2026-07-22T15:05:08Z https://nostr.ae Anna June Pagé https://nostr.ae/npub1jeaqu6veqxszv5huc2qnlm0quckqcfc05swa44cwalgmq53fs6ns3x938c https://cdn.mstdn.ca/accounts/avatars/109/352/614/844/564/175/original/a25cd6b00f8678f7.jpg https://cdn.mstdn.ca/accounts/avatars/109/352/614/844/564/175/original/a25cd6b00f8678f7.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs27c53k98qpx4ctykqptjq43dg7tcalcwvmltfd65lqa79yh57tcqzyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2wykkm4t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8uat7q2mh5rl7x9hs4nr4kkc20rlzkxc7rgrj3h5uym6vkv0h5qspafa53'>nevent1q…fa53</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They are both at times portrayed as scheming and deceitful, but they fit well together and accept each other. Until they don&#39;t. The one relationship that Ailill can&#39;t seem to get past is Medb&#39;s affair with Fergus, and it leads to Fergus&#39; death. When Ailill is later carrying on an affair of his own, Medb asks Conall Cernach to deal with it, and he is happy to kill Ailill to avenge Fergus. No happy endings here, but a good marriage while it lasted? 3/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 2025-02-10T12:55:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8uat7q2mh5rl7x9hs4nr4kkc20rlzkxc7rgrj3h5uym6vkv0h5qszyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2w00t672 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqg7jgs6rj3khtjj368empe0le3xam03jfmx7n8vvuln7gc9v26kcmd2mvs'>nevent1q…2mvs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ailill grew to be a powerful warrior, and Eochaid Dala became jealous. He challenged Ailill, and Medb intervened to ensure Ailill&#39;s victory. After Eochaid&#39;s death, Ailill ruled Connacht with Medb. Many stories say that Medb kept Ailill as her husband because he was a man without meanness, without jealousy, and without fear. This is what she requires in a husband, and he is the only man who suits her. 2/3#MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 2025-02-10T12:54:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqg7jgs6rj3khtjj368empe0le3xam03jfmx7n8vvuln7gc9v26kczyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2w7ce2pv The relationship between Ailill and Medb is a fascinating one. Medb&#39;s first partner was Conchobar, but she left him. Her second partner was Tindi mac Connra, who declared war on Conchobar because he raped Medb. Tindi was killed by his own brother at Conchobar&#39;s urging. Eochaid Dala then took over the battle and became Medb&#39;s third partner and ruled Connacht with her. During this time Ailill, who was the grandson of Medb&#39;s sister Ele, came to be fostered by Medb. 1/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 2025-02-10T12:54:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsftt0vtr706vh8n88dqmeq6ac066702xxe28nr3hcxa3thtvqx25gzyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2w9fkat3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszwz3pgzh7kjcw0fkl83gufvyp6z8za5tgs8dnxt65s3hdswpquas2cy4d3'>nevent1q…y4d3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The fact that Óengus buys Étaín for Midir isn&#39;t exactly romantic, and he&#39;s only doing it to compensate Midir for an injury that he sustained in Óengus&#39; territory. The relationship between Óengus&#39; parents might qualify much better as a romance. The Dagda sends Bóand&#39;s husband away and literally alters the flow of time so that he can have a child with her before her husband returns in the evening. 3/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 2025-02-10T12:17:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszwz3pgzh7kjcw0fkl83gufvyp6z8za5tgs8dnxt65s3hdswpquaszyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2w3u7lm6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv0vjkxv7sykx8tzdmhtzaauxz6n2ltf34vscre4asa96yxka2jqsl5mqch'>nevent1q…mqch</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The second woman Óengus is linked with is Cáer Ibormeith, who visits him in his dreams and makes him sick. When his lovesickness is diagnosed, cooperation and exchanges of favours between various members of the Túatha Dé Danann and humans are required in order to locate Cáer Ibormeith and negotiate for her. With the sole exception of Óengus wooing Étaín on behalf of his foster-father Midir, Óengus can&#39;t really be said to be involved in love or romance at all. 2/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 2025-02-10T12:17:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv0vjkxv7sykx8tzdmhtzaauxz6n2ltf34vscre4asa96yxka2jqszyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2ww5rn9t A common misconception is that the Irish Óengus is a god of love, but there&#39;s no real reason to think this. He is the son of the Dagda and the Bóand and the stories about him are more focused on questions of land ownership and exchange and on legal trickery than on love. He is linked with two different women. The first is Derbriu, who is the sister of Medb. When Derbriu&#39;s foster-sons are turned into pigs, Óengus tries to help them, but ultimately fails. 1/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 2025-02-10T12:17:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrdueekhzzlnxes55fhh7v0t76hz23et30fhxg5pj46q2eskjn4ggzyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2wsl2qep In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgvns5gmmkdg30e83jgcje4g06y4fqjn5rc5yj24uqd7csgjapcgct2hqgp'>nevent1q…hqgp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>After his bath, Fráech was taken to bed to rest, but soon after a weeping was heard. The weeping was the sound of Fráech&#39;s mother and the women of Bóand, who had come to take Fráech into the síd of Crúachan. He returned the following day, completely healed. Fráech later died after facing Cú Chulainn in single combat in Táin Bó Cúailnge, and women from the síd came for him again, this time to take his body into what became known as the síd of Fráech. #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 3/3 2025-02-03T15:47:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgvns5gmmkdg30e83jgcje4g06y4fqjn5rc5yj24uqd7csgjapcgczyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2w26klmz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs830nng64ktrj83n55pm02xe5yhha54n4e02l0rpaypgs3pledf4gq2lwpn'>nevent1q…lwpn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>During this sleep, a warrior of the síd used healing plants and herbs and a curing charm to heal Cú Chulainn&#39;s wounds. Another warrior who was healed in the síd is Fráech, whose mother was Bé Find, sister of Bóand. After Fráech was wounded during his combat with a lake monster, Ailill and Medb ordered that a bath be prepared for him with a broth of fresh bacon and the flesh of a heifer. 