Ferchertne
Ferchertne [ 'fʴerʴçerʴtʴnʴe ] is the name of a poet ( fili ) and bard in various early accounts of Irish Celtic mythology .
mythology
In Orgain Denna Ríg ("The Murder of Dinn Ríg") from the historical cycle , Ferchertne is a companion of King Labraid Moen von Leinster , whom he accompanies into exile and with whom he returns.
In the Ulster cycle he appears as court bard for both Conchobar mac Nessa from Ulster and Cú Roí from Munster . In Immacallam in dá Thuarad ("The Conversation of the Two Wise Men"), he competes against Nédé for the title of Ireland's chief poet ( ollam ) and wins the word contest. Here he is called as a follower of Conchobars; in a follow-up story by Mesca Ulad ("The drunkenness of the warriors of Ulster"), however, he avenges the murder of his master Cú Roí by Cú Chulainn on his traitorous wife Bláthnat .
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 .