#FairyTaleTuesday: `In this wise was #Medb wont to travel, and nine chariots with her alone; two of these chariots before her, and two chariots behind, and two chariots at either side, and her own chariot in the middle between them. This is why Medb did so, that the turves from the horses' hoofs, or the flakes of foam from the bridle-bits, or the dust of the mighty host or of the numerous throng might not reach the queen's diadem of gold which she wore round her head.` #Celtic
Source: Gutenberg‘s The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge

#FairyTaleTuesday: `In this wise was #Medb wont to travel, and nine chariots with her alone; two of these chariots before her, and two chariots behind, and two chariots at either side, and her own chariot in the middle between them. This is why Medb did so, that the turves from the horses' hoofs, or the flakes of foam from the bridle-bits, or the dust of the mighty host or of the numerous throng might not reach the queen's diadem of gold which she wore round her head.` #Celtic
Source: Gutenberg‘s The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge

#LegendaryWednesday: „#Samhain is sometimes associated with the goddess #Medb (Maeve), who was not only the goddess of #Connacht in the west of #Ireland but was also associated with warfare.
From various hints in the literature, it seems probable that #Samhain marked the beginning not only of the new year but also of the season of raiding and warfare, coinciding as it did with the period during which agricultural work made the fewest demands on people so attention could be turned to other matters.“ #Celtic
Source: Ronald Hicks & Laura Ward Elder „Festivals, Deaths, and the Sacred Landscape of Ancient Ireland“

`Queen #Medb of Connacht is arguably the most famous female character in Irish mythology. Her story is told in the Cattle Raid of Cooley, or Táin Bó Cúailnge in Irish. In it, she competes with her husband, Aillil, over which of them possesses the greatest wealth, and demands the use of Donn Cúailnge, the big brown bull belonging to neighbouring King Dáire mac Fiachna. When he refuses, she has no hesitation in leading her armies into battle to get it.` #Celtic
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack

#MythologyMonday: `Queen #Medb had several husbands and many lovers. We know from the stories we have inherited that men and women frequently chose lovers, and perhaps changed marriage partners just as often. There seems to have been no stigma in this. We can’t be sure that marriages were even intended as life-long commitments then, as they are today. Take, for example, the tradition of ‘hand-fasting’, which in Ireland dates back to the Tailten Games originally set up by Lugh to honour the death of his foster mother, Tailtiu.` #Celtic
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack

#BookologyThursday: Briccriu Nemhthenga, the bitter-tongued poet of the #Ulster Cycle, `appears most notably in the epic Briccriu’s Feast, is said to have been killed near the #Ulster lake that bears his name, Loughbrickland, where he made a slighting remark about the sexual appetite of queen #Medb and was brained by her lover Fergus mac Róich.` #Celtic
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#FairyTaleTuesday: Was Briccriu Nemhthenga a villain or just a bitter-tongued poet of the #Ulster Cycle? He `appears most notably in the epic Briccriu’s Feast, in which he set great champions against each other for the champion`s portion, causing much bloodshed.
Bricriu is said to have been killed near the #Ulster lake that bears his name, Loughbrickland, where he made a slighting remark about the sexual appetite of queen #Medb and was brained by her lover Fergus mac Róich.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#MythologyMonday: “A wine made from honey, #mead figures in a number of #Celtic myths and legends as a drink favored by warriors. Its most consistent mythological association is with the goddess/queen whose name is the same as the drink, #Medb, and who represented the intoxication and danger of kingship.”
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`