Aided Cheit maic Mágach

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Aided Cheit maic Mágach [ 'aðʴeð çetʴ vikʴ' vaːyax ] ("The death of Cet mac Mágach") is the name of an Irish legend from the Ulster cycle about the duel between Conall Cernach and Cet mac Mágach and the deceit of Bélchú.

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In the saga Scéla mucce Meic Dathó (“The story of the pig of Mac Dathó”), the Connacht warrior Cet mac Mágach fights with Conall Cernach for the hero's bite . The weaker Cet finally gives in, but offends Conall seriously. When Cet later kills several warriors in a raid on Ulster , Conall kills Cet in a bloody duel, but is also badly wounded.

A Briuga (large farmer) named Bélchú takes the injured man into his house, but announces a fight to the death for him after he has recovered. But knowing Conall's fighting power, Bélchú instigates his three sons to murder the sleeping man in bed. Conall, who sees through this, ties Bélchú to bed and this is why his own sons kill him with the spears. Then Conall kills the three and cuts off their and their father's heads as a trophy.

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  1. Rudolf Thurneysen: Legends from ancient Ireland. Berlin 1901, reprint Insel Taschenbuch 1301, Frankfurt / M. 1991, p. 16 f.