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An Irish tragedy: The fall of Ferdiad at the hands of Cú Chulainn. Two great warriors, foster brothers, who trained together under the tutelage of the legendary warrior Scáthach.
In Scottish Gaelic, it's said that: Is caomh le fear a charaid, ach 's e smior a chridhe a cho-dhalt. ~ Dear is a kinsman, but the pith of the heart is a foster-brother.
#CúChulainn #Scáthach #IrishFolklore #Gàidhlig #Folklore #Ferdiad #MastoDaoine
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⚔️ Cú Chulainn & Ferdiad – Warriors, Brotherhood, Lovers 💖
Watch the full 4:31 HD Music Video: https://youtu.be/yqca-7si9M4
#CelticMythology #CuChulainn #Ferdiad #IrishMyth #UlsterCycle #LGBT @gayart #Brotherhood #CelticWarriors #AncientLove #aianimation
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Cú Chulainn ties himself to a standing stone to die on his feet, facing his enemies.
Illustration by Stephen Reid (1904)
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`After unknowingly killing his own son Connla in a duel, „great trouble and anguish came on #CúChulainn …
‘I am the father that killed his son, the fine green branch; there is no hand or shelter to help me.
‘I am a raven that has no home; I am a boat going from wave to wave; I am a ship that has lost its rudder; I am the apple left on the tree; it is little I thought of falling from it; grief and sorrow will be with me from this time`.
So that he didn't work off on the men of Ulster, #Cathbad put an enchantment on him and made him fight with the waves three days and three nights, till he fell from hunger and weakness.’ #Celtic
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: Both the warrior-queen #Aoife and #Scathach had raised an army & were about to fight each other. `Scathach didn't mention this to #CúChulainn, for the handsome youth had become dear to her, so she gave him a sleeping draught to make him slumber through the battle, as she believed Aoife too much for any man to defeat.
Although the potion would have conquered the senses of anyone else, CúChulainn lay asleep for but an hour before stirring.`
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#Celtic #FolkloreSunday: King Chonchobar Mac Nessa was able to stop the fight between #Loegaire, #Conall Cernach and #CuChulainn at #Bricriu's banquet. #Sencha the Wise advised to appoint #Medb and #Ailill as arbiters. Only these kings were able to divide the hero's bite in such a way that no new dispute broke out for the time being.
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#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday: #Emer Foltchain (fairhair), daughter of Forgall Manach, was courted by #CuChulainn. She would only marry him if he first slew a hundred at the fords between the Delvin and the Boyne. Among them had to be her magical aunt, who in various forms was trying to kill her.
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#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: The mighty #Irish warrior #CúChulainn fell in love with #Fand, but her husband #Manannan retrieved her by placing his cloak of invisibility between Fand and CúChulainn, thus magically erasing their memory of each other.`
William Shakespeare in his creation of Titania drew inspiration from the folkloric figure of #fairy queens like Fand.`
Sources: Patricia Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` and
https://www.ireland-information.com/irish-mythology/manannan-irish-legend.html
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RT @ElsaMc1878
#FolkloreThursday In Irish myth Manannán ruled the IsleOfMan with his wife Fand. He used a #cloak of invisibility to protect his land. When …
https://twitter.com/ElsaMc1878/status/1354716317471936515 -
„From the three daughters of Airitech whom were said to be werewolves, to the goddess The #Mórrígan whom was said to have taken on the form of a red wolf during her battle with #CúChulainn. #Cormac mac Airt the legendary high king of Ireland whom ruled during the time of #Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna was said to have been raised by wolves and could communicate with them. Legend says that four wolves would accompany him in his rebellion against Lugaid mac Con, and that he was accompanied by them until the end of his life.“ #Celtic
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`In #Irish #mythology, many characters had particular animals they were associated with. Ulster’s hero, #CúChulainn, had two special horses which pulled his chariot. Their names were Liath Macha, meaning the ‘grey of Macha’, and Dub Sainglend, the ‘black of Saingliu’. They were said to have emerged from the pool of Linn Liaith in the mountains of Sliabh Fuaid as a gift from the goddess, #Macha. This association with water clearly indicates their Otherworldly origin. Cuchulainn leaped onto their backs and rode them around the whole of Ireland in just one day, after which they were tamed.`
