#fairytalestuesday — Public Fediverse posts

#Celtic #FairyTalesTuesday: „#CúChulainn was so thoroughly vanquished in a duel that Cúroi left him on the field bound hand and foot, after having cut off his long hair, which forced CúChulainn to hide himself for a whole year in the wilds of Ulster, while Cúroi carried away to his stronghold of Caher Conree both Bláthnat and her father's cows and cauldron.“
Source: https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/fim/fim04.htm

#Celtic #FairyTalesTuesday: „Áine and her sister Milucra both seek after the legendary hero #Fionn mac Cumhaill. Knowing that #Áine vowed never to marry a man with grey hair, #Milucra secretly puts a spell on the lake atop Slieve Gullion, so that anyone who swam in it would become elderly. She tricks Fionn by asking him to fetch her golden ring from the lake, and he emerges as an old man with grey-white hair. His men, the Fianna, force her to give him a restorative potion from her cornucopia. Fionn's youth returns, but his hair does not return to its true colour. This is said to be the origin of his name, Fionn, meaning 'white'. In some versions of the tale, Milucra is revealed to be the Cailleach Bhéara (Calliagh Birra), an ancient goddess.“
Source: Slieve Gullion - Wikipedia
https://twitter.com/irishspiritmag/status/1590023742540783618?t=FCBA1DBT8zjGz6YnvhKT2g&s=09
Beatrice Elvery, Heroes of the dawn - illustration for frontispiece, public domain