#Celtic #MythologyMonday: I would love #Loegaire Buadach, #Cet of the #Connacht men, #Anlúan, #Conall Cernach, #CúChulainn, #Fergus mac Róich and #Fionn Mac Cumhaill with his #Fianna to help #Boudicca and her #Iceni, repel the Roman invasion of Britain.

#Fergus Mac Roich was obliged to fight to the death against his own foster son #CúChulainn so that Queen #Medb's army could invade #Ulster. To save face and the life of a hero, they agreed that this time the younger CúChulainn would give way, but next time Fergus would. And so it came to pass.
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#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: Muirgen, son of #Ireland’s chief bard, Seanchán Toirpéist, called up the ghost of the great warrior Fergus at his grave.…
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: óchain `Beautiful-Ear`, the shield of #Conchobar mac Nessa, always roared up when its bearer was in distress. In the Táin Bó Cuailnge, too, it cries out under the blows of #Fergus, to which the shields… https://todon.eu/@NeuKelte/108668108564256988

#Mythology: All the heroes of #Ireland argued over who would foster Sètanta, later to be named #CuChulainn. His mother decided that each should offer a special gift. Thus the brilliant lad gained all the best ancient Ireland had to offer: e.g. the poetry of #Amairgin, the eloquence of Sencha, training in manly arts by the powerful #Fergus Mac Róich.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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The mysterious stranger and his home disappeared, leaving the men of Ulster confused and Deichtine, sister of King Conchobar, pregnant. She would bear a son, Sétanta, who would one day be CuChulainn. #mythologymonday

🖼: S. Reid

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: óchain `Beautiful-Ear`, the shield of #Conchobar mac Nessa, always roared up when its bearer was in distress. In the Táin Bó Cuailnge, too, it cries out under the blows of #Fergus, to which the shields of the other #Ulster warriors or even the waves of the sea responded.