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These stories have been told for 2,000 years. At their heart stands the great Ulster hero, Cúchulainn and on his shoulder sits a dark goddess in the form of a crow. She is the mistress of chaos, surveying the slaughter as he whirls in fury through an ancient yet still familiar world. Their dynamic force has helped shape the history of Ireland – its tribes, its warrior queens, its dispossessed kings. Harnessing the imagination of a modern storyteller, using often overlooked material, this work is an exhilarating retelling of an epic journey – following our champion from a disputed birth through to the battle of the bulls and beyond.
Book Synopsis Cuchulainn and the Crow Queen by : Bernard Kelly
Download or read book Cuchulainn and the Crow Queen written by Bernard Kelly and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-01-06 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories have been told for 2,000 years. At their heart stands the great Ulster hero, Cúchulainn and on his shoulder sits a dark goddess in the form of a crow. She is the mistress of chaos, surveying the slaughter as he whirls in fury through an ancient yet still familiar world. Their dynamic force has helped shape the history of Ireland – its tribes, its warrior queens, its dispossessed kings. Harnessing the imagination of a modern storyteller, using often overlooked material, this work is an exhilarating retelling of an epic journey – following our champion from a disputed birth through to the battle of the bulls and beyond.
Though men dominated early Irish society, women dominated the supernatural. Goddesses of war, fertility, and sovereignty ordered human destiny. Christian monks, in recording the old stories, turned these pagan deities into saints, like St Brigit, or into mortal queens like Medb of Connacht. The Morrigan, the Great Queen, war goddess, remains a figure of awe, but her pagan functions are glossed over. She perches, crow of battle, on the dying warrior CuChulainn's pillar stone, but her role as his tutelary deity, and as planner and fomentor of the whole tremendous Tain, the war between Ulster and Connacht, is obscured. Unlike the Anglo-Irish authors who in modern times treated the same material in English, the good Irish monks were not shocked by her sexual aggressiveness. They show her coupling with the Dagda, the 'good god' of the Tuatha De Danann before the second battle of Mag Tuired, but they conceal that this act - by a goddess of war, fertility and sovereignty - gives the Dagda's people victory and the possession of Ireland. Or they reduce the sovereignty to allegory - when Niall of the Nine Hostages sleeps with the Hag she is allegorical of the trials of kingship! With the English invasion and colonization, the power of the goddesses diminishes further. The book shows the fall in status of the pagan goddesses, first under medieval Christianity and then under Anglo-Irish culture. That this fall shows a loss in the recognition of the roles of women seems evident from the texts. This human loss only begins to be restored when, presiding over the severed heads in Yeats's The Death of Cuchulain, the Morrigu declares, 'I arranged the Dance.'
Book Synopsis The Great Queens by : Rosalind Clark
Download or read book The Great Queens written by Rosalind Clark and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though men dominated early Irish society, women dominated the supernatural. Goddesses of war, fertility, and sovereignty ordered human destiny. Christian monks, in recording the old stories, turned these pagan deities into saints, like St Brigit, or into mortal queens like Medb of Connacht. The Morrigan, the Great Queen, war goddess, remains a figure of awe, but her pagan functions are glossed over. She perches, crow of battle, on the dying warrior CuChulainn's pillar stone, but her role as his tutelary deity, and as planner and fomentor of the whole tremendous Tain, the war between Ulster and Connacht, is obscured. Unlike the Anglo-Irish authors who in modern times treated the same material in English, the good Irish monks were not shocked by her sexual aggressiveness. They show her coupling with the Dagda, the 'good god' of the Tuatha De Danann before the second battle of Mag Tuired, but they conceal that this act - by a goddess of war, fertility and sovereignty - gives the Dagda's people victory and the possession of Ireland. Or they reduce the sovereignty to allegory - when Niall of the Nine Hostages sleeps with the Hag she is allegorical of the trials of kingship! With the English invasion and colonization, the power of the goddesses diminishes further. The book shows the fall in status of the pagan goddesses, first under medieval Christianity and then under Anglo-Irish culture. That this fall shows a loss in the recognition of the roles of women seems evident from the texts. This human loss only begins to be restored when, presiding over the severed heads in Yeats's The Death of Cuchulain, the Morrigu declares, 'I arranged the Dance.'
Book Synopsis Cuchulainn, the Irish Achilles by : Alfred Trübner Nutt
Download or read book Cuchulainn, the Irish Achilles written by Alfred Trübner Nutt and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
When a ten-year-old boy finds an old book of magic in a bookshop in Ireland, the forces of good and evil gather to do battle over it.
