This character was raised and educated by the poet Amergin and in one tale this figure slices in twain the Stone of Destiny after it fails to cry out the crowning of a new king. In another story, Scathach slips this character a sleeping potion in order to keep him from battling against Aife. This hero meets his demise after eating meat offered to h
This character was raised and educated by the poet Amergin and in one tale this figure slices in twain the Stone of Destiny after it fails to cry out the crowning of a new king. In another story, Scathach slips this character a sleeping potion in order to keep him from battling against Aife. This hero meets his demise after eating meat offered to him by an old crone which leads him to be weakened and then decapitated in a battle with (*) Lugaid. This figure undergoes raging warp-spasms that allow him to accomplish such battle feats as single-handedly defeating the army of Queen Medb during the Cattle Raid of Cooley. The husband of Emer and holder of the spear, Gae Bolg, FTP, identify this hero of the Celtic Ulster cycle who obtained his named after slaying the hounds of Culann.
This character was raised and educated by the poet Amergin and in one tale this figure slices in twain the Stone of Destiny after it fails to cry out the crowning of a new king.
{Cuchulainn} or {Setanta}