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#Conchobar lured #Deirdre and Noísiu back to #Ireland by vowing that he had lost interest in his bride. Noísiu, homesick, agreed to return. Despite premonitions of doom, Deirdre reluctantly agreed. Under an ominous blood-red cloud she sailed for Ireland with the three sons of Uisneach.
„Immediately upon landing, Noísiu and his brothers were set upon by Conchobar’s warriors, who killed them.“
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

„The foxglove, known as Lus Mór in #Irish, meaning the ‘great herb’, is used to describe the beautiful blush of the pure cheeks of #Étain, #Deirdre, and warrior #Conall Cernach.“
Source: Source: Ali Isaac | Substack #Celtic

#Celtic #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday: #Deirdre of the Sorrows eloped with #Naoise from her groom #Conchobar Mac Nessa. Because of the king's betrayal, Uisnech's son was killed. After a year of mourning #Deirdre was forced to marry the murderer of #Naoise. To prevent that, the `Raving One` threw herself on the way to the wedding from the chariot onto a rock to her death.

#Celtic #TempleThursday: #Conchobar lured #Deirdre and Noísiu back to #Ireland by vowing that he had lost interest in his bride. Noísiu, homesick, agreed to return. Despite premonitions of doom, Deirdre reluctantly agreed. Under an ominous blood-red cloud she sailed for Ireland with the three sons of Uisneach.
„Immediately upon landing, Noísiu and his brothers were set upon by Conchobar’s warriors, who killed them."
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: #Leborcham had unsuccessfully tried to warn #Deirdre to leave #Ireland after she and her lover had been tricked into returning from their Scottish exile. Thus she went to #Conchobar and told him that her hard life in the wilderness had destroyed Deirdre’s beauty, although she remained as radiant as ever. Alas for the girl, the king chanced to see her again and so realized Leborcham’s deceit.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: #Conchobar lured #Deirdre and Noísiu back to #Ireland by vowing that he had lost interest in his bride. Noísiu, homesick, agreed to return. Despite premonitions of doom, Deirdre reluctantly agreed. Under an ominous blood-red cloud she sailed for Ireland with the three sons of Uisneach.
„Immediately upon landing, Noísiu and his brothers were set upon by Conchobar’s warriors, who killed them without offering them a chance to defend themselves. Hauled back to Conchobar’s court in chains, Deirdre bitterly reproached the king for his deceit and violence. Once he had Deirdre, Conchobar decided he no longer wanted her. So, to humiliate her further, the king gave her away to one of the men who had killed her lover. As the murderer bore her away in his chariot, Deirdre leapt from it and was killed, her head smashed against a stone.“
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`