#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Nessa dutifully sat on a flat stone as she was bid by her husband, the #druid Cathbad, and held in all night the child which was ripping her apart to get out. The next morning, she popped out a son she named #Conchobar, after the river he was born beside. Which he fell into as he was born, apparently. Or maybe the power of water birth was well known to our ancient female ancestors. Conchobar went on to be the famous King of #Ulster around whom the tales of the Ulster Cycle revolve.
This was the same Nessa who prior to her pregnancy, single-handedly as a woman raised a war-band of 27 warriors and took off after her father’s murderers with them, intent on revenge and killing.` #Celtic
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack

#LegendaryWednesday: After the wedding of #Cuchulainn and #Emer, the king of #Ulster had to exercise his "right of the first night". While #Conchobar mac Nessa feared #CúChulain`s reaction, he would have lost his authority if he had renounced his privilege. To preserve #Emer's virginity, #Conchobar shared the bed with #Cuchulainn's wife on her wedding night, but the #druid #Cathbad slept between them. #Celtic
Here‘s the backstory: https://x.com/NeuKelte/status/1523705697447583744

#FolkloreThursday: `#Nessa dutifully sat on a flat stone as she was bid by her husband, the #druid Cathbad, and held in all night the child which was ripping her apart to get out. The next morning, she popped out a son she named #Conchobar, after the river he was born beside. Which he fell into as he was born, apparently. Or maybe the power of water birth was well known to our ancient female ancestors. Conchobar went on to be the famous King of #Ulster around whom the tales of the Ulster Cycle revolve.
This was the same Nessa who prior to her pregnancy, single-handedly as a woman raised a war-band of 27 warriors and took off after her father’s murderers with them, intent on revenge and killing.` #Celtic
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack
https://x.com/ThorEwing/status/1292760534333497344

#FolkloreThursday: `#Nessa dutifully sat on a flat stone as she was bid by her husband, the #druid Cathbad, and held in all night the child which was ripping her apart to get out. The next morning, she popped out a son she named #Conchobar, after the river he was born beside. Which he fell into as he was born, apparently. Or maybe the power of water birth was well known to our ancient female ancestors. Conchobar went on to be the famous King of #Ulster around whom the tales of the Ulster Cycle revolve.
This was the same Nessa who prior to her pregnancy, single-handedly as a woman raised a war-band of 27 warriors and took off after her father’s murderers with them, intent on revenge and killing.` #Celtic
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack
https://x.com/ThorEwing/status/1292760534333497344

#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: #Druids used healing stones and not only had extensive knowledge of the healing power of herbs, but also mastered operations such as caesarean sections, amputations and brain surgery. #Conchobar's head wound was sewn up with gold thread. Both 'GollMacMorn and #Furbaide were born through caesarean sections.
Source: Peter Berresford Ellis `The #Druids`