- by the
feigned return blow.
Originating in the
Irish legend of the Fled
Bricrenn, the
beheading game
appears in
several Arthurian romances, most notably...
-
troublemaker and poet in the
Ulster Cycle of
Irish mythology. The
story of Fled
Bricrenn ("The
Feast of Bricriu")
tells how he once held a
lavish feast for Conchobar...
- Fled
Bricrenn (Old
Irish "Bricriu's Feast") is a
story from the
Ulster Cycle of
Irish mythology. Bricriu, an
inveterate troublemaker,
invites the nobles...
- Con Roi,
Brinna Ferchertne,
Aided Chon Roi (in
several recensions), Fled
Bricrenn,
Mesca Ulad and Táin Bó Cúailnge. The
early Irish tale-lists
refer to such...
-
Mesca Ulad "The
Intoxication of the Ulstermen" Fled
Bricrenn "The
Feast of Bricriu" Fled
Bricrenn 7
Longes mac n-Duil
Dermait Bruiden da
Chocae "The Hostel...
- Mabinogi, Math fab Mathonwy.
Blathnat makes an
appearance in the Fled
Bricrenn (Feast of Bricriu) as the wife of the
absent Cú Roí. She
tells each of...
-
between them.
Another Ulster Cycle saga
which involves the Curadmír is Fled
Bricrenn ("Bricriu's Feast"). The
notorious troublemaker Bricriu invites the Ulstermen...
-
parallel of the
three cups
offered by Medb to the
Ulster heroes in Fled
Bricrenn. Each of
these three cups had a bird of
greater material value placed on...
-
beheading test (a
Celtic motif first appearing in the Old
Irish text Fled
Bricrenn ("Bricriu's Feast") and
subsequently in a
number of
Arthurian texts, of...
-
undertaken by the hero Cuchulainn, including :
Forfess Fer Fálgae, Fled
Bricrenn ocus
Loinges mac
nDuil Dermait, and
Compert Con
Culainn Dumville 1976,...
