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A goddess of war in Celtic mythology. Also known as the goddess of the dead. Her hair is red, her clothes are crimson, and she gallops around the battlefield on a one-legged, blood-red horse. She is the goddess of horses, war, and sovereignty. She also symbolizes the red color of blood. Her name appears in countless legends, where she is also revered as a goddess of the harvest.

When Macha fought the demon king Balor, the great-grandfather of Cu Chulainn, she became entranced by Balor's evil eye and saw a vision of her husband's and family's demise. The shock was so great that her very heart was torn asunder, killing her.

Like Hecate, the Greek goddess who was represented by three aspects, the goddesses of victory and destruction, Morrigan and Nemain were held to be different aspects of Macha, forming one goddess with three aspects.

She is sometimes conflated with Macha, the king of horses ridden by the hero Cu Chulainn.

Demon Statistics
	Name
	Macha
	Alignment
	Law
	Family	Birds	Race	Wild Bird
	Inheritance Type	Force	Growth Type	Small Tiwaz
	Base Level	12	Force Slot	8
	HP	134	Melee	45
	MP	51	Ranged	36
	Strength	26	Spell	23
	Magic	8	Support	22
	Vitality	17	Phy. Defense	5
	Intelligence	11	Mgc. Defense	6
	Speed	20	Crt. Occurrence	50
	Luck	12	Crt. Avoidance	15
	Locations Found	Celu Tower (Silver)
	Variations	Accomplished, Deformed
	Drops
	DCM Location	Reward from Junkerman's Quest.