Book Synopsis The Hounds of the Morrigan by : Pat O'Shea
Download or read book The Hounds of the Morrigan written by Pat O'Shea and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a ten-year-old boy finds an old book of magic in a bookshop in Ireland, the forces of good and evil gather to do battle over it.
The adventures of Cuchulainn, Ireland's legendary hero, are retold here for readers of all ages: his boyhood at the court of King Conor; his travels of the Land of Shadows; how he became leader of the Red Branch warriors, and his ultimate victory over Queen Maeve of Connacht. It is a magical story of courage, loyalty and love, and in the end, good triumphs over evil.
Book Synopsis The Adventures of Cúchulainn by : Bairbre McCarthy
Download or read book The Adventures of Cúchulainn written by Bairbre McCarthy and published by Mercier Press. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of Cuchulainn, Ireland's legendary hero, are retold here for readers of all ages: his boyhood at the court of King Conor; his travels of the Land of Shadows; how he became leader of the Red Branch warriors, and his ultimate victory over Queen Maeve of Connacht. It is a magical story of courage, loyalty and love, and in the end, good triumphs over evil.
Book Synopsis Cú Chulainn of Eirú - Book I by : Richard Roche
Download or read book Cú Chulainn of Eirú - Book I written by Richard Roche and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
In this dazzling retelling of one of Ireland’s most stirring legends, acclaimed author Jules Watson brings to life the story of Maeve, the raven queen, who is as fierce as she is captivating. She was born to be a pawn, used to secure her father’s royal hold on his land. She was forced to advance his will through marriage—her own desires always thwarted. But free-spirited Maeve will no longer endure the schemes of her latest husband, Conor, the cunning ruler of Ulster. And when her father’s death puts her homeland at the mercy of its greedy lords and Conor’s forces, Maeve knows she must at last come into her own power to save it. With secret skill and daring, Maeve proves herself the equal of any warrior on the battlefield. With intelligence and stealth, she learns the strategies—and sacrifices—of ruling a kingdom through treacherous alliances. And to draw on the dangerous magic of her country’s oldest gods, Maeve seeks out the wandering druid Ruan, whose unexpected passion and strange connection to the worlds of spirit imperil everything Maeve thought true about herself—and put her at war with both her duty and her fate.
Book Synopsis The Raven Queen by : Jules Watson
Download or read book The Raven Queen written by Jules Watson and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dazzling retelling of one of Ireland’s most stirring legends, acclaimed author Jules Watson brings to life the story of Maeve, the raven queen, who is as fierce as she is captivating. She was born to be a pawn, used to secure her father’s royal hold on his land. She was forced to advance his will through marriage—her own desires always thwarted. But free-spirited Maeve will no longer endure the schemes of her latest husband, Conor, the cunning ruler of Ulster. And when her father’s death puts her homeland at the mercy of its greedy lords and Conor’s forces, Maeve knows she must at last come into her own power to save it. With secret skill and daring, Maeve proves herself the equal of any warrior on the battlefield. With intelligence and stealth, she learns the strategies—and sacrifices—of ruling a kingdom through treacherous alliances. And to draw on the dangerous magic of her country’s oldest gods, Maeve seeks out the wandering druid Ruan, whose unexpected passion and strange connection to the worlds of spirit imperil everything Maeve thought true about herself—and put her at war with both her duty and her fate.
Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster is a work by Eleanor Hull. It depicts the legends and myths concerning Cuchulain, an Irish mythical demigod who emerges in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore.
Book Synopsis Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster by : Eleanor Hull
Download or read book Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster written by Eleanor Hull and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster is a work by Eleanor Hull. It depicts the legends and myths concerning Cuchulain, an Irish mythical demigod who emerges in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore.
Book Synopsis The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by : Joseph Dunn
Download or read book The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge written by Joseph Dunn and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1914 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
His name was Setanta. Born into the most brutal era of mythical Eirú, the young warrior will strive to fulfil his destiny as champion of his people, fending off the threat of a foul invading race, and confronting the sinister agents of the dark powers that pit their will against him. The romance, drama and tragedy of his tale would ensure his place as the greatest hero of Celtic folklore, though all would come to know him by another name... Now, his story will be told as never before.
Book Synopsis CúChulainn of Eirú - Book I by : Richard Roche
Download or read book CúChulainn of Eirú - Book I written by Richard Roche and published by Longstone Books Ireland. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His name was Setanta. Born into the most brutal era of mythical Eirú, the young warrior will strive to fulfil his destiny as champion of his people, fending off the threat of a foul invading race, and confronting the sinister agents of the dark powers that pit their will against him. The romance, drama and tragedy of his tale would ensure his place as the greatest hero of Celtic folklore, though all would come to know him by another name... Now, his story will be told as never before.
