complex → hasPart → Oweynagat ⓘ
Crúachan → hasComponentSite → Oweynagat ⓘ