Tochmarc Étaíne, meaning "The Wooing of Étaín/Éadaoin", is an early text of the
Irish Mythological Cycle, and also features characters from the
Ulster Cycle and the
Cycles of the Kings. It is partially preserved in the manuscript known as the
Lebor na hUidre (c. 1106), and completely preserved in the
Yellow Book of Lecan (c. 1401), written in language believed to date to the 8th or 9th century. It tells of the lives and loves of
Étaín, a beautiful mortal woman of the
Ulaid, and her involvement with
Aengus and
Midir of the
Tuatha Dé Danann. It is frequently cited as a possible source text for the Middle English
Sir Orfeo. Harvard professor Jeffrey Gantz describes the text as displaying the "poetic sense of law" in Irish legal society.