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バズヴは、姉妹のマハ、モリガンまたはアナンと共に、3人のモリガンと呼ばれる3人の戦女神の一人である<ref name="Invasions">Macalister, R.A.S. (trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: Book of the Taking of Ireland Part 1-5, Irish Texts Society, 1941, Dublin</ref><ref name="CMT166-CELT">[http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G300010/text167.html ''Cath Maige Tuired'': The Second Battle of Mag Tuired], Text 166, Author: Unknown</ref><ref name="CMT167">Elizabeth A. Gray (ed. & trans.), ''[http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T300010/index.html Cath Maige Tuired: The Second Battle of Mag Tuired]'', section 167, 1982</ref>。

In Irish legends, Badb is associated with war and death, appearing either to foreshadow imminent bloodshed or to participate in battles, where she creates confusion among the soldiers. As a harbinger of doom, she appears in a number of different guises. In ''[[Togail Bruidne Dá Derga]]'', she takes the form of an ugly hag who prophesies [[Conaire Mór]]'s downfall.<ref name="Culture">{{cite book | author=Koch, John T. | title =Celtic Culture: a historical encyclopedia | publisher = ABC-CLIO | date =December 2005 | location = Santa Barbara, Calif. | page =220 | isbn = 978-1-85109-440-0}}</ref> She appears in a similar guise in ''Togail Bruidne Dá Choca'' to foretell the slaying of Cormac Condloinges, as well as taking the form of a "[[Bean nighe|washer at the ford]]"—a woman washing Cormac's chariot and harness in a ford in what was considered an omen of death.<ref name="Culture" /><ref name="Symbols">{{cite book | author=Davidson, Hilda Ellis | title =Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions | publisher = Syracuse University Press | year =1988 | location = Syracuse, NY | page =99 | isbn = 978-0-8156-2441-7}}</ref> The cries of Badb may also be an ill omen: Cormac's impending death is foreshadowed with the words "The red-mouthed badbs will cry around the house, / For bodies they will be solicitous" and "Pale badbs shall shriek".<ref name="Ancient">Hennessy, W. M., "The Ancient Irish Goddess of War", ''Revue Celtique'' 1, 1870–72, pp. 32–37</ref> In this role she has much in common with the bean-sídhe.<ref name="Dictionary">{{cite book | author=Mackillop, James | title =A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | publisher = Oxford University Press | year =2004 | location = New York | page =30 | isbn = 978-0-19-860967-4}}</ref>