Post by thebossapplesauce on Aug 9, 2017 19:53:08 GMT
So, I was just doing some research for a major plot I'm planning out for a possible future fic, where the girls are at war with the spirit world and in order to win, they have to find and destroy a number of relics scattered around the real world and the spirit world. I was trying to figure out what the relics would be, so I was researching mythological objects in Irish folklore. One of the objects I found was the Dubán, which is the black shield of Cú Chulainn. Before adding the object to the list, I did a little reading on the guy to see if there was any connection between him and the SW mythology,not expecting to find much. I was wrong. LOL
From the wikipedia page... "Bricriu's Feast - The troublemaker Bricriu once incites three heroes, Cú Chulainn, Conall Cernach and Lóegaire Búadach, to compete for the champion's portion at his feast. In every test that is set Cú Chulainn comes out top, but neither Conall nor Lóegaire will accept the result. Cú Roí mac Dáire of Munster settles it by visiting each in the guise of a hideous churl and challenging them to behead him, then allow him to return and behead them in return. Conall and Lóegaire both behead Cú Roí, who picks up his head and leaves, but when the time comes for him to return they flee. Only Cú Chulainn is brave and honourable enough to submit himself to Cú Roí's axe; Cú Roí spares him and he is declared champion. This beheading challenge appears in later literature, most notably in the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Other examples include the 13th century French Life of Caradoc and the English romances The Turke and Gowin, and Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle."
I got a little too excited about this find, just because I totally just assumed Bricriu was made up for the show, I didn't think it was based on him.
From the wikipedia page... "Bricriu's Feast - The troublemaker Bricriu once incites three heroes, Cú Chulainn, Conall Cernach and Lóegaire Búadach, to compete for the champion's portion at his feast. In every test that is set Cú Chulainn comes out top, but neither Conall nor Lóegaire will accept the result. Cú Roí mac Dáire of Munster settles it by visiting each in the guise of a hideous churl and challenging them to behead him, then allow him to return and behead them in return. Conall and Lóegaire both behead Cú Roí, who picks up his head and leaves, but when the time comes for him to return they flee. Only Cú Chulainn is brave and honourable enough to submit himself to Cú Roí's axe; Cú Roí spares him and he is declared champion. This beheading challenge appears in later literature, most notably in the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Other examples include the 13th century French Life of Caradoc and the English romances The Turke and Gowin, and Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle."
I got a little too excited about this find, just because I totally just assumed Bricriu was made up for the show, I didn't think it was based on him.