Cet mac Mágach

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Cet mac Mágach [ kʴet mak 'maːɣax ] is the name of a hero from the Irish province of Connacht who is often mentioned in the Ulster cycle of Celtic mythology of Ireland .

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In the story Scéla mucce Meic Dathó (“The story of Mac Dathó's pig”) he is Conall Cernach's opponent for the hero bite at a feast . He can intimidate the other Ulter present , but has to admit defeat when Conall throws the cut head of another Connacht warrior, Anlúan, to his chest.

"But he's here!" Shouted Conall, took Anlúan's head out of its sack and threw it so hard against Cet's chest that a mouthful of blood splattered his lips.

When Conall Cernach chopped off the head of an enemy named Mes Gegra and mixed the brain with lime, Cet threw this rock-hard ball at King Conchobor's head. The ball gets stuck in his forehead and Conchobor dies from the injury soon after. This legend is told in Aided Chonchobuir ("Conchobar's Death").

In one version of the Remscéla (narration for Táin Bó Cuailnge ) Compert Con Chulainn ("Cú Chulainn's conception") it is Cet who gives the boy Cú Chulainn his first name Setanta.

About the death of Cet is reported in the story Aided Cheit maic Mágach ("The Death of Cet mac Mágach"). His old enemy Conall Cernach cuts off his head in a duel, although Cet had previously seriously wounded his opponent.

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  1. ↑ Rudolf Thurneysen: Legends from ancient Ireland. Berlin 1901, reprint Insel Taschenbuch 1301, Frankfurt / M. 1991, p. 16 f.
  2. ^ Ingeborg Clarus: Celtic myths. Man and his otherworld. Walter Verlag 1991, ppb edition Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2000, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-491-69109-5 , p. 52 f.