Source: Ali Isaac #Celtic -
`In #Irish #mythology, many characters had particular animals they were associated with. Ulster’s hero, #CúChulainn, had two special horses which pulled his chariot. Their names were Liath Macha, meaning the ‘grey of Macha’, and Dub Sainglend, the ‘black of Saingliu’. They were said to have emerged from the pool of Linn Liaith in the mountains of Sliabh Fuaid as a gift from the goddess, #Macha. This association with water clearly indicates their Otherworldly origin. Cuchulainn leaped onto their backs and rode them around the whole of Ireland in just one day, after which they were tamed.`
Source: Ali Isaac #Celtic -
`In #Irish #mythology, many characters had particular animals they were associated with. Ulster’s hero, #CúChulainn, had two special horses which pulled his chariot. Their names were Liath Macha, meaning the ‘grey of Macha’, and Dub Sainglend, the ‘black of Saingliu’. They were said to have emerged from the pool of Linn Liaith in the mountains of Sliabh Fuaid as a gift from the goddess, #Macha. This association with water clearly indicates their Otherworldly origin. Cuchulainn leaped onto their backs and rode them around the whole of Ireland in just one day, after which they were tamed.`
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#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: After the wedding of #Cuchulainn and #Emer, the king of #Ulster had to exercise his "right of the first night". While #Conchobar mac Nessa feared #CúChulain`s reaction, he would have lost his authority if he had renounced his privilege. To preserve #Emer's virginity, #Conchobar shared the bed with #Cuchulainn's wife on her wedding night, but the #druid #Cathbad slept between them.
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: I would love to see #Conall Cernach, #CuChulainn, #Loegaire Buadach, #Fionn Mac Cumhaill with his #Fianna, #Boudicca, #Vercingetorix and druids like #Tlachtga, #Biróg, #Bodhmall, #Fedelma, #Amairgin, #Mogh Ruith, #Mide, #Delbáeth, #Coran, #Finegas, #Ferdia, #Cathbad and #Figol help #Voccio kick the Romans out of the regnum noricum.
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: I would love to see #CúChulainn, #Fionn Mac Cumhaill with his #Fianna and #Boudicca join #Vercingetorix in repelling the Roman invasion of #Gaul.
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`The #fairy queen #Fand, “tear,” came to the warrior poet #CúChulainn, in a vision in which she whipped him senseless. The greatest of #Irish heroes fell into a lovesick stupor in which he lingered for a year. When the year had passed and the great feast of #Samhain came, he went into the Otherworld for Fand, leaving behind his loyal wife #Emer. Although Emer had endured #CúChulainn‘s other affairs, she could not bear to lose him to #Fairyland, so she followed him. When she saw how deeply Fand loved him, and he her, Emer offered to step aside. Fand, not to be outdone, offered the same and returned to her own husband, Manannán Mac Lir, who wrapped her in his magical cloak to make her forget the human hero. On earth, #CúChulainn and #Emer drank a potion of forgetfulness and returned to their earlier state.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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`In #Irish #mythology, many characters had particular animals they were associated with. Ulster’s hero, #CúChulainn, had two special horses which pulled his chariot. Their names were Liath Macha, meaning the ‘grey of Macha’, and Dub Sainglend, the ‘black of Saingliu’. They were said to have emerged from the pool of Linn Liaith in the mountains of Sliabh Fuaid as a gift from the goddess, #Macha. This association with water clearly indicates their Otherworldly origin. Cuchulainn leaped onto their backs and rode them around the whole of Ireland in just one day, after which they were tamed.`
Source: Ali Isaac #Celtic -
`In #Irish #mythology, many characters had particular animals they were associated with. Ulster’s hero, #CúChulainn, had two special horses which pulled his chariot. Their names were Liath Macha, meaning the ‘grey of Macha’, and Dub Sainglend, the ‘black of Saingliu’. They were said to have emerged from the pool of Linn Liaith in the mountains of Sliabh Fuaid as a gift from the goddess, #Macha. This association with water clearly indicates their Otherworldly origin. Cuchulainn leaped onto their backs and rode them around the whole of Ireland in just one day, after which they were tamed.`
Source: Ali Isaac #Celtic
