• Fled Bricrenn (Old Irish "Bricriu's Feast") is a story from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Bricriu, an inveterate troublemaker, invites the nobles...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • between them. Another Ulster Cycle saga which involves the Curadmír is Fled Bricrenn ("Bricriu's Feast"). The notorious troublemaker Bricriu invites the...
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    Pig" 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...
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  • the 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...
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    by the feigned return blow. Originating in the Irish legend of the Fled Bricrenn, the beheading game appears in several Arthurian romances, most notably...
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  • undertaken by the hero Cuchulainn, including : Forfess Fer Fálgae, Fled Bricrenn ocus Loinges mac nDuil Dermait, and Compert Con Culainn Dumville 1976...
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    important Ulster Cycle tales include The Tragic Death of Aife's only Son, Fled Bricrenn "Bricriu's Feast", and Togail Bruidne Dá Derga "The Destruction of Da...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Eochaid Étgudach Óengus Bolg Aimend (Crimthann mac Fidaig) (Mongfind) Fled Bricrenn Mesca Ulad Táin Bó Cúailnge Táin Bó Flidhais Cath Maige Mucrama Ó Corráin...
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    from the Uath mac Imoman episode in the 9th-century Irish legend of Fled Bricrenn (Bricriu's Feast). Scholarly editions of the poem were made in 1852...
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  • 1st-century king Conaire Mór, incomplete, contains passages interpolated by H Fled Bricrenn ["Bricriu's Feast"], incomplete, contains passages interpolated by H...
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    her killed. Vivid descriptions of the Western capital are given in Fled Bricrenn ("Bricriu's Feast"), and this one in Táin Bó Fraích: "Of pine the house...
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  • in the south of County Carlow (possibly Ballyknockcrumpin) However, Fled Bricrenn (8th century) mentions the briuga Bricriu Nemthenga ("Poison-tongue")...
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  • would be taken to arbitration, as in the similar Ulster Cycle tale Fled Bricrenn; Chadwick suggests that this arbitration may be parodied when Mac Da...
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  • 1880 The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig (Irish) Ernst Windisch Leipzig 1880 Fled Bricrenn (Irish) Ernst Windisch Leipzig 1880 Serglige Con Culainn (Irish) Ernst...
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  • 113 Esnada Tige Buchet 'The Songs of Buchet's House 759 (line 5) 105 Fled Bricrenn ocus Loinges mac nDuíl Dermait 'Bricriu's Feast, and the Exile of the...
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