Description: Cattle-Raid of Cualnge : Tain Bo Cuailnge an Old Irish Prose-Epic, Paperback by Faraday, L. Winifred, ISBN 1468024922, ISBN-13 9781468024920, Brand New, Free shipping in the US THE Cattle-Raid of Cualnge is the chief story belonging to the heroic cycle of Ulster, which had its centre in the deeds of the Ulster king, Conchobar Mac Nessa, and his nephew and chief warrior, Cuchulainn Mac Sualtaim. Tradition places their date at the beginning of the Christian events leading up to this tale, the most famous of Irish mythical stories, may be shortly summarised here from th of Leinster introduction to the Tain, and from the other tales belonging to the Ulster is elsewhere narrated that the Dun Bull of Cualnge, for whose sake Ailill and Medb, the king and queen of Connaught, undertook this expedition, was one of two bulls in whom two rival swineherds, belonging to the supernatural race known as the people of the Sid, or fairy mounds, were reincarnated, after passing through various other forms. The other bull, Findbennach, the Whitehorned, was in the herd of Medb at Cruachan Ai, the Connaught capital, but left it to join Ailill's herd. This caused Ailill's possessions to exceed Medb's, and to equalise matters she determined to secure the great Dun Bull, who alone equalled the Whitehorned. An embassy to the owner of the Dun Bull failed, and Ailill and Medb therefore began preparations for an invasion of Ulster, in which province (then ruled by Conchobar Mac Nessa) Cualnge was situated. A number of smaller Tana, or cattle-raids, prefatory to the great Tain Bo Cuailnge, relate some of their efforts to procure allies and provisions.
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Book Title: Cattle-Raid of Cualnge : Tain Bo Cuailnge an Old Irish Prose-Epic
Number of Pages: 146 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2011
Topic: Celtic Spirituality, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology, General
Item Height: 0.3 in
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, Fiction, Social Science, Psychology, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 9.8 Oz
Author: L. Faraday
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
