The description for both Mebd and Finnabair is pretty interesting within the Tain. On one hand, Finnabair is always used as a reward for the men that fight Cu Chulain. Even he describes her as ” [t]he girl who was sworn to fifty soldiers. . .” This was compared to Mebd, which was described by Cethern as “This tall, good-looking woman came at me. She had a fine, long face and a head of yellow hair. There were two gold birds on her shoulders. She wore a dark purple hooded cloak. There were five handfuls of gold on her back. A keen-edged javelin blazed in one hand, and she held an iron sword aloft in her proud fist. She cut a striking figure. She’s the one who first wounded me.” This co.parison between the two women shows how sometimes power comes I to play. Finnabair has little power in her current position but her mother has a ton.