Esnada Tige Buchet

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Esnada Tige Buchet ("The sage of the House of Buchet", "The Song of the House of Buchet") is the title of a legend from the Historical Cycle of Irish Mythology . The story probably dates from the 10th century. Various traditional versions are recorded in Lebor Laignech ("The Book of Leinster") and in Leabhar Buidhe Lecain ("The Yellow Book of Lecan").

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Eithne Tháebfhota, the daughter of the Irish high king Cathair Mór ("Cathair the Great") is raised by a hospitable Briuga (large farmer) from Leinster as a foster father. This host, named Buchet, has very large herds of cattle, but Eithne's twelve brothers use his generosity so shamelessly that he soon becomes impoverished and only has one bull and seven cows. The old and helpless Cathair Mór is not able to tame his sons or to make up for the damage. So he and his whole family have to move into a small cabin in the woods near Kells ( County Meath ). Eithne, ashamed of her brothers, accompanies him there. Even before Cormac mac Airt becomes king, he sees beautiful Eithne, gets pregnant and marries her. Having become king, he restores the property of the Buchet family as the bride price. The child of this connection is Cairbre Lifechar .

In another version, Eithne is married by Cathair Mór's successor, Conn Cétchathach .

The title of the story means that after the happy ending in the hospitable Buchet house, you can sing and celebrate again.

See also

literature

  • James MacKillop: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0198609671 , pp. 193 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Robert Welch, Bruce Stewart: The Oxford companion to Irish literature . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1996, ISBN 0198661584 , p. 176. ( full text / preview in Google book search).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Myles Dillon (Ed.): The Melody of the House of Buchet. In: Celtic Literature Collective.
  2. ^ The Adventures of Art son of Conn. In: Celtic Literature Collective.