- Blaí
Briugu (Blaí the
Landholder or Hospitaller) is an
Ulster warrior in the
Ulster Cycle of
Irish Mythology. He was
wealthy and kept a hostel, and had...
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Bricriu (also Briccriu, Bricne) is a
hospitaller (
briugu),
troublemaker and poet in the
Ulster Cycle of
Irish mythology. The
story of Fled
Bricrenn ("The...
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Nessa Athirne - poet and
satirist in the
court of
Conchobar mac
Nessa Blaí
Briugu -
Ulster warrior with a geis
which requires him to
sleep with any woman...
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Topics in the
Ulster Cycle Ulster characters Amergin mac
Eccit Athirne Blaí
Briugu Briccriu Cairbre Cuanach Cathbad Celtchar Cethern mac
Fintain Conall Cernach...
- Ailella, who will
teach him
judgement and
eloquent speech; the
wealthy Blaí
Briugu, who will
protect and
provide for him; the
noble warrior Fergus mac Róich...
- and Medb's
household at Áth Féinne. In
compensation for
murdering Blaí
Briugu, who had
slept with his wife,
Celtchar has to rid
Ulster of
three menaces...
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become a
briugu (hospitaller). A
briugu had to have his
house open to any guests,
which included feeding no
matter how big the group. For the
briugu to fulfill...
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having parents with such qualifications.
Someone who
chose to
become a
briugu (hospitaller)
could have
twice the
normal property qualifications of a lord...
- Ailella, who will
teach him
judgement and
eloquent speech; the
wealthy Blaí
Briugu, who will
protect and
provide for him; the
noble warrior Fergus mac Róich...
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Symposium of
Societas Celtologica Nordica. Göteborg, 1997. pp. 9–25. "The
briugu in
early Irish society."
Zeitschrift für
celtische Philologie 49–50 (1997):...
