Cichol Gri-cenchos

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Cichol Gri-cenchos , also Cicholl Gri-cenchos ( Gaelic : cichol "rich in meat", "muscular", gri-cenchos "without legs" or "cephalopods") was a king of the Fomori in the Celtic mythology of Ireland .

mythology

The Fomori are described in Lebor Gabála Érenn as the opponents of all conquerors of Ireland . They are one-legged and one-eyed giants who are seen as representatives of pre-Celtic times and chaos.

Their first king named in Irish legends, Cicholl Gri-cenchos, is even described as a cephalopod , a trunkless giant whose legs are attached directly to the head. According to tradition, 100 years after the Flood and 200 years before the Partholon arrived , Cichol landed in Ireland with 50 men and 50 women on six boats. His people lived on fish and game birds until they were defeated by Partholon and forced to retreat to the most remote areas.

Unpaired limbs or eyes (e.g. Balor ) were always a sign of magical power or demonic powers. Before the Second Battle of Mag Tuired , Lugh danced around the Fomori army on one leg and with a narrowed eye.

The Celtic god of war Cicollus is etymologically associated with Cichol as well as the demon woman Cichuil in the legend Togail Bruidne Da Derga ("The destruction of the Hall Da Dergas").

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , p. 731 f.
  2. ↑ Henri d'Arbois de Jobainville: Cours de litterature celtique. Paris 1884–1902, 12 vols., Volume II, p. 32.
  3. ↑ RASt. Macalister: Lebor Gabála Érenn. The Book of the Taking of Ireland. Dublin 1941, Volume II, p. 260, note 9.
  4. ^ 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. 80.