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また、モリガンは土地や動物、特に家畜と関連している。マーレ・ハーバートは、「戦争それ自体は女神の役割の主要な側面ではない。」と論じている。ハーバートは、「彼女の活動は家庭教師的な性格を持っている。彼女は土地、家畜、社会を監督している。彼女の変身は、生きている宇宙全体との親和性を表現している<ref>Máire, Herbert, Transmutations of an Irish Goddess, Miranda Green, Sandra Billington, The Concept of the Goddess , Psychology Press, 1996, page145</ref>。」と指摘する。パトリシア・リサグトは、『Cath 。パトリシア・リサグトは、『Cath Maige Tuired』において、モリガンを「民衆の利益を守る女」として描き、戦争と豊穣の両方に関連づけていることを指摘する<ref name="lysaght"/>。プロインシアス・マック・カナによれば、アイルランドにおける女神は『主に土地の繁栄、すなわちその肥沃さ、動物の生命、そして（政治的単位として考えられた場合）外敵に対する安全性に関係している。』とのことである<ref name="MacCana"/>。

The Morrígan is also associated with the land and animals, particularly livestock. [[Máire Herbert]] argues that "war ''per se'' is not a primary aspect of the role of the goddess." Herbert suggests that "her activities have a [[Tutelary deity|tutelary]] character. She oversees the land, its stock and its society. Her shape-shifting is an expression of her affinity with the whole living universe." Patricia Lysaght notes that the ''[[Cath Maige Tuired]]'' depicts the Morrígan as "a protectress of her people's interests" and associates her with both war and fertility. According to [[Proinsias Mac Cana]], the goddess in Ireland is "primarily concerned with the prosperity of the land: its fertility, its animal life, and (when it is conceived as a political unit) its security against external forces."<ref name="MacCana"/> Likewise, [[Maria Tymoczko]] writes, "The welfare and fertility of a people depend on their security against external aggression," and notes that "warlike action can thus have a protective aspect."<ref name="tymoczko"/> It is therefore suggested that the Morrígan is a manifestation of the [[Sovereignty goddess|earth- and sovereignty-goddess]],{{sfn|Ó hÓgáin|1991|pp=307–309}}<ref name="Koch, John T. 2006"/> chiefly representing the goddess' role as guardian of the territory and its people.<ref name="lysaght"/><ref name="tymoczko"/> She can be interpreted as providing political or military aid, or protection to the king—acting as a goddess of sovereignty, not necessarily of war.