As a triple aspect she was called Macha when she worked her magic with the blood of the slain, Badb when she took on the form of a giantess and warned soldiers of their fortunes on the eve of battle and also as the shape shifting Neman. All three could slip into the form of crows, which would be seen around battlefields.
Badb - (Vulture) The washer at the ford - the clothes she washed were not her own, they were the garments of soldiers ready for battle. Warriors on the march would dread meeting Badb, when they crossed a stream, for fear of seeing her washing garments that they recognised as their own, for it would predict their death on the battlefield
Macha - (Battle) After battle Macha would cloak herself in Carrion bird feathers as she wandered through the slain. The dead bodies of the side that she favoured would be interred, but those of the opposing side would be dismembered and their heads would be impaled on stakes, raised up in rings to her honour.
Neman - (Frenzy) It is thought that perhaps Neman was the first to devise ritual wailing over death, this sound would accompany the soul of the dead to their final resting place.
She was also associated with fertility and sexuality, she tried to seduce the hero Cu Chulainn in the guise of a young maiden and stood astride her ford to have intercourse with the Daghda - the father god of the Tuatha De Danann, on the feast of Samhain.
Morrighan is a wonderful Goddess for strong, independent women, especially those on a warrior path.
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