Ailill Aulom
Ailill Aulom [ 'alil' aulom ] ( "Ailill without ears"), even Ailill Ollamh or Oilill Olum (to welsh Ellyll , "the [very] Other", describes elves ), is in Historical Cycle of Celtic mythology of Ireland the name a king of Munster from the 3rd century. He was a son of King Mug Nuadat (also Eógan Mór the Elder), the brother Lugaid Lágas , the son-in-law of King Conn Cétchathach and the father of Eógan Mór the Younger.
mythology
In the story Cath Maige Mucrama ("The Battle of Mag Mucrama") it is reported that Ailill surprised and raped the fairy Áine on the Cnoc Áine (now Knockainey Hill in County Limerick ) in her sleep. She defends herself in vain, but bites off his ears in the process, which leads to his nickname. Meanwhile, Áine's father is murdered by Ailill's companions.
When his son Eógan Mór overturns his foster brother Lugaid mac Con from the throne and expels him, he brings help from Scotland. In the ensuing battle of Mag Mucrama ("Pig Counting Level" in Connacht , today County Galway ), Eógan Mór falls together with his ally Art mac Cuinn and Lugaid becomes king again. But since he turns the people against him for unjust decisions, he has to abdicate and fled to his foster father Ailill Aulom, who murdered him in revenge for the death of his son.
See also
literature
- Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Birkhan : Nachantike Keltenrezeption. Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7069-0541-1 , p. 546.