#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.

"No road or comfortable way ran across that plain, and Cuchulain could not have made his way across, but that the young man with the face like the sun had given him a wheel to roll before him, and told him to follow wherever the wheel led."

From Eleanor Hull's "The Boys' Cuchulain." Image by Stephen Reid (1904)

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#Cuchulain #CùChulainn #CúChulainn #CúChulaind #Cúchulainn #illustration #EleanorHull #StephenReid #folklore #mastodaoine #IrishFolklore

`The boy Setanta was set upon by Chulain’s favourite hound, and killed him by smashing his head against a rock. Chulain was distraught by the loss of his favourite hound, and Setanta offered to serve for a year in the hound’s place as faithful companion, guard, and hunter. He was known forever after as #CúChulain, ‘the hound of Chulain’, and went on to become one of Ireland’s most best-loved heroes.`
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#Celtic #MythologyMonday: All the heroes of #Ireland argued over who would foster Sètanta, later to be named #CuChulainn. His mother decided that each …
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companion, guard, and hunter. He was known forever after as #CúChulain, ‘the hound of Chulain’, and went on to become one of Ireland’s most best-loved heroes.`
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It`s interesting to note that #Ireland’s two most legendary heroes were both taught their warrior skills by women. #CúChulain travelled to the home of #Scathach, a female teacher of the battle arts, who lived on an island off the coast of #Scotland. „Her fame had spread far and wide, and many came to her to study and hone their military skills. She had, however, made an enemy in the form of #Aoife, her sister. On one occasion, CúChulain took Scathach’s place in a contest of single combat against Aoife, seemingly unfazed at the prospect of fighting a woman.“
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney at Dún Scáith on the #IsleOfSkye: #Scáthach was reputed to train only those young warriors already skilled and brave enough to penetrate the many defences of her fortress and gain access. 
Scáthach appears in the Irish legends because one of those who
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