The epic opens with Ailill and his wife Medb talking of wealth in their bed. Ailill believes Medb is rich indeed now that she has married him, a wealthy man. She responds that she was rich before she met him, being the daughter of the high king of Ireland. Medb was a better fighter and more gracious person than her five sisters, and her father gave her a lot of land, including the land of Cruachan, where she and Ailill now live.
Medb wanted a husband without jealousy, fear or greed. Medb found this in Ailill and happily gave him her dowry, but she.....
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