Connla (Cú Chulainn)

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Connla [ 'koNla ], also Conlai or Conlaech , is a son of the Ulster hero Cú Chulainn and the Scottish warrior queen Aoife in the Ulster cycle of the Celtic mythology of Ireland .

mythology

In the tale Tochmarc Emire ("The Advertisement for Emer") it is reported how Cú Chulainn wins a battle with Aoife as one of the tasks that he must fulfill in order to achieve Emer . With her he fathered a son, on whom he imposed three gesa (taboos): never to be dissuaded from the path by one individual, never to reveal his name to an individual and never to refuse a duel.

In Aided Oenfir Aífe ("The Death of Aoife's Only Son") Connla comes to Ulster on his boat. Since Conall Cernach fails to overpower the boy, Cú Chulainn is sent out. His wife Emer , who suspects the family relationship, tries in vain to stop him. Since Cú Chulainn comes alone, Connla withholds his name and his origin, so that a duel occurs in which he is fatally wounded by his father with the Gae Bolga . Only then does Cú Chulainn recognize the son and be reconciled with him. Connla dies with the words to the Ulter:

“ If I had only been allowed to live among you for five years, I would have conquered the 'men of the world' for you and extended your kingdom to Rome. "

Connla does not involve the same legendary figure Connla from the Historical Cycle be confused, the son of Conn Cétchathachs .

See also

literature

Web links

  • Georg Geldner: The mild boy, or, the nature of someone called (= Georg Geldner, Oskar pack [Hrsg.]: Mimundus: Scientific series of the Austrian TheaterMuseum . Volume 9 ). Böhlau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-205-98819-1 , p. 168 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 162 f.