2/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 2025-02-03T15:46:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs830nng64ktrj83n55pm02xe5yhha54n4e02l0rpaypgs3pledf4gzyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2wgx52hh In Irish stories, a warrior might be taken into the síd to be healed if one of his parents was of the Túatha Dé Danann. This happened to Cú Chulainn, whose father was Lug mac Ethlend, during his solitary defense of Ulster in Táin Bó Cúailnge. When he was grievously injured, his father came and told him to sleep for three days in the mound of Lerga while Lug took his place protecting Ulster. 1/3 #MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 2025-02-03T15:46:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrcj2q0zpzdd8fwqkpmufweklyk0ddzk2072s9zgffmgy60axhryqzyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2wu06nq4 The poet (and completely terrible person) Athirne once demanded that the king Echu mac Luchta give him one of his eyes. To prevent Athirne&#39;s anger and satire against his people, Echu plucked out his own eye and gave it to Athirne. To reward Echu for his generosity, God performed a healing miracle and gave him the two most beautiful eyes in Ireland. <br/><br/>#MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 2025-02-03T11:09:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs084t69yek3j8mljcpwxclxeuj2y2n4yals5wv5qsypm2ymwl39dgzyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2wraxaxl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsru06rx3a7erkm2l68l84cqqml3fwxu3szww70ntf6ku6av5wndcsqwftt9'>nevent1q…ftt9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A drop of blood from the head pierced the stone and then knocked the pillar over, and Conall then used the force of the head to cure his crooked neck. 2/2<br/><br/>#MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 2025-02-03T08:22:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsru06rx3a7erkm2l68l84cqqml3fwxu3szww70ntf6ku6av5wndcszyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2wjtynvf Conall Cernach is described &#34;crooked.&#34; This seems to refer to his neck, which was injured when his uncle Cet mac Mágach tried kill him at birth by stomping on him. After killing Mess Gegra, Conall Cernach took his head. Mess Gegra told Conall Cernach that he would benefit from putting his head on top of his own. Conall realized this was a trick and put the head on a pillar-stone instead. 1/2<br/><br/>#MythologyMonday #IrishMyth 2025-02-03T08:21:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9tffzkqrxwvmq64hh8jdlfzxd6xsphankhxu2wch23rd88twg55szyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2wj2m3my In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq2umyfftzhrek6tw0cf7tkmur9632ujnvfseskdas9cxx2e8ec7gt489ff'>nevent1q…89ff</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The leg is also dangerous though, and becomes too heavy for Lugh. He abandons the foot and drags the shin-bone behind his chariot, where its weight forms a ditch filled with the putrefaction of the rotting bone. When Lugh finally leaves it behind, a dorb &#34;worm&#34; burrows into it, eats the marrow, and grows into the smirrdris. The smirrdris meets its end in the Acallam when Finn drains the lake that it lives in until it is too small for it and then kills it. 3/3 2024-12-09T08:12:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgav5xtrdp9t5uyjrknj6hw6fevacx58axv20nzzulrcpu7curnfqzyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2wjx6gn5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq2umyfftzhrek6tw0cf7tkmur9632ujnvfseskdas9cxx2e8ec7gt489ff'>nevent1q…89ff</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the Acallam we also find the story of a smirrdris in Loch Lurgan. Smirrdris seems to be a form of muirdris, a compound of the word muir &#34;sea&#34; and -dris, which seems to be connected to the word dragon. The origin story of this smirrdris is found in the Early Modern Irish version of Cath Muighe Tuireadh &#34;The Second Battle of Mag Tuired.&#34; After Lugh kills his grandfather, the cyclops Balor, he takes his head as a trophy. Because the head is toxic and destructive, Lugh takes Balor&#39;s leg. 2/3 2024-12-09T08:06:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq2umyfftzhrek6tw0cf7tkmur9632ujnvfseskdas9cxx2e8ec7gzyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2wcysnj9 Medieval Irish literature has many lake monsters, especially in the Acallam na senórach &#34;The Dialogue of the Ancients.&#34; Some have fascinating origin stories. The lake monster in Glendalough, called a peist, was once a quarter of the brain of the Leinster king Mess Gegra, which had been turned into a stone and used to kill the Ulster king Conchobar. At some point part of the brain was swallowed by the earth and transformed. The monster was eventually bound by St. Kevin. #MythologyMonday 1/3 2024-12-09T08:01:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8sfrzt32kpyaqvfml0zr4g7t6cnvya0ep3lzndntgv36cfj6sypszyzt85rnfnyq6qfjjlnpgz0ldurnzcrp8p7jpmkkhpmharvzj9xr2wnlhxan In Irish myth, Conganchnes was a nearly invincible warrior with a horn-skin. After he was killed, he was beheaded and his head was buried in a cairn. Later a crying sound was heard from the grave, and three puppies were found inside. They became three famous dogs from Irish myth: Culann&#39;s Hound, Mac Dathó&#39;s dog Ailbe, and Celtchar&#39;s dog Dóelchú. #MythologyMonday 2024-11-18T13:13:04Z